Donnie Johnson
Donnie Lee Johnson, 65, of Vardaman, died March 22, 2014 at his home. He was born November 20, 1948 in Vardaman, the son of Edwin Forest and Lois Dye Johnson. He was a member of the Vardaman United...
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Diane Herndon Reeves, 45, of Guntown, died March 5, 2014. She was born March 1, 1969, in Pontotoc Community Hospital, the youngest daughter of James Wilson Herndon and Maggie Aaron Herndon. She grew up...
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Leo “Bud” Welch, of Bruce, is prominently featured in a video promoting Mississippi to tourists. Welch is pictured in the video, that celebrates Mississippi’s music heritage, performing outside Poor...
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Supervisors approve road project in brief meeting
Calhoun County Supervisors approved a new road project and hired a part-time driver for the Lift bus in a brief meeting on Friday. The board approved the leveling, resealing and striping of CR 314. The...
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Sheriff Greg Pollan and deputies Juston Robertson and Kenneth White rush in Vardaman Elementary as part of an “Active Shooter Drill” recently held. Sheriff Pollan said VES?principal Dedee Lee had asked...
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Relay For Life set for April 11 in Bruce
Final plans are being put together for the 10th Annual Relay For Life event Friday, April 11 at the Bruce Football Field. This year’s event will have a patriotic theme with the motto “United We Relay...
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No qualifiers yet for Slate Springs special election
After the first week of qualifying Slate Springs is still without a candidate for mayor. The town is scheduled to hold a special election Tuesday, April 8 to elect the town’s next mayor. The special...
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After some confusion, stop signs restored on Bruce Square
Entrances to the Bruce Square are back to requiring all vehicles come to a stop first, just as Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope wants it. The stop signs at all entrances to the square were switched to “yield”...
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Bebe Maxwell
“If you’re raised between the Barefoot Contessa (sister Mildred Dauphin) and Paula Deen (other sister Lynn Fales), what do you do?” said Bebe Maxwell of Derma. Because Bebe always baked cakes and...
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Cook’s respected analysis bears out Miss. Senate race dynamics
There are few political analysts in the U.S. and particularly in the South whose prognostications and informed analyses are more universally respected by Republicans and Democrats alike than those...
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Yard is showing signs of spring, but temperature isn’t cooperating
It’s a very restless time of the year for those of us who love to work in our yards. It’s too warm to stay inside and not warm enough to get too involved. There’s not a lot you can do beside pick up...
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A beautiful day at the ole ballpark
Chicago Cub great Ernie Banks always wanted to play two. The weather last Saturday was so wonderful I took in five and two more if you count Friday night. I began Friday night at Odis Logan Field where...
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Vardaman battling through five game losing skid
The Vardaman Rams have hit tough times of late losing five straight after a 4-1 start to the season. The Rams suffered defeats to Hamilton and Ethel last week. Ty Long took the loss in a 9-4 loss to...
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Calhoun City students studying the Holocaust, Vietnam War
Alice Massey and Ste-phanie Hardin have assigned both of their classes research projects for this nine weeks on historical events. They are doing the projects because of the new Common Core Standards....
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Farmer, Armstrong lead all region basketball honors
Bruce and Calhoun City placed 17 players on the All Region 4-2A teams and Calhoun City earned both boys’ and girls’ coaching honors following the 2013-14 season. V Farmer Calhoun City’s V Farmer led...
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Kalynn McCammon befriends animals through drawing
Kalynn McCammon’s fiery red hair isn’t her only trait that distinguishes her from a crowd. The Bruce seventh grader is a budding young artist always looking to create with a pencil in her hand. Her...
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Bruce students spend Spring Break in Europe
While everyone else was “spring breaking” locally, Christi Brown and four seniors– Jalonda Steen, Linesha Miller, Khadijah Thompson, and Akeisha Norris, set out on a week long voyage to a foreign...
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Ladner, Jones make history with national title
How do you celebrate the first national junior college men’s basketball championship in the long, storied history of the Mississippi junior college system? Jones Junior College coach Jay Ladner, one of...
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Bruce City Hall will host “Smoke Free” forum April 3
Mayor Rudy Pope would like to invite the public to a Smoke Free Air Educational Forum Thursday, Apr. 3 at 2 p.m. Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope The event will be at the Bruce City Hall Board Room, 100 Public...
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BTC Grocery coming to Jesse Yancy Library in Bruce
Join us at Jesse Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce Tuesday, Apr. 1 at 4 p.m. for a Book Talk & Signing with Alexe Van Beuren and Dixie Grimes of The B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery. Alexe van Beuren is...
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