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Calhoun City beats Bruce 6-5; earns season split and playoff spot
Calhoun City defeated Bruce 6-5 Tuesday night to earn a season split with the Trojans and clinch a playoff spot for the Wildcats. Jace Leachman Bruce jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a four-run second...
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Community Easter Egg hunt set for Saturday on Bruce Square
Bruce will host a community Easter Egg hunt and Spring Fest on the square this Saturday, April 19. Festivities will begin at 10 a.m. with crafts and a variety of activities for children and adults. The...
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Gwendolyn Killingsworth Shipp, 86, of Calhoun City, died April 15, 2014 at Calhoun Health Service Nursing Home in Calhoun City. She was born November 10, 1927 in Greenville, the daughter of A.K....
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Tenth and 11th grade winners in the Bruce Beauty Review were, from left, Taylor Haire, Kayde Coleman, Julianna Cain, Marley Hood (Photogenic), Jalynn Aron and Most Beautiful Anna Leise Tedford. See...
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Derma clean-up day is Friday, April 18
Clean-up day in Derma is set for this Friday, Apr. 18. Deneen James The board of aldermen voted at their last meeting to have a clean up day on Good Friday. Garbage bags and gloves will be available at...
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Odie is now a Sabercat
Vardaman native Odie Armstrong was recently assigned to the San Jose Sabercats after becoming a free agent earlier this season. In his first game back this season, Armstrong rushed for a touchdown and...
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The National isn’t as easy as it looks on TV
Another Masters is in the books. Bubba Watson won, but most would agree Augusta National was the true victor. It almost always is. All who take up this silly, fickle sport imagine ourselves playing The...
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Vardaman’s Robert Morgan wins “Diversity Award” at Mississippi State
Robert Morgan, of Vardaman, has accomplished a lot in the classroom at Mississippi State University where he is closing in on a pair of degrees in education and mathematics. But it’s his work outside...
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Bruce Sawmill Festival Queen Tea set for April 24
GFWC-MFWC Twentieth Century Club of Bruce will hold the Sawmill Festival Queen Tea Thursday, Apr. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Bruce Forestry Museum. Applicants must be a resident of Bruce or Pittsboro and a...
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Bruce Elementary students in Mrs. Ashley Clements’ third grade class recently designed paper bags for Earth Day that will be used for customers groceries at the Piggly Wiggly. Pictured, from left,...
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Charles Wayne Brasher, 60, of Bruce, passed away April 4, 2014 at his home. He was born November 27, 1952. He graduated from Houlka High School in 1970. He resided in the Pilgrim Rest Community. He...
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Evelyn Henry, a long-time resident of Nicholson and Picayune, entered the gates of heaven, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at the age of 83. Born August 7, 1930, in Derma, MS,...
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K4 and K5 winners in the Bruce Beauty Review included, from left, Coby Necaise, Kaely Thomas, Eva Griffin, Most Handsom Ja-kwon Evans, Most Beautiful Leah Clark, Naterika Martin and Ellie Tidwell....
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A huge crowd turned out to join the Easter bunny for the community egg hunt on the Bruce Square Saturday morning. Photo by Lisa McNeece
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Vera Kate Ball scoops up Easter Eggs during festivities at Shiloh Baptist Church in Big Creek Sunday afternoon. Photo by Joel McNeece
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Mississippi reworks school ratings to accent graduation
Mississippi is reworking its rating system for school districts and high schools after federal officials demanded the ratings put more weight on high school graduation. The state Board of Education...
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Shankle helps ICC softball earn North Division title
Laken Shankle, of Bruce, helped the nationally-ranked Lady Indians of Itawamba Community College lock up their third-straight Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North...
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Carl Dewitt Spencer, 71, of Vardaman, died April 21, 2014 at his home. He was born June 19, 1942 in the Elzey community in Vardaman, the son of Thomas Charles and Ludie Annis Loftis Spencer. He was a...
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Bouffants to perform at Sawmill Festival; Baker tells chamber about voter ID
Bruce Chamber of Commerce Director Carol Shoemaker announced Monday at the regular meeting of the chamber that she has signed a contract to have The Bouffants perform on Friday night at the Sawmill...
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The City of Bruce acquired the Cinema 22 property on the Bruce Square Monday afternoon for the price of $36,000 at a public auction in front of the courthouse in Pittsboro. Four others in attendance...
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