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Goodson retires as Calhoun City Public Works Director
Public Works Director Perry Goodson submitted his resignation to the Calhoun City Board of Aldermen effective June 30 at their meeting last night. He has been employed with the city for 32 years....
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VHS to move baseball field to town Sportsplex
Vardaman high school baseball team will be playing their games at the town’s Sportsplex from now on. Aldermen approved the move last night, after prior approval with the Sportsplex advisory board....
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Bruce alderman opposed to WalMart coming to town
Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope asked the board Tuesday night to consider installing a sewer line to run beyond the eastern city limits along Hwy. 32 to connect to the potential Wal-Mart Express store believed...
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Chemical shortages are thwarting efforts to ‘sanitize’ death penalty
STARKVILLE – Can we really “sanitize” the death penalty so as to avoid pain and suffering by the condemned inmate? The botched execution of an Oklahoma death row inmate brings that question front and...
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Horrified by tornado devastation; latest data shows 23 hit the state last Monday
Joel and I drove through Tupelo Saturday afternoon, and the devastation from the tornado last Monday was horrific in the places we saw. When we first came into town from Pontotoc, we saw a tree or two...
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A penny’s worth of treasure in my Jeep
Do we really need pennies anymore? Other than the old superstition of gaining some good luck if you find a stray one on the ground, the usefulness of the penny seems a thing of the past. I can’t think...
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Spring football in season around Calhoun County
All four Calhoun County schools are in the midst of spring football practice with spring games beginning this Friday for Calhoun Academy and concluding May 16 for Bruce. Pictured is Israel Murillo...
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Sixteen students to graduate from Calhoun Academy Sunday
Calhoun Academy graduation is set for Sunday, May 11 at 8 p.m. with 16 students scheduled to receive diplomas. Rhett McCormick, daughter of Craig and Lori McCormick of Bruce, is valedictorian. J.T....
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Trent Barnett and Bill Burdine, with the Extension Service, visit with Rep. Jim Beckett, of Bruce, during the centennial celebration for the extension service Wednesday afternoon in Pittsboro. Photo by...
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Republican poll workers announced for June 3 primary
Calhoun County Republican poll workers for the June 3 primary have been announced. Miles Jeffery is county Republican chairman. They are, CC #1, R&R, Patsy Zeidman, Daniel Lee, Pat Lee; Pittsboro...
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Andy Landreth’s Machine Gun Sally wins national title
Andy Landreth, of Vardaman, said his phone was ringing non-stop as word leaked out that his dog Machine Gun Sally had just won the 2014 National Championship in Conway, Arkansas. “You wouldn’t believe...
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Greatest single athletic feat in Mississippi history
Greatest single athletic feat in Mississippi history? In 1960, Laurel’s Ralph Boston broke Jesse Owens’ last world record with a long jump of 26 feet, 11 inches. Furthermore, Boston broke his own...
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Northwest, ICC announce tryout dates for baseball and softball
Northwest and ICC have both announced tryout dates for baseball and softball for later this month. Northwest Mississippi Community College will be holding open baseball and softball tryouts on Tuesday,...
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Mabelene “Mabel” Ward, 88, of Bruce, died Wednesday, May 7 at her home. She was born August 16, 1925 in Pontotoc County, the daughter of George Eddie Ward and Nona Pearl Stewart Ward. She was a retired...
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Erma Grace Stewart, 91, of Bruce, died May 7, 2014 at BMH-NM in Oxford. She was born May 5, 1923 in Bruce, the daughter of Hubert Wesson Lucas and Minnie Price Morris Lucas. She was the oldest member...
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Ralph David Martin, 71, of Big Creek, was called home Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada. He was born October 7, 1942 in Yazoo City, the son of William Reed Martin and...
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Natchez Trace Power annual meeting is May 12 in Calhoun City
Natchez Trace Power Association will host their annual meeting Monday, May 12 in the Calhoun City High School Auditorium. The Association is celebrating its 75th anniversary with this year’s annual...
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Mavis Barnett Collums 71, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at her home. She was born December 26, 1942 to Fred Franklin Barnett and Emmie Gibson Barnett in Chickasaw County. She was a member of Thorn Church...
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Margie Chandler’s car won best in show Saturday at the first annual Grace Fellowship Car Show in Calhoun City.
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Maxwell unopposed in Court of Appeals race
Jimmy Maxwell of Oxford is one of three incumbent judges on the Mississippi Court of Appeals heading into the fall general election unopposed. Jimmy Maxwell Nobody signed up by Friday’s qualifying...
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