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CCHS class of 1964 had their 50th class reunion recently. Attending were, front, from left, Virginia Hendricks Beavers, Brenda Helms Biffle, Nell Morre Holland, Barbara Hardin Parker, Dian Brand Long...
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Animal Science program coming to Bruce theater building
You are invited to Jesse Yancy Memorial Library’s Summer Reading Family Night featuring “Animal Science: Classifications” by Animal Tales. Sponsored by Friends of the Jesse Yancy Memorial Library, the...
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Josh Lindsey, a Calhoun City graduate, is opening a new taxidermy shop on Main Street in Vardaman. Lindsey has already won some major awards for his work and is taking aim at a national championship in...
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858th is back in the U.S. after year deployment to Afghanistan
The Mississippi National Guard 858th Engineering Company, based in Calhoun City, has returned to the U.S. following a year-long deployment to Afghanistan and is expected to return home to Calhoun...
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•QUICK BITES will meet Thursday, June 26 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Topic is hydration essentials. Learn about healthy and tasty hydration options. •Calhoun City Public...
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Bruce “Throwback Thursday” Farmer’s Market Junior Entrepreneurs Janey Stacy, Abigail Maddox, Emmie Shaw, Jayla Norris, and Emma Kate Pratt were recognized last Thursday at the Farmer’s Market. The...
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It’s Election Day
It’s election day around Calhoun County as voters will return to the polls to decide the runoff election between Sen. Thad Cochran and State Sen. Chris McDaniel. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m....
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Marks wins state powerlifting meet
Despite muscle spasms in neck, and a strained groin suffered during his second deadlift, Yarnell Marks of Bruce not only captured his third Mississippi Powerlifting title of the year, but was crowned...
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Edsel Blount, 86, of Bruce, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at his residence. He was born August 19, 1927 in Bruce, the son of the late Joseph Blount and the late Delon Ivy Blount. He was a self-employed...
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Ruby Gorden Brown Winter, 96, died Monday, June 23, 2014 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was the daughter of the late Early Brown and Dovie James Brown. She was a faithful member of Pleasant...
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Knight to take over Eupora baseball program
Calhoun City native Mikie Knight has been hired as the new head baseball coach at Eupora High School. Knight has served the past several seasons as an assistant on the Eupora football staff. Knight’s...
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Journal earns several awards from Press Association contest
The Calhoun County Journal, which competes in the category with the largest weekly newspapers in Mississippi, earned seven awards in the press association’s Better Newspaper Contest, including three...
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I feel like a part of me is missing
Kerry Heinz and I have been best friends since elementary school. Along the way, there have been boyfriends, marriages, babies, divorces, deaths, but we’ve always had each other. There have been times...
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Heart is broken, but we’ll persevere for Kerry
I’ll never forget the first time we met. I was greeted with a big hug and a wet kiss that left lipstick marks on my cheek. That was Kerry. When my wife Lisa and I first started dating, there was only...
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Stegall-Weeks team wins first in Grenada Lake Grabbling Tournament
The Stegall/Weeks team earned first place in the Grenada Lake Grabbling Tournament last weekend. Team members and supporters include, from left, front, Katie Stegall, Westin and Kimberly McCormick,...
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Rose Chandler
Former Calhoun City Home Economics teacher Rose Chandler was always looking for recipes that her class could make in their time frame that would be a good serving size for them. The chicken casserole...
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Elizabeth Whitten, 2014 Sawmill Festival Queen, shows the new festival t-shirts that arrived this week and are now on sale at the chamber office in the Bruce Museum building, Jeffery’s, TNT and Piggly...
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Cochran defeats McDaniel in runoff; carries Calhoun again
In a remarkable political turnaround, six-term Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi edged out tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Republican runoff that pitted...
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Sandy Aron expected to resign as BES principal
Bruce Elementary appears in the market for a new principal as Sandy Aron, who just completed her first year as the school’s leader, is expected to resign. Sandy Aron Aron’s official resignation is...
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