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Banged up Cougars head to Tuscaloosa Friday
Calhoun Academy returns to action this Friday traveling 139 miles to take on North River Christian in Tuscaloosa. Coach Tim Melton The Cougars are coming off an off week during which they focused on...
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Lady Wildcats earn wins over Coffeeville, Charleston
Calhoun City earned a couple of wins last week over Coffeeville and Charleston in softball action. They defeated Coffeeville 13-3 with Adaysia Edwards and Courtny Norman leading the offense with three...
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Road work taking place around Calhoun City Wednesday and Thursday
County supervisors will be in Calhoun City this Wednesday and Thursday for several chip-seal projects around town. J.R. Denton Mayor J.R. Denton said the town is spending approximately $20,000 for the...
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Langston request for Vardaman trademark tabled again by board
The Vardaman board of aldermen postponed a final decision on whether to support Rob Langston’s effort to acquire a certified label for Vardaman sweet potatoes after another lengthy discussion Monday...
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Fine print raises skepticism, both approaches to MAEP ‘full funding’
STARKVILLE – Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove wants Mississippi to sue its way to so-called “full funding” of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), while other well-intentioned public education...
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Best pre-game meal found at Anna Beth’s in Pontotoc
Linda Jane Ramage and I had one of our best pre-game meals Friday night in Pontotoc before the Pontotoc/Calhoun City game. Former Calhoun countian Wendy Cook recommended Anna Beth’s on Oxford Street,...
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Leave it to adults to spoil great game for the kids
The evidence is overwhelming on the value of sports for young people, unless of course adults get in the way. That happened last Friday night in Water Valley where two hard-playing football teams saw...
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Emma Jean Tramel Taylor
Emma Jean Tramel Taylor of Water Valley and formerly of Bruce, uses a pie recipe that you can make chocolate, coconut, or half and half. It is “totally my recipe that I dreamed up,” saying she uses a...
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Pittsboro may have enough names for referendum on alcohol
A referendum on beer and liquor could be coming soon to Pittsboro after enough names were turned in to Town Hall Tuesday evening. Clerk Amy White said 28 signatures had been turned in on the petition...
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Authorities investigating fatal accident on Hwy. 32
Authorities are still investigating a fatal accident that happened sometime last night on Hwy. 32 east of Bruce. Bruce and Chickenbone Fire Departments responded to the call around 6:30 a.m. when the...
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Could be more on the line than just bragging rights at 2014 Egg Bowl
Mississippi State’s Bulldogs are 3-0 and have outscored opponents 99-37. The Ole Miss Rebels, also 3-0, have punished opponents by a whopping 132-31 count. And I know what many naysayers will say:...
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Calhoun City QB Chakel Gates motivated by last season’s ending
Calhoun City senior quarterback Chakel Gates never lacks for motivation when he steps on the football field. “I think about last year’s state championship game when we got beat,” Gates said shaking his...
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Kevin Howe in his 17th year as Calhoun’s public defender
“I grew up watching the old Perry Mason reruns and thought that was a neat profession,” said Calhoun County Public Defender Kevin Howe. “It was kind of unusual though, because I always liked the...
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Vardaman board denies support for Langston’s trademark effort
The Vardaman board of aldermen voted unanimously not to support an effort by local sweet potato packer Rob Langston to trademark a series of Vardaman sweet potato logos to be used in packagaing....
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Margaret Early Lantrip, b82, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Yalobusha General Nursing Home in Water Valley. She was born October 22, 1931 in Yalobusha County to the late Ozzie and Helen Ford...
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