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Vardaman class utilizes butterflies to study impact of Holocaust
Vardaman Schools’ cafeteria has been invaded by butterflies – thousands, with thousands more still expected. But there’s no cause for alarm, only inspiration. More than 15,000 butterflies have now been...
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Easter Egg hunts scheduled all around county this weekend
Calhoun County children will have a number of opportunities to find Easter Eggs this weekend with events planned in Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman and Big Creek. Bruce will host an Easter Egg Hunt on...
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Bollinger to perform at Calhoun City Chamber Banquet
Tickets are on sale now for the Calhoun City Chamber of Commerce banquet set for Tuesday, April 25. Eddie Bollinger Shawn Nelson, executive director for operations, and Dr. Kimberly Webb with Baptist...
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Sheila Williams enjoying experience as Uber driver in Oxford
If you find yourself in Oxford late one night clicking on your phone for a ride with Uber, Sheila Williams of Bruce may just be the person picking you up. Williams is only in her second week of driving...
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Oak Grove CME is ‘small church doing big things’
Oak Grove C.M.E. Church west of Bruce is known as the “small church that’s doing big things.” One example would be the church’s ICU ministry. While they only have 26 on the roll, the church utilizes...
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Work, Family Provide Ideal Combination for Stewart
Pontotoc Electric Meter Route Coordinator and Collector Billy Jack Stewart can’t imagine working anywhere else. Since age 19, Stewart has followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Leo Parker and...
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Community Choir to perform April 22-23 around county
Kim Gregory, of Bruce, spoke to the Bruce Rotary Club last week about the Calhoun Community Choir’s spring concert, “What a Wonderful World,” scheduled for April 22-23. Gregory said they will perform...
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BHS Student Council ‘hits home run with leadership’
Members of BHS Student Council went to Biloxi March 24-27. Students who attended were Rudy Ferguson, Logan Collins, Chassidy May, Liz Reeder, Jersey Ferguson, and Mikayla Shelton. They were accompanied...
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Franklin earns scholarship from GFWC-MFWC
Dee-Ivy Jo Franklin, of Pittsboro was awarded the first GFWC-MFWC District III Scholarship at the 102nd District III convention in Booneville March 18. She is the daughter of Barbara Hall and Danny...
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Bishop joins staff of Calhoun County Medical Clinic
Lisa H. Bishop, DNP, FNP-BC, has joined the medical staff of Calhoun County Medical Clinic. Lisa Bishop Bishop earned her associate degree in nursing from Itawamba Community College in 1998. She is a...
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Supervisors expand college program to Northeast, ICC
Calhoun County high school graduates will now be able to attend Northwest, Northeast and Itawamba community colleges tuition free after the board of supervisors voted Monday to expand the county...
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Mayor outlines busy agenda to Bruce Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope outlined to the Bruce Chamber of Commerce Monday at lunch a number of projects recently completed, others ongoing and even more he hopes to accomplish in the near future. Pope...
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Court denies appeal of Derma man serving life sentence
A Derma man will spend the rest of his life in prison after the Mississippi Court of Appeals denied his request for relief. Aaron Lee Patane In December 2014, Aaron Lee Patane waived indictment, plead...
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Bruce High teacher facing sex charge involving student
A Bruce High School teacher has been charged by the Bruce Police Department with “gratification of lust against a vulnerable person.” Loray Jordan Loray Jordan Jr., 41, who also served as an assistant...
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Relay For Life set for Friday night in Bruce
Barbara Winter, a two-time cancer survivor, looked around the crowded multi-purpose center Monday night and asked all the cancer survivors to stand. “Look at all these beautiful people,” Winter said....
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Stephens, Slate Springs’ Bethany Baptist eager to do Lord’s work
Anthony Stephens had to make some adjustments to life in tiny Slate Springs after becoming pastor of Bethany Baptist Church four years ago, but the 38-year-old Huntsville, Alabama, native has come to...
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Bobo pleads guilty to murder; Tutor found guilty by jury in burglary
A Calhoun City man pled guilty today to first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Tutor Vintrell Bobo, 23, appeared before Judge Kelly Luther in Circuit...
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Nix earns Rotary honor
The Bruce Rotary Youth Leader for April is Jennifer Nix, daughter of Shea Nix and the late Jay Nix. Her activities include honor roll and principal’s honor roll; BHS band 7 yrs., playing saxophone; 1st...
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Hands on History for CA students
“Hands on History” is the way Calhoun Academy teacher Diana Wells described the experience her students were having this semester. Amy Sullivan and George Tedder working in the Victory Garden at CA....
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Foy to speak on revitalizing Bruce April 27 at Museum
The Bruce Chamber of Commerce will host a special meeting on “revitalizing Bruce.” Joy Foy Joy Foy, formerly Joy Brown of Bruce, is the director of the Asset Development Division of the Mississippi...
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