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Randy Darracott – Weyerhaeuser manager’s career starts in accounting
Randy Darracott is in his fifth year as manager of the Weyerhaeuser mill in Bruce, but the nation’s largest lumber producer didn’t initially hire him for his love for sawmilling, but his passion for...
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LIFT to hold public hearing on programs in Pittsboro
LIFT, Inc. will hold a public hearing Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Lift office in Pittsboro to receive public input on their various programs. The office is located at 166 Shannon St. near the...
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Excel, Head Start registering students now
The Excel after school program and South Calhoun's Head Start Center will both be accepting applications next week. After-School Excel Registration will be Thursday, Aug. 10, from 5-7 p.m. at the...
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Calhoun City board reverses course, removes tax increase from budget proposal
The Calhoun City Board of Aldermen made significant changes to their proposed budget for next fiscal year, including removing a 2-mil tax increase on a 3-2 vote Thursday night. The board met at 5 p.m....
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Derma man pleads guilty to 2016 murder; accessory sentenced as well
A Derma man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder Monday in Pittsboro. Coleman JaShon Coleman, 22, of Derma, entered his plea in circuit court Monday morning...
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Vardaman “Victory Project” proved success for area kids
Summer 2017 had a different flavor for about 35 children from Vardaman. This was possible thanks to the partnership between Vardaman Victory Project Entrepreneurial Learning Center (ELC) of the MacLean...
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Supervisors acknowledge can’t avoid tax hike due to school district’s request
Calhoun County supervisors resigned themselves to the fact that a tax increase is a virtual certainty this year due to the increase sought by the school district. During a lengthy budget work session...
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Cook aims to encourage, lift VHS teachers and students up
Calhoun County Schools began a new year this week and it’s also Dr. Tim Cook’s first as a school principal. “This is where I want to be,” said the new Vardaman High School Principal. The 39-year-old...
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Jon Hood leads 180-year-old Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Jon Hood was 15 years old when he was first called into the ministry at Jericho Baptist Church in Union County. “I stayed in it for three years, working in the church, but went to college and didn’t...
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Air Force veteran Doug Orlando builds custom trikes at his Drivers Flat home
Doug Orlando has a passion for learning, which feeds his passion for building. The retired engineer exercises both in his backyard shop in the Drivers Flat Community near the Lafayette County line....
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Mata determined to follow dream of becoming professional bull rider
Hat pulled down tight, rope wrapped through his small hand to ensure maximum grip, boot heels dug in, toes pointed out, ignoring the snorts from the steer’s nostrils, Chase Mata anxiously awaits for...
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Ashland man arrested in Banner on kidnapping charge
An Ashland man is in the Calhoun County jail in Pittsboro facing charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and grand larceny. Benjamin Ferguson Benjamin Lee Ferguson, 40, was arrested Wednesday...
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Three now running for district one supervisor
Tom Terry of Pittsboro has qualified to run for district one supervisor in the special election set for this November. Terry is the third candidate to enter the race joining Charles Bobo, of Derma, and...
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Alabama man pleads guilty to robbing Randolph Post Office
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to robbing a northeast Mississippi post office and firing a gun at the postmaster. Court record show Richard Thomas Scott of Wilmer, Alabama, pleaded guilty Friday to...
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Bruce agrees on deficit budget, no tax increase
The Bruce mayor and board of aldermen tentatively agreed on a new budget last week that includes no tax increase, but does feature a substantial deficit. The budget agreed to in a special called...
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Pittsboro to install camera to catch dumpster abusers
Pittsboro board of aldermen agreed to install a security camera to try and catch those abusing the town’s dumpsters on the old school property. Alderman Jimmy Franklin told the board at last week’s...
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‘City Sonic on track to open Aug. 23
Patrick Wellington, the new manager of the Calhoun City Sonic still under construction, told the chamber of commerce last week they are still on schedule to open Aug. 23. “The outside work has slowed...
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Andy Taggart addresses new drug court graduates
Andy Taggart was the guest speaker at the Third Judicial District Drug Court graduation yesterday at the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford. Nineteen people graduate from the program. Thirteen other...
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No tax increase – County raises millage estimate and avoids expected tax hike
Calhoun County supervisors agreed to a significant adjustment to the proposed budget for next fiscal year eliminating an expected tax increase for property owners for the coming year while still...
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Alcohol push three-fourths of the way toward the needed signatures
Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope said the effort to obtain enough signatures to put legalizing alcohol on a county referendum is 75% of the way home. “They’re coming in slowly, but they are still coming in,” Pope...
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