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MSU field day showcases sweet potato research
Sweet potato producers, crop consultants, agricultural industry representatives and the general public will learn about ongoing Mississippi State University sweet potato research and outreach efforts...
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Bruce High School Band performing “Pirates” show this season
It is officially football season now that school has begun, and the members of the Bruce High School Marching Band have been preparing for the season. Beginning to learn the music at the end of last...
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Ferrell retiring from head of Calhoun Baptist Association
Dr. Curtis Ferrell is retiring as director of the Calhoun Baptist Association. Ferrell, 67, and his wife Deanie plan to move to Clinton to be closer to their children and grandchildren. “We’re looking...
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Clanton appointed to Big Creek board
Kenny Clanton is the newest member of the Big Creek board of aldermen. Clanton was appointed by the board to serve the remaining years on the late Ron Harville’s term. The board appointed Clanton after...
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School accreditation grades to be released in October with choice
Superintendent Mike Moore told the school board Monday the district should receive its letter grade overall and for each school in October, and there will be a choice to be made. Moore said the State...
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Plein Air artists to participate in Bruce project
Plein Air is coming to Bruce, which means over the next few weeks you may see a number of artists set up in different locations around town or out in the country capturing the scenery on canvas. The...
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Hospital’s new facility will have state-of-the-art services
It will be another month before Baptist Hospital in Calhoun City is ready to open its new state-of-the-art offices and physical therapy facility, but Administrator James Franklin gave The Journal a...
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Music Room Tuesdays entertain, uplift community
Walking down the sidewalk on Main Street in Vardaman on selective Tuesdays you can hear the strumming of a guitar and the smell of some good cooking. Just inside the doors of the “Music Room,” located...
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Grace Fellowship Church ‘loves God and loves people’
John Warren is carrying a desktop computer into Grace Fellowship Church on this sunny afternoon to add to their growing computer lab. The lab is just one of the many outreach projects the church,...
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Cala Hendrix Tabb named Southeast Farm Mom of the Year
Cala Hendrix Tabb of Eupora was recently named the 2017 America’s Farmers Mom of the Year for the Southeast Region, a contest sponsored by Monsanto Company. It is the first time a Mississippi Farm...
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Robotics teams start building
It is a new school year, which means new teams. Every year, sports teams allow new people to join so the team can grow and get better. County students Seth Burks, Dillon Williams, and Christopher...
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Bruce Homecoming maids and Who’s Who results
As Bruce High School’s Homecoming approaches us quickly, students and staff members are working hard to make sure this event will be unforgettable. Senior homecoming maids Brooke Bennett, Briana...
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Car crashes into Derma store building
Badr Alqutani inspects the damage at his store in Derma Sunday afternoon after a car crashed through the front of the building. Guerrero Jose Dimas Guerrero, pictured at right, was arrested at the...
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Sec. Rentzal visits Calhoun sweet potato growers
Kay Rentzal, Executive Secretary of the U.S. Sweet Potato Council, recently made visits in Mississippi with area sweet potato growers and packers. Randle Wright of N&W Farms and Kay Rentzal, U.S....
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Supervisors set jail fee for towns; Pope says alcohol petitions getting close
Calhoun County supervisors approved a request from Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope Tuesday morning to adjust the charge to towns for housing inmates at the county jail to $35 per day. During the budget process,...
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‘City citizens want stop signs gone; alderwoman says there’s no plan for...
Two citizens were on the agenda to speak to Calhoun City Mayor Amye Hill and the board of aldermen at their regular meeting last night. The first was Dianne Herrod, who was not able to be there due to...
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Derma says no to felony arrests, car seizures
A discussion on impounded cars and the agreement with the town’s use of the county jail took up a large part of Derma’s board meeting last night. Dock Gabbert Mayor Dock Gabbert said the town was not...
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Bruce board wants to negotiate newly proposed jail contract with the county
Mayor Rudy Pope explained to the Bruce board of aldermen Tuesday night that the cost for the town will increase from $25 to $35 a day for housing inmates at the county jail based on a new contract from...
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Vardaman raises taxes and water rates
Vardaman board of aldermen agreed to raise taxes and water rates at the regular meeting of the board last night. “I hate to do that,” Mayor James Casey said. “Things we paid 50 cents for 10 years ago...
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Pittsboro votes to keep millage rate same
The Pittsboro board of aldermen voted to keep their millage rate the same for the next fiscal year at their meeting Tuesday night. Setting the millage and finalizing the budget were the final steps of...
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