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Calhoun City cheerleader tryouts Feb. 27
Tryouts to be on next year’s cheer squad will be held on February 27. Ms. Meg Dennis is the head coach of the cheer team. Tryouts will be held in the CCHS auditorium and they will have clinics the...
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U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee in hospice care
Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who has been absent from Capitol Hill for the majority of the past year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor in the spring, was moved to home hospice care in Tupelo Monday...
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Judge Howorth teaches legal writing at Jackson seminar
Circuit Judge Andrew Howorth, of Oxford, talked about legal writing during the Bench-Bar Liaison Committee seminar for law clerks on Jan. 23 in Jackson. Judge Andrew Howorth Judge Howorth was among...
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McNeece earns advertising awards from Mississippi Press Association
Calhoun County Journal Associate Editor Lisa Denley McNeece earned three awards in the Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Advertising Contest for her designs. Lisa McNeece Among the winning...
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Slate Springs woman drowns Sunday near Big Creek
A Slate Springs woman died Sunday evening of an apparent drowning in a creek just south of Big Creek. Coaurtney Leigh Collins, 30, was found by search parties in the bottom of a creek in Pulley Slew...
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Gov. William Winter presented Gale Denley Memorial Journalism Award
One of Mississippi’s most respected statesmen was honored at a Celebrity Roast held by the state’s newspaper press corps to raise money for journalism education. Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter...
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Supervisors consider loan options for hospital expansion project
Calhoun County Supervisors are considering a proposal that may save Calhoun Health Services a significant amount of money on their planned expansion, although it would likely delay the start of the...
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Two airlifted after violent crash in front of Bruce Community Living Center
Two people are being airlifted this morning from a violent wreck in front of Bruce Community Living Center on Hwy. 9. Malcolm Moore and Gail Spencer were both being airlifted from the scene of the...
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Bad debts reported at Derma meeting
Bad debts and an upcoming holiday constituted all the business at Derma’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Deneen James Town Clerk Deneen Russell reported bad debts – Kimberly Gray, Rosie Ann...
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Calhoun City addresses needs in water department
Calhoun City Board of Aldermen gave approval at their regular meeting last night for Shane Cook, water operator, to purchase a new colorimeter that will test fluoride, phosphate, chlorine and more....
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Pittsboro upset with legislator who thwarted beer effort
The Pittsboro board of aldermen was informed Tuesday night prospects for a package store look good, just prior to Mayor Reda Bullard expressing her frustration with a particular legislator that killed...
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Vardaman Sportsplex lost $25,000 in 2014
Mayor James Casey told the Vardaman board last night that the town’s Sportsplex lost $25,000 last year. James Casey Mayor Casey said the Sportsplex board had been counting on fall youth football and...
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Board postpones plan to add 10 new trees to Bruce Square
Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope presented a plan Tuesday night to cut down one and add back 10 trees to the Bruce Square, but the board elected to postpone the idea until next winter. Mayor Pope said the city...
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Voting underway for Bruce Chamber awards
Voting is currently underway for annual awards to be presented at the Bruce Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet set for Feb. 26. Annual awards presented at the banquet include Citizen of the Year,...
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Racing runs in the Dishman family
Clint Dishman loves everything about racing, particularly drag racing. Dishman, who owns Clint’s Pit Stop convenience store on the corner of Hwys. 9-32 in Bruce, has been racing for 16 years. “It’s...
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NWTF banquet set for Feb. 21
20 Years! 20 Guns! is the theme of this year’s Hunting Heritage Banquet & Auction hosted by the Calhoun County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. The family event is scheduled for 6...
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Dudley Davis donates stump from Rowan Oak to Union County Museum
A connection between Calhoun County and Union County was made in the recent donation of an interesting object to the Union County Historical Society Heritage Museum collection, and it has brought...
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Yancy Library to host movie day, brown bag luncheon
Celebrate Love Your Library month at Jesse Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce. Join us on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m.-noon as we celebrate “Take Your Child To The Library” Day! We’ll have a story, a...
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Rep. Alan Nunnelee dies at 56
Rep. Alan Nunnelee, a Mississippi Republican and part of the historic 2010 GOP wave election that gave the party control of the House, died Friday. He was 56. “Congressman Alan Nunnelee has gone home...
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New book showcases Mississippi sculptor and Calhoun native Samuel Gore
“Blessed With Tired Hands” is the title of the new book by photographer Barbara Gauntt spotlighting extraordinary sculptor, painter and Calhoun County native Samuel Marshall Gore. A beloved art...
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