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Arrowheads fascination keeps Luke Andrews hunting
Luke Andrews’ fascination with finding arrowheads began five years ago while fishing in the Skuna River with his brother Chester Dover. “I found that one and that did it for me,” Luke said. “I got to...
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Accidents claim lives of two Calhoun men in past 24 hours
Accidents have claimed the lives of two Calhoun County men within the past 24 hours. Terry Martin, of Bruce, owner of Martin Construction, was killed late Thursday afternoon when he fell from the roof...
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Weeks joins Brown in school board race
The special election for the district three school board seat now has two qualifiers. Bubba Weeks, of Bruce, officially qualified Friday joining Willie Ray Brown in the Nov. 3 election. Brown qualified...
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Calhoun unemployment at lowest level in nearly two decades
Calhoun County unemployment continues to decline to lowest levels in nearly two decades according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Calhoun County's average unemployment rate for...
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Third arrest made in Calhoun City robbery, shooting case as victim improves
A third man has been arrested in the burglary and shooting case that put a Calhoun City woman in the hospital last week. Vaughn Jalyn Vaughn, 19, of Bruce, was arrested Monday and charged with...
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Supervisors adjust budget figures to lessen tax increase
Calhoun County Supervisors voted to decrease the county’s tax millage for the next fiscal year by more than three mils in an attempt to minimize the potential increase of property taxes. The first...
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Longest narrowly defeats Ferguson in D3 supervisor runoff
Incumbent District Three Supervisor Gwin Longest narrowly defeated challenger Justin Ferguson in Tuesday’s runoff to advance to the Nov. 3 general election. Gwin Longest Longest won both the Bruce...
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Enrollment down at all Calhoun schools except VHS
All Calhoun County Schools show a slight decrease in enrollment so far this school year compared to last, with the exception of Vardaman High School. The Calhoun County School District as a whole is...
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Shelton is new editor of Skuna River Review
Mikayla Shelton just began her fourth year of reporting for the Skuna River Review. Along with contributing to the weekly newspaper, she has recently taken on the duty of the editor. Mikayla Shelton...
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Calhoun kids earn honors at Union County Goat Show
Calhoun County 4-Hers excelled in competition recently at the Union County Goat Show. •Conner Shelton–5th 8-10 year old goat showmanship and 4th with his lightweight 2 market goat. •Layla Bramlitt –...
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Bruce native earns Ashton B. Carter coin from secretary of defense
Airman First Class Zachary Bennett, a native of Bruce, recently received the Ashton B. Carter secretary of defense challenge coin. Zachary Bennett The coins are normally presented in recognition of...
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Barbara Goodson still fulfilling her need to serve her community
Barbara Goodson learned early in her professional career that service was her true calling. “I’m just service oriented,” she said. “I really enjoy it.” She’s provided that public service through a...
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Calhoun City man killed, another injured in early morning accident in Grenada...
An early morning automobile accident in Grenada County claimed the life of a Calhoun City fireman and injured another. Tanner Lafayette, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Old Hwy....
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Pope joins school board during extremely brief meeting
Rudy Pope, of Bruce, was sworn in as the new district three representative on the Calhoun County School Board during an extremely brief meeting in Pittsboro. Pope’s first meeting lasted less than 20...
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Camp joins district three school board race
The special election for the district three school board seat now has three qualifiers with the deadline approaching this Friday. Ken Camp Ken Camp, of Bruce, officially qualified Tuesday morning. He...
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Derma board approves $1 million budget
Derma aldermen adopted their budget of $1,067,497 at a brief meeting last night. The board also looked over the compilation report presented by CPA Ronnie Windham and approved a contract for Windham...
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Vardaman board agrees to keep same water rates
Vardaman board of aldermen voted to keep water rates the same at the regular meeting of the board last night. Citizens Martha Horton and Sharon Kimble came to talk to the board about ongoing flooding...
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Calhoun City approves budget that includes a new fire truck
With the exception of buying a new fire truck, Calhoun City Mayor J.R. Denton reported at their board meeting that the new budget is the same as last year. J.R. Denton He commended the board for saving...
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Bruce approves water rate increase; alderman asks of citizens complaints...
The Bruce board unanimously approved a water rate increase Tuesday night. The increase is 10 cents per tier and will take effect in October. Alderman Steve Nelson said that increase will result in an...
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Chris Williams was hooked from his first fire training experience
Chris Williams never dreamed of becoming a fireman, but the idea of being able to help people did appeal to him. “I just knew the main objective of the fire department was to help people and that meant...
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