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Public Service Commissioner to speak to Bruce Rotary
Commissioner Brandon Presley will address the Bruce Rotary Club on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 at noon. Brandon Presley Commissioner Presley will be talking about utility rates and services, cellular and...
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North Mississippi Wildlife Show coming to Coffeeville Oct. 5
Celebrate Coffeeville 2013 will host the North MS Wildlife Exhibit/Show Saturday, Oct. 5 on Front St. Bring your mounts to the fire station by 10 a.m. to complete in the Big Buck Contest. Categories...
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Steen to get scholarship at Masonic Banquet Sept. 28
The Masonic Scholarship Banquet is set this Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge Building in Bruce. Tiesa Steen Speaker for the banquet will be Tracy McGuirt. Scholarship recipient is...
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Calhoun Care’s Fall Festival set for Oct. 5 in Pittsboro
Calhoun Care’s Fall Festival will be Saturday, Oct. 5 indoors and out at the?Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Events will start at 9 a.m. and last until 8:30 p.m. Arts and crafts booths will...
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“Mississippi Glowing” coming to Calhoun City Sunday night
Mission Mississippi’s “Mississippi Glowing” project, a statewide unity and reconciliation movement, will make its way to Calhoun City this Sunday, Sept. 29 for a celebration service involving churches...
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Sheriff Pollan graduates from National Sheriff’s Institute
Sheriff Greg Pollan completed participation in the 104 session of the National Sheriffs’ Institute in Aurora, Co, recently. Sheriff Lenny Millholland of Virginia, mentor sheriff for the program,...
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BHS trumpet player Haylie Brown among top in state
Around 8:15 every Friday night, Bruce High School senior Haylie Brown steps to the forefront with her trumpet. With the Trojan Marching Band standing at attention behind her, she delivers her solo....
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Our veterans should be our heroes
Our veterans should be our heroes. That was the sentiment of Veterans’ Day speakers Major General Roger Shields and Rev. Dwight Brown in Bruce and Calhoun City Monday morning. Roger Shields “Sometimes...
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Calhoun City Chamber considering name change for arts and crafts festival
The Calhoun City Chamber discussed a potential name change for the annual arts and crafts festival and planned for upcoming Christmas events during Tuesday’s meeting. Chamber President Laura Edwards...
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Jenkins may be appointed new county fire investigator
Calhoun County supervisors are scheduled to consider appointing Deputy Cody Jenkins as the county’s new fire coordinator at a meeting this morning (Wednesday). Cody Jenkins Deputy Dean Poynor has held...
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First “Egg Bowl Run” to come through Calhoun Nov. 25
Ole Miss and Mississippi State are beginning a new Egg Bowl tradition this year that will involve Calhoun County. Army ROTC soldiers from Ole Miss will carry the “game ball” from Oxford to Calhoun City...
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Pittsboro officials to seek reimbursement for water repairs; agree to...
Pittsboro water superintendent Charles Mayhan told the board of aldermen Tuesday night 33 town water lines have been hit by the boring for Bruce Telephone Company’s (BTC) fiber optic project costing...
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Edwin Boland recalls time “Tallest Man in the World” visited Calhoun City
Edwin Boland of Calhoun City remembers vividly the day the “Gentle Giant” Robert Wadlow, best known as the world’s tallest person, visited the Calhoun City Square on March 13, 1940. “When he opened the...
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Jesse Yancy Library to host health insurance seminar, Whitney White at Brown...
Have questions about the Marketplace? Want to know how to sign up for coverage? Attend the Health Insurance Marketplace Seminar Monday, Nov. 18 from 2-3 p.m. at Jesse Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce....
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Calhoun awarded federal $6,364 food-shelter grant
Calhoun County has been awarded $6,364 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency...
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Bruce chamber, PEPA to host substation ribbon cutting Monday
The Bruce Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting next Monday, Nov. 18 at the new Southwest Bruce Substation on Hwy. 9 as part of a grand opening ceremony with PEPA. Pontotoc Electric will be...
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Three children killed in Vardaman house fire
Three children died as a result of an early morning house fire in Vardaman Saturday. The fire started around 2:45 a.m. at 119 First Street in Vardaman at the home of Kim Brown. Firemen on the scene...
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Sales tax returns up around the county thus far this fiscal year
Sales tax returns to continue to rise around the county in the current fiscal year according to the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Bruce is showing the largest total gain with $164,144 in returns...
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Leachman earns honor from Bruce Rotary Club
Shelby Leachman was recently awarded the Bruce Rotary Youth Leader award for November. Her parents are Laura Mae Leachman and Carlton Leachman. Her activities are: •ranks 3rd in her class; •principal’s...
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Razo children remembered as “always smiling” as community copes with their...
Hundreds gathered inside the Vardaman gymnasium Monday afternoon to mourn three children killed early Saturday morning when their home on First Street in Vardaman caught fire. Seven-year-old twins...
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