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Storm damages properties on CR 433
Dan Parker said it lasted less than a minute. “It sounded like a very loud clap of thunder and then it was gone,” Parker said in his front yard looking at his leaning front porch and collapsed carport....
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Sweet potatoes are 10th in commodity value
The estimated $7.6 billion value of Mississippi agriculture increased by 1.8 percent in 2016, helping the industry retain its prominence in the state’s overall economy. “Agriculture’s reach in the...
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Bruce Christmas Parade is on for Thursday night
Bruce Christmas parade will be Thursday, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. after two weather cancellations. A group of citizens met Monday night at Bruce Fire Department and voted to have the parade this week. Line-up...
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Vanlandingham elected to lead Bruce Chamber in 2017
Jay Vanlandingham, Bruce Telephone Company manager, will be the next president of the Bruce Chamber of Commerce. Jay Vanlandingham Vanlandingham was elected as the organization’s next president Monday...
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Christmas Spirit alive and well around Calhoun County
The Christmas Spirit is alive and well in Calhoun County where countless stories of giving and outreach can be found through various civic and school groups, churches, businesses and private...
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Becketts, Fultons, Edwards among Christmas Lighting winners
Christmas Lighting Winners in the annual contest sponsored by the Twentieth Century Club of Bruce were recently announced. Overall: 1st- Jim & Susan Beckett 2nd- Rickie & June Vaughn 3rd- Dr....
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Blood drives planned in Vardaman, Bruce
Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) will be holding community blood drives in Vardaman and Bruce next week. They will be at the Dollar General in Vardaman on Tuesday, December 27, from 12 – 6 p.m. Donors...
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Top 10 Stories of 2016 in Calhoun County
Following is the list of top 10 stories of the year in Calhoun County as voted on by the staff of The Journal. 1) Construction, additions and major renovations Calhoun County has experienced a lot of...
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Three arrested in Calhoun City armed robbery
Three Calhoun City men were arrested Tuesday night for a robbery that took place in a car parked at Oakwood Apartments in Calhoun City last Saturday night. Dromeo Robinson, 23, was charged with armed...
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Reynolds to graduate from UM law school, achieve life goal
Adreain Reynolds of Bruce will graduate from law school at Ole Miss this May. “I never thought I’d get here, and now I can’t believe I’m here!” A 2010 graduate of Bruce High School, she received her...
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Bruce man charged with attempted murder after shooting at brother, cousins
A Bruce man has been charged with attempted murder after an altercation with his brother and two nephews Sunday. King Jeffery N. King, 39, was charged after he allegedly shot in a pickup being driven...
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Supervisors reappoint Clanton as board attorney for 2017
Calhoun County Supervisors unanimously agreed to rehire Sonny Clanton as board attorney at their first meeting of the new year Tuesday. Jenny Hill was reappointed purchasing clerk for the board. In...
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Vardaman senior citizens’ center must move
The Vardaman Board of Aldermen met for the first time in their new town complex Tuesday night. The meeting was brief with the only business agreeing to install a drop box outside the new Town Hall and...
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Farmer buys lot off Pittsboro Square, planning to put in business
Pittsboro Town Clerk Amy White told the board Tuesday night Guy Farmer Jr. has purchased the former Hardin house directly across Hwy. 9 from the courthouse and next to El Jefe Mexican restaurant. She...
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Ordinance requiring helmets for all bicycle riders pondered in Bruce
The Bruce Board of Aldermen tabled a proposed ordinance requiring the wearing of safety helmets for bicycle riders in Bruce. This ordinance is among requirements for a grant the town is seeking to...
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Sonic returning to Calhoun City
Sonic will be returning to Calhoun City, according to Mayor J.R. Denton as reported at the monthly town board meeting last night. The drive-in restaurant will be located on property which has been...
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Major General Fox Conner will be honored at Jan. 27 CCHS event, new biography...
Calhoun City High School Principal Mike Ray is inviting the public to honor one of Mississippi’s most noted sons, Major General Fox Conner, on Friday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. in the school auditorium....
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Willie Mays finds his calling in the kitchen
Willie Mays dreams of one day owning his own restaurant and cooking foods from various cultures from all over the world. The 1995 Bruce graduate took a step toward that recently when he graduated from...
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Supreme Court Justices Maxwell, Chamberlin take oath in Jackson
New Supreme Court Justice Robert P. Chamberlin and incumbent Justices James W. Kitchens, James D. Maxwell II and Dawn H. Beam took the oath of office today in Jackson. Chamberlin won the election that...
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Monday blood drive in Calhoun City hopes to aid statewide shortage
CALHOUN CITY, Miss. – Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) is experiencing a critical need for donors and is asking donors to come in and roll up their sleeves to help boost the blood supply in order to...
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