Headlines
Seventy-two to graduate from Bruce Friday at 8 p.m.
Bruce and Calhoun City will hold commencement exercises Friday night and Vardaman Saturday afternoon as nearly 140 students will be awarded high school diplomas. … [Read More...]
Thirty-four to graduate from Calhoun City Friday at 6 p.m.
Calhoun City’s graduation is set for 6 p.m. Friday, May 24 at the Calhoun City football field. … [Read More...]
Thirty-two to graduate at Vardaman Saturday at 2 p.m.
Vardaman’s graduation is set for Saturday, May 25 at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. … [Read More...]
Sports
Shankle, Gee, Burton chosen for NEMSBCA All Star Game
Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman each have a player chosen for the 2013 Northeast Mississippi Softball Coaches … [Read More...]
Doolittle, Baggett to particpate in Austrailia All Star games
Two Calhoun County athletes will be traveling to Australia this summer to compete in football and basketball games. … [Read More...]
Area players in All Star football game Wednesday night in Saltillo
High school football players from Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman will suit up for the first annual Northeast … [Read More...]
Recipes
Ariel & Erin Keon
At the Keon house in Bruce, the typical response to, “Hey, Mom, how do you...?” is “Go look it … [Read More...]
Nicole Taylor
When it came time to decide on a topic for the demonstration speech in Jennifer Rogers’ class, … [Read More...]
Nida Weaver
Retired LPN Nida Weaver of Calhoun City will be 85 in August, and jokes that when she is, she is … [Read More...]
More Headlines
Parent group argues for CCMS to retain all of its teaching positions
Emily Rennie, vice president of the Calhoun City Middle School Support Group, asked the school board Monday night not to eliminate a teaching position at the school as the group had heard may happen. … [Read More...]
Bruce Chamber prepares for debut of Farmers’ Market Thursday night
President Becky Wright told Bruce Chamber of Commerce members Monday that the first Farmers’ Market on the Bruce Square will debut this Thursday, May 23. … [Read More...]
Calhoun City receives $861,500 for major sewer line upgrades
After nearly three years of work, Calhoun City has been approved for a $861,500 loan for sewer improvements of which the city will only have to repay 25%. … [Read More...]
New pastors coming to Methodist churches in Bruce, Calhoun City
Methodist churches in Bruce and Calhoun City are both scheduled to receive new pastors in June. … [Read More...]
Vardaman’s Morgan earns highest academic honor at Ole Miss
Stephen Morgan, of Vardaman, is among 59 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2013 Taylor Medal, the university's highest academic award. The outstanding students were recognized recently during the 70th annual Honors Convocation at the Gertrude C. … [Read More...]
Hegwood growing healthy artichoke crop in Pittsboro
Rick Hegwood of Pittsboro is among the few not complaining about the cool, wet spring. It’s helped provide him with a bumper crop of artichokes. … [Read More...]
Jesse Yancy Memorial Library to celebrate Children’s Book Week
Jesse Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce will celebrate Children’s Book Week with a host of activities beginning this weekend. … [Read More...]
Louise Baskin lives in a mail order house
Louise Baskin’s home at first glance looks like the typical country house, sitting high on a hill surrounded by farm land and bright, colorful flowers. But the truth is, it’s very different. It was ordered from a catalog. … [Read More...]
T-shirts on sale now for May 25 Arts & Crafts Festival in Calhoun City
The Calhoun City Chamber of Commerce continued work for the May 25 Arts and Crafts Festival on the square during their monthly meeting Tuesday. … [Read More...]
Bruce’s first farmers’ market set for May 23
Plans are coming together for Bruce’s first Farmers’ Market on Thursday, May 23. … [Read More...]
MDA officials promote downtown revitalization to local leaders
Bruce native Joy Foy, of Canton, was among a team from the Mississippi Development Authority who made presentations in Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman Tuesday offering support for local economic development efforts. … [Read More...]
Derma studying options with dilapidated community center
The Derma Board of Aldermen voted last week to look into tearing down the Church Hill Community Center building, but Grace Pearson, who operates a beauty salon in one end of the building, is hoping another option is settled on. … [Read More...]
School board working on goals for superintendent
A committee was named to work on goals for the county superintendent of education at the special called meeting of the board of education Monday night. … [Read More...]
First Calhoun County Prom set for Friday night; organized after board voted for schools to stop hosting
The first-ever joint prom between all three county schools is being held this Friday night. … [Read More...]
Secretary of State’s 2012 election report notes violations in Calhoun County
Calhoun County supervisors were informed Monday morning several county precincts are in violation of state law, according to the Secretary of State’s office. … [Read More...]
Excel seeks grant to add more tutors
The Excel, Inc. advisory board in Calhoun City approved submitting an application for a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant for the 2103-2014 academic year. … [Read More...]
‘Cherry Cola Book Club’ author coming to Bruce
Mississippi author Ashton Lee will be sharing from his book “The Cherry Cola Book Club" at Jesse Yancy Memorial Library's Brown Bag Luncheon Tuesday, May 14 at noon. … [Read More...]
Bruce and Chickenbone fire departments respond to ‘shed fire’
Bruce and Chickenbone fire departments quickly extinguished a "shed fire" Thursday afternoon at the Bailey home on CR 133 east of Bruce. … [Read More...]
Tornado of 1948 not forgotten in Calhoun City
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18, 1948, a deadly tornado struck around Martin Lake on the west side of Calhoun City, then touched down on the north side of town at Burke Road and Hwy. 9 destroying Bro. and Mrs. Richard Carter’s store and residence. … [Read More...]
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