Bruce High School Senior Canon Benefield, left, was the recipient of the United States Marines Youth Award for Musical Excellence at the recent Bruce Band Banquet. Senior Grayson Denley, right, was the recipient of the John Phillip Sousa Award. The award is a nationally recognized award given primarily to a senior who exhibits outstanding leadership, musicality, responsibility, and has a true spirit of being a great band member. Both are pictured with Bruce Band Director Jon Bland. Photos by Kevin Cozart
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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 … [Read More...]
Sports
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...]
Baldwyn tops ‘City 4-1 in 10 innings to win 2A North Semifinal series
Calhoun City’s Brooks Goodson and Baldwyn’s Bishop Davis tied up in a pitcher’s duel Tuesday night, both pitching … [Read More...]
Cleveland: My first chaw of tobacco was my last
Major League Baseball has tried — so far without success — to ban its players from chewing tobacco. So we still see … [Read More...]
Recipes
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...]
Rebekah Baker Carr
Rebekah Baker Carr always watched her mother, Kathy, cook, and always helped her with supper, which … [Read More...]
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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...]
Brown recognized by Bruce Rotary Club
Davis Brown was recently honored as the Bruce Rotary Youth Leader for May. … [Read More...]
Thirteen to graduate from Calhoun Academy Sunday night
Calhoun Academy graduation is set for Sunday, May 12 at 8 p.m. with 13 students scheduled to re-ceive diplomas. … [Read More...]
20th Century launches ‘Wear Red’ campaign for troops
Bruce 20th Century Club has started a “Wear?Red on Fridays to Support Our Troops” campaign. … [Read More...]
Pope wins mayor’s race; Shaw, Rodgers, Armstrong win aldermen contests
Rudy Pope, retired football coach and teacher at Bruce High School, was elected Bruce’s next mayor Tuesday defeating incumbent Robert Edward Oakley 335-189. … [Read More...]
Derma to tear down Church Hill Community Center
Derma board of aldermen voted to tear down the old Church Hill Community Center and to proceed with repair of the old tornado siren at the regular meeting of the board last night. … [Read More...]
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