
Methodist churches in Bruce and Calhoun City are both scheduled to receive new pastors in June.

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. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

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.

Jesse Yancy Memorial Library in Bruce will celebrate Children’s Book Week with a host of activities beginning this weekend.

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.

The Calhoun City Chamber of Commerce continued work for the May 25 Arts and Crafts Festival on the square during their monthly meeting Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

May 15, 2013 By Joel McNeece
It’s not a new problem, but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. Bruce held its primary election last week with a contested race for mayor and … [Read More...]

May 15, 2013 By Lisa McNeece
You learn the most interesting cooking tips in the grocery store. I ran into Pat Ledbetter of Banner last week, and we were discussing my disaster … [Read More...]

May 15, 2013 By Sid Salter
Medicaid expansion won’t come without budgetary consequences in Mississippi. That’s the message circulated this week by the Republican chairman of … [Read More...]
May 17, 2013 By Joel McNeece
Vernon Keith Mooneyham, 74, of Randolph, died May 11, 2013 at Sunshine Nursing Home in Pontotoc. He was born June 14, 1939 in Buckhorn, the son of … [Read More...]
May 17, 2013 By Joel McNeece
Erma Clara Morgan Howell, 86, passed away May 16, 2013. A long time resident of Frayser, TN, she was born in Yalobousha County MS to Linder Lee … [Read More...]
May 16, 2013 By Joel McNeece
Lanelle Wood Couch, 85, of Grenada, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto in Southaven. She was born in Calhoun … [Read More...]
May 16, 2013 By Joel McNeece
Agnes Laverne Gillespie, 93, of Vardaman, died May 14, 2013 at her son's residence in Isola. She was born March 24, 1920 in Pontotoc, the daughter … [Read More...]
Copyright © 2013 · News Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in
Follow Us