Calhoun County has recently updated its account with Emergency Communications Network, providers of the CodeRED high-speed notification solution and the CodeRED Weather Warning service.

By JOEL McNEECE
Calhoun City Police Chief Benny Langford said his department will increase its efforts in February to collect all outstanding fines owed to the city.

By JOEL McNEECE
Beth Gillis, who is closing in on her 30th year of teaching special education at Bruce High School, is known for doing whatever it takes to help her students learn their objectives, even if it involves a little song and dance.

By JOEL McNEECE
Billy Dale Hill, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and rape of an 87-year-old Vardaman woman in 1974, may be brought back to Calhoun County next week for resentencing.

Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Ann H. Lamar  will be the keynote speaker at the  Third Circuit Drug Court graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford. The ceremony will be in the main courtroom.

By JOEL McNEECE
Billy McCord was re-elected president and Danny Harrelson vice-president of the Calhoun County School Board for 2012 at Monday's meeting in Pittsboro.

By LISA McNEECE
A group formed to help Calhoun cancer patients is now ready to give out assistance.

By JOEL McNEECE
U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee said North Mississippi is “perfectly poised for economic growth” while speaking at the annual Calhoun Economic Development Association (CEDA) banquet in Calhoun City last week.

By JOEL McNEECE
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of several tools from a Dentontown home last weekend.

By JOEL McNEECE
A three-car accident on Hwy. 9 just south of Calhoun City kept the road blocked for not quite an hour Monday morning.

AP - Although almost no one seems to know it, it's illegal for everyday citizens to burn common waste in Mississippi. That may be about to change though as the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality comes under pressure to change the rule.

North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Program is seeking volunteers in Calhoun City who would like to participate in a Hospice volunteer program.

By JOEL McNEECE
The brightly colored painting of a crucifix hangs on the south wall of Hometown Cafe in Bruce and never fails to illicit a comment or two, which thrills artist Autumn Samuell.

By JOEL McNEECE
Rep. Jim Beckett, of Bruce, has been appointed chairman of the Public Utilities Committee by Mississippi House Speaker Phillip Gunn.

By JOEL McNEECE
Sister Judy Sinnwell told the Bruce Chamber of Commerce Monday that more than 34 tons of garbage have been recycled since the countywide recycling program was implemented in 2009.