Pittsboro News

By JOEL McNEECE The Calhoun County School Board heard requests for air conditioned gymnasiums and made several changes to the student handbook for the coming school year during a busy meeting Monday night in Pittsboro.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun County supervisors approved improvements tot he Calhoun County airport and listened to a new life insurance proposal for county employees at a meeting Thursday morning in Pittsboro.

By JOEL McNEECE Preparations are well underway for the 2009 Calhoun County Fair July 27 - " August 1. Exhibits books are currently available at the Extension Office in Pittsboro and libraries at Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman.

A combination investigation by the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Dept., Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and Department of Corrections brought an arrest of a local man on drug charges.

By JOEL McNEECE The Calhoun County School Board plans to add a middle school principal position in Calhoun City at a recessed meeting Thursday, May 28 in Pittsboro.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Calhoun County School Board heard in no uncertain terms just how challenging the new accountability model will be for the school district in the coming years.

By LISA McNEECE A Calhoun City man is in the hospital at Tupelo after a shooting Thursday night.

By JOEL?McNEECE Jay Moon, president of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, told a Calhoun Economic Development Association audience that a oeworkforce developmenta is most critical for a strong economy.

By JOEL?McNEECE The bid opening for the new Calhoun County Courthouse has been tentatively set for June 30.

By JOEL McNEECE A storm with a possible tornado blew through the Bruce area Thursday leaving a lot of fallen tress in its wake.

By JOEL McNEECE The Pittsboro Board of Aldermen have settled on a flag design for the town and are looking into pricing to have the first batch made.

By JOEL McNEECE A few more qualifiers are expected as the Friday, March 6 deadline quickly approaches.

" As part of an initiative to revitalize MSU alumni chapters, a Spring Event is being organized by the Calhoun County chapter.

By JOEL McNEECE Stacy Rimmer, of Slate Springs, was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison in a recent sentencing hearing at the Calhoun County Courthouse in Pittsboro.

By JOEL McNEECE The Bruce Chamber of Commerce will honor local citizens and businesses at its annual banquet Thursday, Feb.

The Calhoun County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has announced plans for its fourteenth annual Hunting Heritage Super Fund Banquet and Auction.A According to Steve Gulledge, Banquet Chairman, ...

By JOEL McNEECE More than 60 people in search of answers about the future of Pinecrest Memorial Gardens cemetery south of Pittsboro gathered in the courthouse Monday night.

By JOEL McNEECE TVA will hold an open house Feb. 18 from 3-7 p.m. in Pittsboro seeking public input on plans for a proposed transmission line in Calhoun County.

At least $150,000 generated from the sale of funeral contracts by the former owner of Laurel's Sunset Gardens Memorial Park cannot be accounted for, according to Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun Countya s budget is expected to take a big hit if a proposal before the Legislature to raise the homestead exemption is approved.