Calhoun County News

" U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today encouraged residents in Calhoun County to attend an upcoming meeting to find out more about floodplain management and potential changes to the floodplain maps in their communities.

The long anticipated sale of Bruce Telephone Company became official on Oct. 30 with Charles F. Fail of Fail Telecommunications Corporation in Bay Springs, Miss.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun County supervisors agreed to draft a letter of resolution in support of local farmers seeking whatever assistance may be available at a meeting in Pittsboro Friday morning.

Helicopter pilot hurt in crash A Greenwood man was to undergo surgery today after being injured in a helicopter crash Sunday in Webster County.

By JOEL McNEECE Law enforcement officials in Calhoun County plan to be out in full force this weekend to prevent any a oeHalloween mischief.a Calhoun City Police Chief Benny Langford said roadblocks will be set up and Calhoun Citya s curfew of 1-5 a.m. will be enforced.

By JOEL McNEECE Ernest Sherrill has been an avid whittler all his life. "I've been whittling since I was old enough to lose my dad's pocket knives," said Sherrill, a retired policeman from Nashville who moved 11 months ago with his wife Helen to the Derma area.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun County recorded its lowest unemployment rate in nearly a year in September, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

By JOEL McNEECE Two Halloween-themed festivals in Calhoun County this week will offer children opportunities for fun.

Production is underway for the booklet for the upcoming 4th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By JOEL McNEECE Several Calhoun County students were recently honored for performing at the highest levels on last year's state tests.

By JOEL McNEECE Randall Langford, who farms with James Chrestman and Carter Edmondson, sat high on his tractor looking out over the rain-soaked field wondering how much of this year's sweet potato crop could be saved.

By JOEL McNEECE Bruce Police and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department are investigating a couple of break-ins over the weekend.

By JOEL McNEECE Few people can share as many great stories about Calhoun County as Tommy Hallum.

Approaching severe weather is creating several weather warnings in Calhoun County as well as threatening tonight's football games in Calhoun City and Vardaman.

Authorities have apprehended a man wanted for alleged misuse of prepaid burial funds at two Prentiss County cemeteries.

By LISA McNEECE and Miss. Attorney General Press Release A former cemetery owner in the custody of the Attorney Generala s office is now at the Calhoun County Jail in Pittsboro.

The former owner of cemeteries in Jones County and others in north Mississippi has been arrested in Pennsylvania, state Attorney General Jim Hood said today.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun County Supervisors appointed a new regional library board member and agreed to a program to help the uninsured with prescription drug costs at a meeting Friday morning in Pittsboro.

Joel McNeece, publisher of Calhoun County Journal in Bruce, Mississippi, was honored during the National Newspaper Association's 123rd Annual Convention and Trade Show, when he was presented with the Daniel M. Phillips Leadership Award.

The Monitor-Herald began publication in Calhoun City in 1899. It will print its final edition the last day of 2009.