Vardaman News

The Houlka Wildcats took a 58-35 win over the Tremont Eagles Thursday night in division tourney at West Oktibbeha.

By LISA McNEECE The town of Vardaman opened bids for health insurance for employees, but tabled them until a recess meeting next week to get more information from one of the bidders.

VARDAMAN, Miss.-Roger Walls of Vardaman may be 77, but he feels like a teenager again, thanks to a new procedure performed by North Mississippi Medical Center's Heart Institute.

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.

Calhoun County row crop and beef cattle farmers Brad and Carla Spencer of Vardaman were recently named state winners of the 2011 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award.The Spencers will receive a new Ford pickup truck, the use of John Deere and Kubota tractors, $500 from Ford and $1,800 [...]

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.

By JOEL McNEECE A Sunday afternoon house fire between Derma and Vardaman resulted in authorities discovering 56 marijuana plants, resulting in four arrests.