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Lady Braves play for sectional title

The Pittsfield Eighth Grade Lady Braves will play for their third consecutive sectional title tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 6) at 6:30. The opponent will be Petersburg Porta Junior High Lady Bluejays. The winner will move on to the state finals which will be held in Germantown.

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PIKE: Pikeland chooses Fox as interim

By BETH ZUMWALT The Pikeland School Board met Monday night in special session to approve D.Todd Fox as the interim superintendent. Fox’s official hire date was Monday, Dec. 4 and he is expected to start Thursday, Dec. 7. Fox had previously been the superintendent at Southwestern School District in Hancock County. At the school he…

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CARROLLTON: Price sentenced to probation and fined

By Carmen Ensinger After clogging up the court system for two-and-a-half years, former Carrollton teacher Kyle Price was sentenced in Greene County Circuit Court on Nov. 21 to two years of probation, fined $250 and must perform 100 hours of community service.

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SCOTT: Dorsey’s Hardware closing after 51 years

By Carmen Ensinger After more than a half-century in business on the Winchester Square, Dorsey’s Sentry Hardware is closing and owners Gary and Barbara Dorsey are retiring. They held a retirement party on Saturday, Nov. 25 at the store where many current and former customers dropped in to wish them luck on their retirement. Barbara…

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CALHOUN: Calhoun Community gathers together for injured teen

By Cory Davenport A 16-year-old Calhoun County teenager named Sam was airlifted following a car crash on Friday, Nov. 24. His car was totaled and he was flown directly to St. Louis Children’s Hospital with numerous injuries, including broken ribs, a fractured collarbone, a knocked-out front tooth and multiple scrapes and bruises. From the hospital,…

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