Monitor Herald publishes final edition
The Monitor-Herald in Calhoun City published its final edition on Dec. 31, ending a 110-year run in the small Calhoun County community. According to the MPA archive, the paper first published July 19, 1900 and was founded by Thomas Martin Murphree. A one-year subscription at the time cost $1.
The Murphree family continued to operate the paper until the mid 1990s when it was sold to Boone Newspapers, Inc. The paper was owned by Journal Publishing in Tupelo for the past few years.