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Three Crystal Springs homes were recognized recently for their beautification efforts by America in Bloom. The nationwide organization works to promote nationwide beautification through education and community involvement by encouraging the use of flowers, plants, trees, and other environmental and lifestyle enhancements. Judges were in Crystal Springs and selected the homes of Lee and Eva…

By Drake Flowers With masks on and social distancing spacing out the crowd, Canton Academy rolled into Gallman Friday night for the start of MSAIS football at Copiah Academy. In addition to a new game day procedure, Copiah football also welcomed the beginning of a new era as head coach Billy Wayne Hankins made his…

The first meeting of the Wesson Garden Club’s 2020/2021 year was held Aug. 11 at the American Legion Post 79 in Wesson. Pres. Debbie Smith opened the meeting with prayer by Dixie Thornton and presented each member with their 2020/2021 Wesson Garden Club Yearbook. Members beamed with pride as Smith announced that the club had…

Alpha Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter is celebrating five years serving the Copiah County area. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter is the first sorority and Zeta chapter in Copiah County. The chapter was organized and chartered on Aug. 18, 2015, under the leadership and guidance of sorority sisters the late Lequisha…

This year’s Pearl River Clean Sweep event is scheduled for Sept 19. Cleanup teams will be deployed at over 25 locations along the Pearl River watershed, from its headwaters in Nanih Waiya, downriver through the Ross Barnett Reservoir, along the border of Mississippi and Louisiana, all the way to Pearlington on the Gulf Coast. The…

In a recent announcement made by Gov. Tate Reeves, the ReSkillMS program was introduced as the newest program designed to help individuals adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic find jobs and also support employers who want to hire and train new employees on the job. The state legislature appropriated $55 million of the $1.25 billion…

By Tricia Nelson Julius Lieb Lotterhos Sr. was a renaissance man. This is according to his grandson, Julius “Lieb” Lotterhos III, who paid a visit to Crystal Springs this past week along with his wife, Janice, and daughter, Erika. They live in Florida now but were in town for a funeral service and decided to…

Members of the Copiah County School Board met earlier this month and approved a budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year that mirrors the current budget. The new budget takes effect in October. During the discussion, Superintendent Ricky Clopton pointed out it was difficult to come up with dependable figures to use in the budget process…