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PETRA is a beautiful black female kitten about 7 weeks old with medium length fur. She is looking for her own purr-fect family! Is she the PETra for you? Adoption applications will be accepted for the best home match. Copiah Animal Shelter $60 cat adoption donation includes age-appropriate vaccinations and spay/neuter. See the website for…

Rep. Greg Holloway Sr. will be in Crystal Springs to explain state assistance for small businesses that have been dealing with the fallout from coronavirus. Holloway, who represents District 76 in the Mississippi House of Representatives, will meet with concerned business operators to explain the Back to Business Mississippi Grant Program. The program is designed…

Gabrielle Evans, a sophomore at Madison-Ridgeland Academy in Madison, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Mass., on June 24-26. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire,…

By Anna Coates The D-Day military invasion that helped end World War II was one the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history. In its strategy and scope—and its enormous stakes for the future of the free world—historians regard it among the greatest military achievements ever. The United States came late to the war effort,…

The Copiah County Cooperative in Hazlehurst donated Spartan mosquito repellant kits to Copiah County Medical Center (CCMC) employees recently as a token of appreciation to their hometown healthcare team. Connie Hawkins and Nancy McCardle with Copiah County Cooperative said the token was for  “all you do, have done, for the countless hours spent away from…