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Hazlehurst High School Top Honors
Hazlehurst High School has announced their top students for the 2019-2020 school year. Jaden Crump has been named valedictorian, and Kaitlyn McMillian has been named salutatorian. Crump is the son of Terrence and Seneca Crump. In the fall, he plans to attend Xavier University of Louisiana as a pre-medicine biology major. His goal is to…
Read MoreCrystal Springs High School Top Honors
Crystal Springs High School has announced their honor graduates for the 2020 school year. Valedictorian is Alvin Cortez, son of Raul Cortez and Glenddi Calderon. He plans to attend Mississippi State University. He served as student body president, was a member of student council and Beta Club, and played soccer in grades 9-11. School awards…
Read MoreCopiah supervisors cancel admin leave pay
The Copiah County Board of Supervisors met Friday morning to reconsider a previous action allowing administrative leave with pay during the COVID-19 pandemic. The board voted unanimously to approve the change. The pay policy was part of an emergency declaration that was approved so employees could be paid when they were not working. The plan…
Read MoreRemembering our Vietnam veterans on Memorial Day
Local men we honor this Memorial Day who gave their life during the Vietnam conflict are: HAZLEHURST PFC Edward Earl Beacham CPL Edgar Hunter Beasley COL Carter Purvis Luna SP4 A V Spikes CRYSTAL SPRINGS SP5 German Lee Nicholson LCPL James Edward Smith SSG Willie Lee Thigpen PFC Tommy Traxler Jr By Anna Coates…
Read MoreKayla Barfield crowned Wesson Founder’s Day Queen
Wesson Chamber of Commerce has crowned Kayla Barfield the 2020-2021 Wesson Founder’s Day Queen. Barfield will be a senior at Wesson Attendance Center next year and plans to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College, then The University of Southern Mississippi to major in Speech Pathology. She has been a member of Student Council, Beta Club, Yearbook Staff,…
Read MoreWesson High School announces STAR student, teacher
Wesson Attendance Center has announced the STAR student and teacher for the 2020 school year. Ashton Roberson is the son of Joey and Barbie Roberson and Leigh Hartsook. He is a member of First Baptist Church of Summit. He played football, has been a French horn player in the Mighty Cobra Band, and participated in…
Read MoreFoster family cemetery discovered and restored
By Tricia Nelson Imagine discovering a long-lost family cemetery and learning that instead of being hidden in the woods, as they often are, it was in someone’s yard. That is what happened to the Foster family when a member discovered two visible graves in the side yard of Alton Greelee’s property on Beauregard Rd. near…
Read MoreWesson Presbyterian Church given to Co-Lin; Mercier Memorial Fund established
The former Wesson Presbyterian Church was recently gifted to Copiah-Lincoln Community College by George T. Mercier Jr., an elder of the church and clerk of the session for the past 45 years. The church was founded in 1871 by Captain William Oliver, a businessman from New Orleans who had moved to Wesson to manage the…
Read MoreJeremy Welch graduates from JSU
Jeremy Terrell Welch graduated summa cum laude from Jackson State University May 9, 2020, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. While at JSU, Welch was inducted into the WEB Dubois-Harvey Honors College, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key Honor Society, Lambda Sigma Honor Society, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He was also Crystal…
Read MoreMemorial Day ceremony to be held Monday
Due to the conditions created by the COVID-19 virus, the Hazlehurst Chamber of Commerce will not hold the customary Memorial Day ceremony. In place of the normal ceremony, a wreath will be placed at the war memorial monument by a Hazlehurst police officer. The placing of the wreath will take place at 11 a.m. Monday,…
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