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CHAUTAUQUA GARDEN CLUB of Crystal Springs members from left, President Nan Harris, Tommie Barnhart and Nancy Belknap each received ribbons on their winning designs in the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Natchez Trace District “Gardens of the Galaxy” Flower Show Nov. 11 in Summit. Design titles included “Heading North by way of Polaris,” “Chasing the Milky…

Georgetown’s annual Christmas Parade will take place Saturday, December 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Floats line up at 1. The theme this year is “Santa’s Workshop” and floats should be decorated appropriately.

Mayor Joseph Kendrick Jr., announces The Town of Terry 2019 Christmas Parade will be Monday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. The parade theme is “Winter Nights and Magical Lights.” The parade entry application is being accepted for those who wish to participate. The application entry deadline and the parade route are located on the town…

Hazlehurst Garden Club’s Yard of the Month for November is Westside Baptist Church on West Gallatin Street. Pastor is Bro. Larry Hart.  This month’s committee had the opportunity to select this yard for the November award recipient. The landscaping around the church’s building and its marquee are well manicured and maintained.  We invite the community…

Wesson will host Enterprise from Enterprise, Friday night at 7 p.m. at Stone Stadium in Wesson. Enterprise defeated Lake in the first round 18-12. Read more about the Cobras road to the regionals in the Copiah County Courier.

Lady Tigers The girls breezed their way through last Tuesday’s matchup with St. Joseph to a home-opening 80 – 25 win. Eleven Lady Tigers shot their way into the scoring column as Coach Katrecia Craig used the mismatch to give her players meaningful minutes Tigers The boys made it a clean sweep Thursday posting a…

Tigers win their way to the round of 16 Crystal Springs High School won its first playoff game since 1989 last season. This past Friday night the team traveled to Forest and doubled that number with the second playoff win since 1989, this time 35 – 14. The Tigers travel to Bassfield Friday to play…

Routine business was transacted at the November 4 meeting of the Copiah County School Board. Bids were accepted on two surplus mobile homes located on Wesson school property. A detailed financial report indicated that balances are similar to previous years at this time of the session except that proceeds from a bond issue supplement total…

From time to time, Mississippi elections create a set of unique circumstances. One that comes to mind is the 1999 gubernatorial election in which the Mississippi House of Representatives had to choose between Ronnie Musgrove and Mike Parker, neither of whom won a majority of the vote statewide. There were two other candidates on the…

The city of Crystal Springs was recently awarded a grant from Weyerhaeuser to make repairs to the boat ramp and pier at Lake Chautauqua. Parks and Recreation Director Lacey Henderson cited safety concerns and looks forward to beginning work soon. Crystal Springs Parks and Recreation Director Lacey Henderson was notified this week that Chautauqua Park…