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By Valarie Robinson The top-ranked Hazlehurst Indians rolled over the Forest Bearcats in Round 2 of the 3A playoffs here on Friday night.  The final score of 40-0 meant that the Indians (12-0) played perhaps the most complete game of their season. Read the rest of the Indians’ march to state in the Copiah County…

The Copiah Academy Colonels faced a tall task last Friday in playing to win against the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Patriots in the MAIS AAAA Div. I semi-finals.  In spite of the best effort from every player on the field, the Colonels came up on the short end, 49-24, and concluded their season with an 11-3 record.…

On October 31, K4 and K5 students at Copiah Academy enjoyed watching Mrs. Jennifer Mattingly carve a pumpkin while Mrs. Kathy Different read “The Pumpkin Patch Parable” by Liz Curtis Higgs and Nancy Munger. This unique children’s parable demonstrates how a caring farmer transforms a plain pumpkin into a magnificent creation. The authors created this…

Copiah Academy’s fourth grade enjoyed a pizza reward party recently. Pictured are, kneeling,  Kayla Woodrow, Jayson Ramirez, Huntley Hill, Charlie Adams, Sawyer Thornton, Audrey Albright, Allie Henderson, Savannah Lucas, MaKenzie Granger, Abby Wood, Aurora Varas, Parker Burns; middle, Susie Girault, Waylon Weed, Ethan Dear, Connor Adair, Jared Clark, Jocob Hales, Josh Pellegrine, Larsen Carpenter, Alayna…

For almost one hundred years, Americans both Indian and non-Indian have urged that there be permanently designated by the nation a special place on the calendar to honor the contributions, achievements, sacrifices, and cultural and historical legacy of the original inhabitants of what is now the United States and their descendants:  the American Indian and…

A benefit trail ride will be held Friday through Sunday, Nov. 18-20, at 1109 Case Road, Wesson (home of Randy and Jan Hutson), sponsored by the Wesson Wagon Train. To read more about this event, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.

October saw an expansion of major exhibits in the Mississippi Music Museum. One impressive addition is a huge 6′ by 3′ painting by Kym Garraway of Hattiesburg. Kym captured the history of Mississippi music in oils. Another large display includes the costume used by Guy Hovis while on the Laurence Welk show. The Welk show…

The 2016 Georgetown Christmas parade will kick off at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, with floats lining up at 1. This year’s theme is “Candy Lane” and entrants are asked to decorate accordingly (no large Santas, please – Santa will be at the end of the parade). The grand marshall for the parade will be…