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Boomer’s Books
BOOMER’S BOOKS – First grade students at Wesson Attendance Center received Boomer color books recently. Left to right are Grady Smith, Ady Rose Dowd and Tanner Parker. It was Ady Rose’s birthday, so it was a nice present to represent her class in receiving the coloring books.
Read MoreShelter to be open third Saturdays
Copiah Animal Shelter is trying something new. The Shelter is usually not open on the weekends but starting Sept. 17, CAS will be open on the third Saturday of each month, from 2 to 4pm. To read more about the Copiah Animal Shelter, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.
Read MoreFootball Week 3 Leaders
Rushing: Murphy, Copiah – 21 for 261 yards 2 TDs Gray, Hazlehurst – 12 for 225, 2 TDs Craft, Hazlehurst – 14 for 209, 2 TDs Steward, Hazlehurst 11 for 108, 3 TDs Thigpen, Wesson, 5 for 76, 1 TD Passing: Burns, Wesson, 9 for 11, 80 yards, 1 TD Receiving: James, Wesson, 4 for…
Read MoreILR to meet Sept. 8; Sept. 14 trip planned
The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) will meet Thursday, September 8, 10:30 a.m. at the Thames Center at Co-Lin. Trudy Johnson, a Brookhaven singer, will entertain during lunch. Immediately after lunch Idella Byrd of KDMC will conduct a Sit/Fit workshop, showing us exercises that can be done at home with little or no equipment…
Read MoreFrenzy returns for another season
Copiah County Couier Football Frenzy, a football fan favorite for the past few years, is back this week. And, it’s bigger and better than ever. Frenzy is a ‘pick ‘em’ contest which features match-ups of local high schools, state colleges and national college and pro football games. The challenge for the reader is to pick…
Read MoreTillman’s late TD secures Indians’ win over Bearcats
The rain came and went before Friday’s football game at Hazlehurst High School between the Indians and the Forest Bearcats. The soggy conditions prevented a high scoring track meet, and the Indians pulled out a 14-8 win in the final minutes to improve to 2-0. More about the Indians in the Copiah County Courier, on…
Read MoreColonels blast Hillcrest 42-0; open home slate Friday vs. TES
Landon Murphy rushed for 243 yards and scored 5 touchdowns in leading the Copiah Academy Colonels (2-0) to a 42-0 rout of Hillcrest Christian School in south Jackson last Friday night. See more about the Colonels in the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.
Read MoreCobras come up short against Sumrall 41-35
WESSON- The Wesson Cobras hosted the Sumrall Bobcats Friday night for the first home game of the season. The Cobras battled to the end but came up short with a final score of 41-35. To read more about this exciting game, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.
Read MoreHazlehurst becoming ‘Mississippi’s Little Music Town’
– Workers from B & O Welding in Brookhaven have installed the first of six decorative guitars on the corner of Ragsdale and Green Street across from the pavilion, just in time for the Rockin’ Railroad Festival. The project got off the ground a few months ago during a meeting of area residents, community leaders…
Read MoreILR to meet Sept. 8; Sept. 14 trip planned
The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) will meet Thursday, September 8, 10:30 a.m. at the Thames Center at Co-Lin. Trudy Johnson, a Brookhaven singer, will entertain during lunch. Immediately after lunch Idella Byrd of KDMC will conduct a Sit/Fit workshop, showing us exercises that can be done at home with little or no equipment…
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