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CLINTON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education announced plans today for a lottery on July 20 to award the remaining Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2016-17 school year. Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act of 2015, the ESA program provides scholarships to parents of students with disabilities who…

Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports one new human case of West Nile virus (WNV), bringing the 2016 state total to four. The reported case is in Rankin County.  None have been reported in Copiah County in 2016. So far this year cases have been reported in Hinds, Grenada, Lamar, and…

The Copiah County Board of Supervisors discussed deadlines on a county paving project with county engineer Ron McMaster. There are some roads in the $11.5 million project that have not had the shoulders graded and much of the dirt pulled away from the edge of the roadways for the paving process has washed away. The…

Lack of documentation of IEP’s (Individualized Educational Program) for each mentally challenged student plagued the Hazlehurst City School District during the recent audit by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), the superintendent said at a called meeting of the Board of Trustees last week.  Unacceptable gaps in communication between teachers and parents were identified as…

The Hazlehurst Board of Aldermen opened bids on a piece of property that was donated to the city some time ago at last Tuesday’s monthly board meeting. At the request of the Board, Mayor Henry Banks negotiated a sale for the property at 125 Hillside Drive, consisting of a dwelling and lot.  Four bidders took…