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Hazlehurst police are searching for Edward Thomas, a convicted felon currently on Earned Release Supervision with Mississippi Department of Corrections.  He is wanted for aggravated assault in an incident that occurred on December 14, 2014.  Police say Thomas fired several shots at a man and a car with passengers.  The incident occurred on Nelson Drive. …

COPIAH 70, VERITAS SCH. 62 Kaylie Carpenter netted 17 points, as the Colonels won on Friday in the Hartfield Academy Tournament. To read more about the Colonels and Lady Colonels, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.

Jimmy Farmer, Crystal Springs; Jean Ricks, Wesson; Keith McDaniel, Brookhaven; and Alice Moreland, Hazlehurst, shared favorite Christmas memories with members of the Fifty-Plus Club at the December luncheon meeting. In addition, Steve Russell from the Copiah-Lincoln Community College music department, accompanied club members as they sang Christmas carols. To read the rest of this story,…

Redshirt freshman wide receiver Donald Gray Jr. has been named First Team All-American after catching 55 passes for 989 yards (8th best in the nation). A native of Memphis and graduate of White Station High School, Gray caught 10 touchdowns and averaged 90 yards receiving per game. Sophomore kick returner Diquan Davis has been named…

The community service driven group, who became known as the League of Extraordinary Women of Wesson (LEWW), spent their third consecutive Christmas season by holding a Wesson Angel Tree Project. The fearless group of women began by drafting applications for the school to distribute to the children who would then take the forms home to…