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Third-rahked Colonels pick up three wins
By Corey McKinney Copiah basketball teams finally reached the games they had been waiting for, coming last Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Colonels were set to host the East Rankin Patriots. In the first quarter, the expectations of this game lived up to what all said it would be. The quarter ended with neither team able to…
Read MoreThird-rahked Colonels pick up three wins
By Corey McKinney Copiah basketball teams finally reached the games they had been waiting for, coming last Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Colonels were set to host the East Rankin Patriots. In the first quarter, the expectations of this game lived up to what all said it would be. The quarter ended with neither team able to…
Read MoreLocal gospel group tours Italy
Submitted By Jennifer Alexander Timothy Ashmore Nu Kingdom Gospel Group was granted a lifetime experience of traveling to Italy to spread the good news of Jesus. Timothy Ashmore, group leader, was discovered years, ago along with Chapel Hill M. B. Church Praise Team members Jennifer Alexander, Tammye Hall, and Lammarris Hall, by Jamalar Agency while…
Read MoreGarden Club offers geraniums
Did the recent long freeze kill your geraniums? If so, you’re in luck because Hazlehurst Garden Club has kicked off its annual Geranium sale for 2014. The colors to choose from are white, red, rosy red, salmon, hot pink and light pink. Please call 601-894-1382 for more information on ordering. Pickup dates will be Friday,…
Read MoreKINGSMEN QUARTET AT BEAUREGARD
Ramsey to speak at Wesson Chamber banquet
Need to laugh? Want to be inspired? Look no further than cartoonist/writer/speaker Marshall Ramsey. Ramsey will be the featured speaker at the Wesson Chamber of Commerce banquet Tuesday, January 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Thames Conference Center at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Tickets are available at Trustmark Bank in Wesson. Call 601-643-5000 for more…
Read MoreSupervisors hire new engineer to replace deceased Johnson
By Bonnie L. Jackson News Editor The Board of Supervisors met on Friday, January 10 to approve claims, the new county engineer, and to attend to other county business. The board named Ron McMasters, Sr., P.E., P.S., with McMasters & Associates, as the new county engineer. “McMasters worked closely with Joe Johnson on county business.…
Read MoreHazlehurst joins other cities in backing CEDA
By Bonnie Jackson News Editor At their most recent meeting, the Hazlehurst Board of Aldermen approved a resolution is support of the Citizens for Economic Development Act, CEDA, urging the Mississippi legislature pass this bill and for the governor to sign it in to law. According to the resolution, “the bill will allow citizens of …
Read MoreCo-Lin offices closed for MLK Day
All offices will be closed and no classes will meet on Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s Wesson Campus in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The switchboard will also be closed, but voice mail will be available. Classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at their assigned times.
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