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CSHS drops last minute heartbreaker
A recurring sketch from the comedy show Hee Haw has Roy Clark and friends singing a song including the line, “If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all.” The Tigers and their fans can identify with that. Five losses for CSHS this season have involved hard luck, fourth quarter downfalls. This…
Read MoreIndians rout Cobras 45-20;
BY VALARIE ROBINSON After not playing against each other for over 70 years, despite being in the same county, a large crowd gathered to watch a football game between Hazlehurst and Wesson on Friday night to open Region 7-3A play. The much anticipated game featured Wesson head coach Ronald Greer taking on his former player…
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Get ready for Trunk or Treat!
TRUNK OR TREAT benefitting Mississippi’s Toughest Kid’s Foundation will be held October 26, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We want to make this year’s TRUNK OR TREAT better than ever!!! This is a safe, fun family event that is growing every year!! Any businesses, organizations, groups, families, etc. can have a “trunk” in…
Read MoreILR features Roger Berry
by Anna Coates The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), a group of senior adults who meet regularly for social events, membership meetings, luncheon lectures, seminars, and field trips, had as its October guest, Roger Berry, of Mississippi Blues Guitars, LLC. Roger is a commercial electrician with a hobby of custom building Cigar Box Guitars. …
Read MoreCherokee Rose Chapter NSDAR preserves history
In an attempt to preserve their historical records, members of Cherokee Rose Chapter, Hazlehurst, MS, appointed an ad hoc committee charged with the task of digitizing all of the chapter’s minutes from its charter in 1949 to the present. It is a testimony to the diligence of past chapter secretaries that none of the minutes…
Read More36th annual Copiah Marching Festival takes place Saturday
The 36th annual Copiah Marching Festival will take place in Gallman this Saturday, October 5, according to Kenneth Jolly, now in his 23rd year as band director at Copiah Academy. This year’s event will include 26 private and public schools, the largest number ever, and will include bands of all sizes – from 20 members…
Read MoreGridiron Gus – Big one for the Bulldogs on Sat.
Mississippi State (2-2, 0-1) needs to have a good week of practice to get ready for the Tigers of L. S. U.(3-1, 0-1), who roll into town on Saturday night. After Georgia outscored LSU last Saturday 44-41, the Tigers are hurtin’ and angry. State hasn’t beaten the Tigers since 1999, and ol’ Gus is not…
Read MoreWesson visits Hazlehurst to open Region 7-3A play on Friday
In what is believed to be the first football match-up for the two schools since 1943, Wesson travels to Hazlehurst on Friday night to kickoff Region 7-3A play. The Cobras, 0-5, are searching for their first win, while the Indians, 4-1, are coming off a narrow 21-20 loss to then-unbeaten Bassfield on September 20. Both…
Read MoreNo. 4 Co-Lin falls in shootout
ELLISVILLE – The Jones County Junior College Bobcats (5-0, 3-0) were able to run their two minute drill to perfection on Saturday afternoon against the Copiah-LincolnWolfapck (4-1, 2-1). The No. 9 Bobcats got a 2-yard rushing touchdown from Ra’Quazious Boyd with 17 seconds remaining in the game to give them a 50-47 win over the…
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