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BY JOE B. COATES The college baseball season has come to an unwelcome end for fans of Mississippi State Bulldogs.  The team, which includes junior right fielder Hunter Renfroe of Crystal Springs, had reached the championship of the NCAA Men’s College World Series against UCLA on Friday, June 14.  The Bruins swept the first two…

The Great Commission 4 Miler is a 4 mile walk/run with a 1 mile fun run through beautiful Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The race begins and ends at First Baptist Church in the heart of downtown Hazlehurst. The course takes you through our lovely community, past some of our most treasured landmarks. This journey takes you around…

The Ward 1 Democratic Primary held on May 7, in which incumbent Ward 1 alderman Frank ‘Andre Shannon’ Jones was declared the winner, is officially being contested by his opponent, Jesse R. Larry and Larry’s attorney James D. Shannon of Hazlehurst. Shannon has resigned his post as City Judge to pursue the case. Shannon filed…

By James Beasley Hometown hero Hunter Renfroe’s stock rose even higher after the Mississippi State junior outfielder blasted a 3-run home run in the bottom of the fifth with two outs as the Bulldogs beat Oregon State 4-1 last Friday. The Bulldogs were nursing a 1-0 lead when Renfroe’s 16th homer of the year, only…