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Copiah Lincoln Community College head softball coach Allen Kent announced the signing of four Copiah Academy standout players on Tuesday.  Pitcher Meghan Johnson, catcher Kacie Berry and outfielders Elizabeth Cliburn and Morgan Brown round out the quartet joining the Lady Wolves. “I’ve been watching these players for many years now, and we’re glad they’ve decided…

Beall’s Body Shop, which has been in continuous operation for over 40 years, has opened a new auto body paint facility, announced Dwayne Jackson, owner for nearly 20 years. “We recently finished installing our new American-made true heated baking, positive pressure downdraft paint booth in a brand-new building at our location at 206 Georgetown Street…

The Hazlehurst Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 82nd membership banquet on Tuesday, January 31.  The event will be held at the Copiah County Multi-purpose Building at the County Fairgrounds on West Gallman Road off I-55 in Gallman.  A reception is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. followed by the banquet at 6:45. Several awards will…

The Copiah County Board of Supervisors approved the December claims at their regular monthly meeting of January 10, 2012.  The claims docket shows a total of $1,616,124.65 for all invoices that were submitted. A complete copy of the docket appears one time a month in the print edition of the Copiah County Courier once it…

At this late date in any basketball season, most teams are trudging through their conference schedule with banged up players and one or two that may be in a slump of some sort.  Fans see good teams struggle with lesser opponents and any win is usually a grinder. This past week the two varsity teams…