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By James Beasley Softball, football, basketball, and baseball are the sports most people follow at Copiah Academy, but student-athletes also enjoy participating in other sports – including tennis, track and field, soccer, and golf. Tennis coach Alison Beach has established a winning tradition at Copiah Academy that is the envy of many schools. That’s why…

Mississippi’s Black Bears Are Surviving Historically High Water While some species of wildlife in the Mississippi Delta are leaving their home ranges for higher ground, black bears are waiting it out.  Flights conducted last week by Mississippi State University located 12 bears with radio collars in flooded portions of the Delta.  All of the collared…

WESSON – Head football coach Glenn Davis has announced a 7-on-7 football camp on June 30 beginning at 9 a.m. at Stone Stadium on the Wesson Campus. Cost for the camp is $175 per team. For more information contact Coach Davis at (601) 643-8347 or (601) 757-1007.

JACKSON, Miss.— The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) would like to inform motorists of the following roadway closure update.The Mississippi Department of Transportation is working in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers to provide accurate information regarding the high flood water at the Mississippi River. MDOT is continuously working to update survey data along with…

Miss. Senator says accuracy in Flood Insurance program will help ensure policyholders are made whole WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced the Consumer Option for an Alternative System to Allocate Losses (COASTAL) Act to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by using increased data during the claims process.  Wicker’s legislation…

Optimism about Mississippi’s Future Seen in MEC Blueprint Road Show Report JACKSON, Miss. – Business and community leaders across Mississippi are optimistic about the state’s future and predict Mississippi will be an emerging growth state within the next 10 years. Nearly eight out of ten leaders (79%) believe Mississippi can experience the same type of economic…

Hazlehurst Middle School has been designated as a community reception center by the  Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of Radiological Health, at which population monitoring will be conducted. Members of The Mississippi Radiation Response Volunteer Corps demonstrated screening for radioactive contamination on Monday, May 23, at Hazlehurst Middle School. The screening which is called…

By Bonnie L. Jackson News Editor The NAACP’s  lawsuit against the Copiah County Board of Supervisor was dismissed  on May 16, 2011, by the United States Justice Department of the Southern District of Mississippi.  The Memorandum Opinion and Order of Dismissal was handed down in the  consolidated actions filed against various county Boards of Supervisors…