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Hazlehurst football coach and athletic director Todd McDaniel joined three of his student-athletes and their parents at a Signing Day event in the Hazlehurst High School Media Center on Tuesday.  The three students all signed letters – of – intent to attend Alcorn State University beginning in the fall on a football scholarship. The three…

PEARL – Governor Haley Barbour declared Feb. 21- 25 Severe Weather Awareness Week in Mississippi. The National Weather Service will issue a statewide test tornado warning on NOAA weather radios only on the morning of Feb. 23.  Schools, government agencies and businesses throughout the state are encouraged to participate in the annual tornado drill. “As…

Entergy Mississippi Prepared for Winter Weather Company ready should severe weather cause Mississippi outages   Entergy Mississippi, Inc. is ready to respond to any power outages that could be caused by the wintry weather mix moving into the state. “The weather system is dynamic, and although it is not a major winter storm, freezing rain…

MEMA Urges Residents to Prepare for Winter Weather   PEARL – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency wants residents to prepare for the possibility of winter weather Thursday and Friday.  The National Weather Service predicts rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow are all possible as temperatures throughout much of the state hover near or just below…

A dirt bike suspected of being used by murder suspect David Dickerson on Tuesday was found about 1/4 mile south of a burned trailor yesterday, authorities said.  Investigators for Copiah County Sheriff’s Office have been combing the area for evidence that they believe Dickerson took from the scene of the brutal murder on Martinsville Road…

VICKSBURG, Miss. – On Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is holding a public scoping meeting in Vicksburg from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Vicksburg Convention Center, located at 1600 Mulberry St., to gather input on the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS). The public is…

By Rosie Nettles The Wesson Cobras (7-5-1) traveled to Biloxi on Tuesday evening to take on the St. Patrick Fighting Irish in round one of the 1A/2A/3A state soccer playoffs.  It was a good outing for the Cobras in their first playoff appearance, but they suffered a disappointing 2-0 loss. St. Patrick scored two goals…