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Copiah Academy’s baseball team is one game closer to winning its first-ever state title after the Colonels bludgeoned the Magnolia Heights Raiders 9-2 on Tuesday evening in Gallman.  Copiah, 26-9, will travel to Mag Heights in Senatobia on Thursday for game 2 of the MAIS AAA-Div II state championship series beginning at 5:00.  Game 3…

The Copiah Academy Colonels find themselves back in familiar territory this week after defeating the Washington Generals 2 games to 1 in the AAA-D2 baseball state semi-finals on Friday.  The Colonels advanced to the AA final in 2009, coming up short against the Lee Colts. Copiah won the first game in Greenville on Tuesday, 1-0. …

The Copiah County Board of Supervisors authorized the president to sign interlocal agreements with the entities participating in the “safe room” mitigation grant project. The county has applied for $224,000 in grant funds to construct storm shelters at the volunteer fire departments, police departments, etc. in the county. The shelters will cost about $14,000 each,…

Pearl – With another hurricane season fast approaching, Mississippi Emergency Management Director Mike Womack wants to remind people to have a plan and emergency supply kit ready before tropical weather approaches our state. “Residents need to be ready to take care of themselves for up to 72 hours if a major storm makes landfall,” Womack…

The Copiah County Board of Supervisors agreed to help Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officials with road work to the proposed camp sites at Calling Panther Lake. The camp sites have been planned for years but budget restraints have delayed the further development of Copiah County’s newest state lake. An engineer has been…

OIL SPILL VOLUNTEER TRAINING AVAILABLE   PEARL-The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Marine Resources have been meeting with British Petroleum to announce the availability of training for volunteers this week. Community training for beach cleanup will be conducted at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College campuses as follows:…

State and Federal Agencies Team Up To Respond To Gulf Coast Oil Spill PEARL – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is coordinating with other state and federal agencies in response to the April 20 explosion that sank the BP’ Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig April 22. Although the oil spill has not reached Mississippi’s shoreline,…

Pearl – Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency from individuals and non-profit organizations around the country wanting to know how they can help the victims of Saturday’s devastating storm, which is now being classified as an EF-4 tornado. Visit MEMA’s website, www.msema.org and click on the donation and…