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Colonels drop Saints, lead AA semis 1-0
Copiah Academy took another step towards possible destiny Monday night, as the Colonel baseball team, 25-2, rocked the visiting Trinity Saints 8-3 in Gallman in the first game of the south AA semi-finals. The Colonels jumped on the Saints 2-0 in the first inning when Scotty Reese and Ben Boone scored on a two-out bloop…
Read MoreColonels drop Saints, lead AA semis 1-0
Copiah Academy took another step towards possible destiny Monday night, as the Colonel baseball team, 25-2, rocked the visiting Trinity Saints 8-3 in Gallman in the first game of the south AA semi-finals. The Colonels jumped on the Saints 2-0 in the first inning when Scotty Reese and Ben Boone scored on a two-out bloop…
Read MoreAirport project first step complete
The planned expansion of the Copiah County Airport has cleared the first hurdle with the completion of the environmental assessment. The next step is right of way acquisition, the airport engineers told the county board during Monday’s recessed meeting. The expansion project includes construction of a longer runway. It may take a couple more years,…
Read MoreWatkins family receives keys to new Habitat home
BY TINA WATKINS Being a new homeowner is one of the most wonderful opportunities I’ve had, and I’m very thankful for this experience. God has blessed me so much. I’ve always had a desire to own my own home starting at a very young age. It’s a desire I felt I could do. When I…
Read MoreInfo sought on acts of vandalism
Over the past couple of weeks several businesses in Hazlehurst have had the glass broken in their windows. Hazlehurst police hope a member of the public will come forward to help them put a stop to this destruction. The window breaking appears to be vandalism, reports Chief Byron Swilley. “They are not breaking in, just…
Read MoreMS GranPrix Race Festival Friday evening in Brookhaven
The first annual MS GranPrix Race Festival offers an evening of outstanding family fun and race enjoyment. The Race Festival will be held Friday night in conjunction with the downtown Brookhaven portion, Bank of Brookhaven Downtown Criterion, of the 2009 MS GranPrix. Activities will be located on Cherokee Street between S. Whitworth and S. Jackson…
Read MoreAlliance leads to increased opportunity for local development
Even though Flora did not land the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility project from the federal government in 2008, the central Mississippi area – including Copiah County – got several looks from key economic developers at many levels during the process, according to Duane O’Neill, president/CEO of Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership. O’Neill was the…
Read MoreRetail development in the works for Hazlehurst
The Copiah County Board of Supervisors voted to exempt ad valorem taxes for seven years for a proposed new development in the old Walmart building on Highway 28. Representatives of Action Properties of Yazoo City outlined their plans to purchase the old Walmart building and renovate it to provide space for several smaller retail establishments.…
Read MoreHazlehurst creates Business Improvement District
BY JOE B. COATES Members of the Hazlehurst Board of Aldermen on Tuesday evening moved to aid a company with an economic development project that could create 35 jobs by August 1. A. G. Helton, president of Action Properties of Yazoo City, presented the board with a plan to redevelop the old Walmart building that…
Read MoreWesson to host ‘Town Hall for Hope’
Wesson Town Hall will be one of thousands of sites across the nation to host Dave Ramsey’s Town Hall for Hope on Thursday, April 23, at 7 p.m. “We can seat about sixty people here,” Mayor Alton Shaw told the Board of Aldermen at last Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting. Town Hall for Hope is an…
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