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Heavy voter turnout expected Tuesday
The voting machines were tested Friday morning, poll workers have been trained, and preparations are in order for Tuesday’s general election, reports Copiah County Circuit Clerk Edna Stevens. “We are expecting a smooth election day in Copiah County,” Stevens said. “Should any problems arise we will be ready to handle them.” Absentee voting has been…
Read MoreJohnson house has new home
A few people came out of their businesses as they watched a house moving down Hwy 51 on Wednesday, October 22. A house being moved is a novelty and draws attention, but few of those who watched as the red Mack truck crept closer to the Hazlehurst city limits realized they were witness to an…
Read MoreTwyner’s hearing over, Blackmon to decide
BY JOE B. COATES The due process hearing requested by former Hazlehurst Schools superintendent Karl Twyner lasted around four hours last Wednesday, but no one will know whether or not he will be reinstated for several days. Twyner was relieved of his duties in September by school conservator Stanley Blackmon for insubordination and excessive absentees,…
Read MoreCo-Lin almuni baseball game set for Saturday
WESSON – Copiah-Lincoln Community College head baseball coach Keith Case has announced that the Wolfpack will host an Alumni Game on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Sullivan Field.All Co-Lin baseball alumni and their families are invited and encouraged to register by Thursday, Oct. 23.Check in will begin at 11 a.m. followed by lunch for alumni and…
Read MoreCo-Lin almuni baseball game set for Saturday
WESSON – Copiah-Lincoln Community College head baseball coach Keith Case has announced that the Wolfpack will host an Alumni Game on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Sullivan Field.All Co-Lin baseball alumni and their families are invited and encouraged to register by Thursday, Oct. 23.Check in will begin at 11 a.m. followed by lunch for alumni and…
Read MoreCopiah economy floundering along
BY JOE B. COATES ([email protected]) Make no bones about it–the sagging national economy is affecting Copiah County, too. “It’s been a tough year for economic development,” Copiah County Economic Development District executive director Neil Honan stated at last Wednesday’s quarterly meeting of the district’s Board of Trustees. The meeting was held at the Thames Center…
Read MoreCourthouse dedication is October 28
The public is invited to attend a dedication service for the renovations to the historic Copiah County Courthouse in Hazlehurst. The dedication ceremony will be held on Tuesday, October 28, at 10 a.m. The courthouse, built in 1902, was renovated this summer with grants and local funding to restore the second and third floors closer…
Read MoreSome progress made in financial recovery
Transfers between funds to pay off interfund loans and other routine financial matters were the only items on the agenda during a brief meeting of the Hazlehurst School District last Tuesday. Suzanne Smith, financial advisor to the district, explained that a transfer will pay back a loan made last year between funds. The cash flow…
Read MoreHazlehurst to hold Halloween on Thursday
The Hazlehurst Board of Aldermen voted at the October meeting to ask parents to take their children trick-or-treating on Thursday, October 30, instead of Friday the 31st this year. Home games are scheduled that weekend at all of the local schools, so Hazlehurst Police ask that trick-or-treaters celebrate Halloween on Thursday to make it easier…
Read MoreWesson teens face curfew
BY JOE B. COATES A new curfew in for those age 16 and under takes effect immediately following action by the Wesson board of aldermen in last Tuesday’s monthly meeting. The ordinance outlays the curfew as 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and midnight to 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Wesson officials…
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