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Area basketball fans glad to be home after storm disrupts MSU/UA game
BY JOE BUCK COATES They left going to Atlanta last week for one main purpose–to root on their favorite basketball team to victories in the Southeastern Conference Men’s Tournament at the Georgia Dome in downtown. After leaving the MSU-Alabama contest, which carried over into overtime and included a 63 minute weather delay, they felt lucky…
Read MoreColonels split spring break baseball games
BY JAMES BEASLEY The Copiah Academy baseball team continued its successful baseball season under first-year coach Scooter Prince as the Colonels split 6 games during spring break and the week prior. On March 6, CA rallied for 7 runs in the final 3 innings against Tri-County Academy, only to come on the short end of…
Read MoreWesson rallies, drops Loyd Star
BY BRADLEY CROW The Wesson Cobras, still stinging from Monday night’s loss, rebounded Wednesday afternoon to pick up a huge Division 6-2A win 7-3 over the Loyd Star Hornets and forcing a split in the series. The Hornets took a 2-0 lead early, but the Cobras used timely hitting and a solid pitching performance from…
Read More‘Ham’ operators check in during monthly exercise at EOC
Amateur Radio operators Graham Bell (AC5Y) and Mark Shull (KB5FRF) communicated with statewide county Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) via amateur radio during the exercise performed on the first Thursday of each month to maintain readiness to respond should an incident occur. During the exercise 41 Mississippi counties plus several southern states checked into the net…
Read MoreSchool board runoff Saturday
Two candidates head for a runoff election on Saturday, March 15, for a seat on the Hazlehurst City School District Board of Trustees. Marvin Minor led the field on Saturday with 266 votes. Minor will face challenger Paul Rhodes in the runoff. The runoff election will be held on Saturday, March 15, from 2 to…
Read MoreLast railroad spike driven here in 1858
Plans are in the works for a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the completion of the railroad, Hazlehurst Chamber Director Randall Day told the Board of Aldermen last week. The last spike was driven in Hazlehurst on March 31, 1858. Construction came south from Canton and north from New Orleans, meeting in Hazlehurst. The…
Read MoreCounty considers site for new jail
Copiah County officials hope the state will choose a site here to build a new regional jail. The time has come to start looking at potential locations for it, Sheriff Harold Jones told the board during Monday’s meeting. Supervisors plan to meet with Hazlehurst city officials to discuss the possibility of locating the jail in…
Read MoreDiamond Cobras win two
BY BRADLEY CROW Loyd Star 5, Wesson 4 The Wesson Cobras (5-3) handed the Loyd Star Hornets a gift Monday night in Wesson by allowing four unearned runs in the top of the fourth inning to escape Copiah County with a 5-4 district win. The Cobras got 6 strong no-hit innings from senior pitcher Jonathan…
Read MoreCobra softballers dominate Raymond
Wesson pitcher Makenzie Rials picked up two wins against Raymond last week, improving her and the team’s record to 2-3 for the season. Rials pitched all three innings in the Cobras’ 15-0 win in game one, booking five strike outs and allowing only four hits. Marley McCardle led the Cobra offense with a double and…
Read MoreDiamond Cobras win two
BY BRADLEY CROW Loyd Star 5, Wesson 4 The Wesson Cobras (5-3) handed the Loyd Star Hornets a gift Monday night in Wesson by allowing four unearned runs in the top of the fourth inning to escape Copiah County with a 5-4 district win. The Cobras got 6 strong no-hit innings from senior pitcher Jonathan…
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