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Hazlehurst librarian Sandra Johnson reports that the traffic at Covington Memorial Library was 1,382 last month, which included about 200 more patrons in December. Johnson updated the Board of Aldermen on the library’s activities during the regular January board meeting. After 2 p.m. the library is mostly used by kids, but as the collection grows…

There are not yet any new developments in the investigation into the murder of James Robert Smith last week. Chief Deputy Tony Hemphill reports that the sheriff’s department is still following several leads and keeping all possibilities of charges and suspects open.  No suspects have been brought in and the coroner’s report is due.

Copiah County law enforcement authorities reported that a 14 year old Lousiana youth suffered a gunshot wound in a Thursday afternoon hunting accident. Tony Hemphill, Chief Deputy of the Copiah County Sheriff’s Department, said that the young hunter was injured when he and his friend, also from Louisiana, were preparing to go deer hunting that…

The annual Hazlehurst Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held on January 24 at Rolling Hills Country Club. The guest speaker will be Mary Hawkins Butler, mayor of Madison. Due to space restriction seating will be limited. Therefore, the Chamber board of directors would like Chamber members to have the chance to buy tickets before…

Candidates must qualify by January 18, 4:30 p.m., to run for the Hazlehurst school board. Voters in the Hazlehurst School District will elect one member to the Hazlehurst School District Board of Trustees to represent those living outside the city limits on Saturday, March 1, at the school district headquarters building. Candidates who wish to…

Wesson mayor Alton Shaw reported at Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen that the town had been approved to receive a sizeable grant to help with the town’s emergency broadcast system. Homeland Security will be sending Wesson $29,000 to purchase two new modern emergency alert sirens that are identical to those place in Georgetown…

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has given the greenlight to the Copiah County Courthouse renovation plans, so the Board of Supervisors awarded the contract to low bidder Huntington during the first meeting of the new year and new board term. The meeting was also the first for new supervisor Kenneth Ramsey of District…

by James Beasley The Copiah Academy Lady Colonels outscored Parklane Academy 20-12 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Pioneers hung on for a 45-40 victory at the Brookhaven Academy Invitational during the holidays. CA led 9-7 after the first period, but Parklane rallied, outscoring Copiah 14-6 in the second quarter…

by James Beasley The Copiah Academy Lady Colonels outscored Parklane Academy 20-12 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Pioneers hung on for a 45-40 victory at the Brookhaven Academy Invitational during the holidays. CA led 9-7 after the first period, but Parklane rallied, outscoring Copiah 14-6 in the second quarter…