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Area artists on display in Wesson
Twin sisters Ruby Douglas and Joyce Reeves will show their work until December 20 at Wesson Town Hall.
Read MoreCobra basketball drops three
BY BRADLEY CROWThe Wesson Cobras and Lady Cobras basketball teams dropped 3 of 4 games in the Hillcrest tournament last week with the boys routing of Silliman 62-22 the only win of the tourney.The Cobras (6-2) could not overcome an awful 2nd quarter effort against Leake Academy and wound up chasing the Rebels from behind…
Read MoreSouth team wins MPSA
The Copiah Academy Colonels were well represented Friday night, Dec. 7, at Robinson-Hale Stadium in Clinton, where the South All-Stars won the MPSA All-Star Football game 32-22. Senior quarterback, Daniel Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Sims of Crystal Springs and Mrs. Sharon Towns of Brandon, was a captain for the South All-Star team…
Read MoreCobra basketball drops three
BY BRADLEY CROWThe Wesson Cobras and Lady Cobras basketball teams dropped 3 of 4 games in the Hillcrest tournament last week with the boys routing of Silliman 62-22 the only win of the tourney.The Cobras (6-2) could not overcome an awful 2nd quarter effort against Leake Academy and wound up chasing the Rebels from behind…
Read MoreSouth team wins MPSA
The Copiah Academy Colonels were well represented Friday night, Dec. 7, at Robinson-Hale Stadium in Clinton, where the South All-Stars won the MPSA All-Star Football game 32-22. Senior quarterback, Daniel Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Sims of Crystal Springs and Mrs. Sharon Towns of Brandon, was a captain for the South All-Star team…
Read MoreNew store coming to Hazlehurst
Hazlehurst aldermen met briefly with a development company official representing Walgreens during last Tuesday’s brief meeting. Officials tended to business quickly in order to get to the town’s Christmas parade on time. Matt Brooks explained that Walgreens plans to develop the northwest corner of the Highway 51 and 28 intersection. Construction should start in February…
Read MoreNettles chosen as next Co-Lin president
WESSON – The Copiah-Lincoln Community College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Ronald E. Nettles, II, President of the College effective July 1, 2008. Nettles, who will become Co-Lin’s seventh president, will replace Dr. Howell Garner who announced that he would retire June 30, 2008. Garner has served the college for 34 years, the past…
Read MoreGarner to retire next summer
WESSON – After 40 years in education, Copiah-Lincoln Community College President Dr. Howell Garner announced his retirement effective June 30, 2008. The announcement came at Thursday’s monthly Board of Trustees meeting. “I have had the pleasure and good fortune to serve with may truly outstanding faculty members, some of whom have been affectionately titled “icons”…
Read MoreGrant meeting today about cemetery
County and state officials are scheduled to meet today with the Tommy Johnson Blues Foundation to discuss the availability of grant funds to restore and develop the Warm Springs Cemetery north of Crystal Springs, where bluesman Tommy Johnson is buried. Vera Collins, niece of Johnson, met with the board of supervisors on Monday to discuss…
Read MoreWesson water rates to change Jan. 1
BY JOE B. COATES Wesson aldermen voted to adjust the minimum charge for water during last Tuesday’s meeting of the board. The bas rate was adjusted from $35.15 per month to $36.41. Deposit fees were also changed from $300 to $400. In the same motion, the aldermen also approved a yearly 2% automatic adjustment to…
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