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Sports complex one step closer to reality

The Copiah County Courier reports SouthPark Sports Complex has purchased 40 acres of land in the Hazlehurst industrial park to build a sports complex.

Read the full story at the Copiah County Courier

Wesson ready for 40th flea market

Kenneth Furr remembers when the first Wesson Flea Market Outdoor Arts and Crafts Show and Sale went off in 1971.

He was then chief of the Wesson Volunteer Fire Department, which puts on the market as a fundraising event for equipment and training... Read More

Copiah County unemployment down

Copiah County unemployment down

COPIAH COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - Copiah County ranked 45th in the state for the lowest unemployment rate of the 82 counties in Mississippi in August.

Copiah County's unemployment rate in August was 11.6 percent -- down from 12.2 percent in July, but up from 10.6 percent in August 2010.

Lincoln Co. Wildlife Expo this weekend

Lincoln Co. Wildlife Expo this weekend

The annual Lincoln County Wildlife Expo is this weekend, Sept. 16 and 17, at the Lincoln Civic Center.

The expo is an annual event hosted and sponsored by the Lincoln Civic Center Commission, Board of Supervisors and the Lincoln County Wildlife Expo Committee.

The Lincoln Civic Center is located at 1096 Beltline Drive NW in Brookhaven.

The Expo hours are:

Lincoln Co. Wildlife Expo this weekend

Lincoln Co. Wildlife Expo this weekend

The annual Lincoln County Wildlife Expo is this weekend, Sept. 16 and 17, at the Lincoln Civic Center.

The expo is an annual event hosted and sponsored by the Lincoln Civic Center Commission, Board of Supervisors and the Lincoln County Wildlife Expo Committee.

The Lincoln Civic Center is located at 1096 Beltline Drive NW in Brookhaven.

The Expo hours are:

Free class on using Facebook for business

Free class on using Facebook for business

Copiah-Lincoln Community College Workforce Education is offering two free classes on using Facebook to connect with customers.

The title of the class is "Facebook: Affordably Connecting with Customers." The classes will be held Aug. 30, from 1 to 4 p.m., and Sept. 27, from 9 a..m. to noon, at the Thames Conference Center on the Wesson Campus of Co-Lin college.

The class is designed for individuals who are interested in promoting their organization or business and have a general idea of how Facebook operates.

Look Around Mississippi: Full Service for 69 years

Look Around Mississippi: Full Service for 69 years
Kenneth Furr (at 83 years of age) still puts full "service" in his service station in Wesson. Walt Grayson paid him and some of his friends a visit as he went Looking Around Mississippi.

Watch the story here