Crystal Springs News

Giddyup to the Kirk Fordice Equine Center at the State Fairgrounds for an eyeful of Appaloosa.

Food festivals dot the Mississippi summer calendar, giving communities the chance to celebrate heritage and harvest and chow down at the same time.

It is summer time and tomatoes are ripe for the picking. It's the time of year when folks from Crystal Springs throw a celebration all in name of the delicious red fruit.

Authorities hope an increase in the reward for information in the slaying of a Crystal Springs convenience store clerk will lead to the arrest of a suspect.

Relatives of a slain Crystal Springs convenience store clerk hope an increased reward will lead to the arrest of his killer.

A substantial reward is offered for help solving the murder of a Crystal Springs convenience store clerk.

COLUMBIA - Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home for Buford E. Cooper, 71, of Columbia, who died June 20, 2009, at his home.

Move over Red Abyssinian, there is a new banana in town - the Siam Ruby. Siam Ruby showed up at garden and patio shows and local garden centers last year and quickly found favor with tropical plant nuts like me.

Gerry Mosley dedicated his life to flying, as an aircraft mechanic, airport manager and flight instructor.

Two people died Tuesday afternoon when their plane crashed in Copiah County. It happened just west of Highway 51 between Crystal Springs and Hazlehurst.

Copiah Academy senior Rob Pyron of Crystal Springs, representing the Nationalist Party, won the governor's race Tuesday night at Boys State in Wesson.

The event will be broadcast live from WTOK's downtown studios Tuesday at 7 p.m. It will be moderated by Meridian Star Executive Editor Fredie Carmichael and WTOK News Director and Anchor John Johnson.

An 18-year-old Job Corps cadet struck by lightning Saturday near Yazoo City has died.

It was a murder so brutal that the town of Crystal Springs still talks about it, more than 14 years later.

When: 2-7 p.m. Saturday. Where: Lake Chautauqua Park, 26031 U.S. 51, Crystal Springs.

On April 11, a special service with over 60 attending from Calhoun County, Clarksdale, Crystal Springs, andA South Carolina, gathered at Benela Cemetery to honor three Calhoun Confederate soldiers who died during the War for Southern Independence--brothers Private Thomas N. Taylor, Co.

Demetrius Williams was only 8 years old when the power of music - especially the holy sound of an organ - filled the canyons of his soul.

If you love hydrangeas and lament when they quit blooming for the year, then you should buy the 2009 Mississippi Medallion Award-winning Limelight hydrangea.

A man who carjacked a Jackson security guard then stuffed him in the trunk of his car will serve 15 years in prison, Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith said.

JATRAN is in a budget crisis, having operated at a loss for years. The city of Jackson has subsidized JATRAN as a service to the citizens of our capital city.