Hazlehurst News

Some education leaders this week said Gov. Haley Barbour's K-12 budget recommendations would be almost impossible to implement, especially in one year.

Charles Jenkins, former Attala County resident now living in Hazlehurst, has gained recognition for his art focusing on pastels, watercolors and colored wax pencils.

Robert Johnson 's birthplace in Hazlehurst, MS, may soon become a tourist destination for fans of the late blues guitarist who--as legend tells it--sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his guitar prowess, according to a New York Times report.

Therea TMs plenty of mystery surrounding the life of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, but his birthplace has been verified and plans are in the work to restore it.

The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.

The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.

Eight people have been arrested in Copiah County in what authorities are calling a prescription forgery ring.

The state Court of Appeals will hear arguments in two cases Nov. 19 on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville.

Seven people have been arrested in an alleged prescription forgery ring, according to a news release from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

In his modest, and unassuming way, Dr. Ron Keller, has helped form and guide the development of several noteworthy nonprofit community homes, situated in four different areas.

Caitlyn Shehan has joined the staff in the audit department. Shehan has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Police at Copiah-Lincoln Community College made the fifth and final arrest in connection with the alleged gang rape of female student.

In his modest, and unassuming way, Dr. Ron Keller, has helped form and guide the development of several noteworthy nonprofit community homes, situated in four different areas in the community.

Robert Leroy Johnson came into this world on May 8, 1911, near the town of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, and departed it just outside Greenwood, Mississippi, on August 16, 1938.

At a time when lending generally remains tight, the Small Business Administration's Mississippi office is exceeding many of its goals for the current fiscal year.

Leaders in Mississippi's most distressed school districts said Wednesday they don't expect millions of federal stimulus dollars will offset all of the budget cuts they must make this fall, mostly because the funds have spending requirements that may not allow it.

Police arrested two juveniles Wednesday in connection with a small fire at Hazlehurst High School, Chief Byron Swilley said.

The day starts with a parade at 10am . At 11am Live Gospel singing all day until 7pm .

An 18-wheeler fire on Interstate 20 caused traffic to back up for a half mile Tuesday afternoon but left no one injured.

There might well be ancient pharaohs about whom more is known than Robert Johnson.