Wesson News

Cost: $10, Gulf Coast Running Club and YMCA members, $11 nonmembers, $12 day of race.

It's not the traditional hotdog and hamburger 4th of July for the many participants at the Ocean Springs YMCA's Annual Wesson Memorial Run.

Civil jury verdict record amount in county A half-million dollar-plus verdict returned by a jury last month represents the largest award in Webster County history, according to lawyers and court officials.

ADAM NORTHAM Brookhaven Daily Leader BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - The ownership of Brookhaven's historic Jewish temple may soon change hands to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society.

Before it was over, eight people, including several prisoners, a janitor and a public works employee were facing federal charges related to the alleged conspiracy to steal five machine guns, 11 pistols and 90 pounds of marijuana from the Greenwood Police Department.

A prison inmate accused of conspiring to steal guns from a Mississippi police department wants to block federal prosecutors from using recorded conversations and other information to convince a jury the weapons were sold in Chicago.

The investigation into possible drug activity in the Blackjack community outside of Starkville began six months ago, when neighbors complained to police about a high volume of traffic coming in and out of homes on Loco and Theodis roads.

Things are finally falling into place for Dquan Menzie. The former Columbus Carver High School standout is now at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Miss.

Rob Pyron of Copiah Academy was elected Tuesday as governor in the annual American Legion Boys State on the campus of Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson.

Mississippi Supreme Court Presiding Justice James E. Graves Jr. will speak to participants in the American Legion Boys State program on Sunday on the campus of Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson.

Barack Obama received the most votes for president of the United States, but he was the runner-up in a recent survey of RV owners by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association who were asked, "What living, famous person would you like to take with you on an RV trip?"A Obama finished second in the poll to Academy Award-winning actor and comedian ...

Joyce and Cecil Brent of Hattiesburg were married on April 30, 1959, in Wesson, MS.

The MACJC State Softball Tournament is set to begin today at the campus of Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson.

Remembrances of a then-15-year-old may provide a new clue about who fatally shot French reporter Paul Guihard during the campus riot that followed the 1962 admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a man who pleaded guilty to robbing a Mississippi bank at gunpoint and has been linked to several other bank robberies.

Parents of nearly 7,000 children on a state waiting list for child care soon could receive assistance thanks to millions of federal stimulus dollars flowing into Mississippi.

WESSON - A body found last week in the Pearl River in Copiah County has been identified and his death has been ruled a homicide.

An attempt to move a new state record 95-pound blue catfish caught by a 10-year-old fisherman near Natchez failed when the giant fish died after arriving at the Museum of Natural Science in Jackson.

The hoop skirts were on, the tea sets were polished and the dining room table was set.

Results from the opening weekend of the youth turkey season appear to indicate that Saturday's start of the regular spring season should be good.