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Wesson · WessonThe Wesson Chamber of Commerce board has a new team bringing new ideas to the table and looking at tweaks to bring some freshness to ongoing work. Four new board members come with no prior service, a fifth with just a few weeks service and a sixth with a history long forgotten. A Reno, Nevada, transplant, whose family roots are in Wesson, brings a background in economic development that shapes her perspective and vision of Chamber leadership…See the Story
New faces on Chamber board
Wesson · WessonCongressman Michael Guest is hosting a Passport Acceptance Event in Brookhaven on May 7th, 2024. This event is free and open to the public and will give Mississippians an opportunity to renew or acquire a passport. Congressman Guest’s staff will be available from 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. to assist alongside staff from the Passport Agency. The event will be held at the Brookhaven – Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce (230 S. Whitworth Avenue, Br…See the Story
Congressman Michael Guest to Host Passport Acceptance Event
Wesson · WessonMany of the practices associated with sustainability, such as recycling, can be extended into the garden. 1. Composting is a way to help reduce organic waste that goes to the landfill and helps feed gardens. These organic materials, which include grass clippings, leaves and other yard wastes, account for about 30% of trash that goes to the landfill. Compost creates the perfect conditioner to help soil maintain proper moisture conte…See the Story
Extending sustainability to gardens
Wesson · WessonBy guest columnist Dr. Stephanie Duguid As part of the Mississippi Health Ambassador Initiative, Brooke Edwards, DCNP at Brookhaven Skin and Med Spa, has shed light on the critical importance of skin health. Skin cancer remains a significant health concern affecting millions of Americans. Understanding its prevalence, types, risk factors, and preventive measures are keys to skin health and reducing its impact. Prevalence and impact. Skin …See the Story
Tactics in battling skin cancer
Wesson · WessonOrders are now being prebooked for The History of Little Bahala 1816-1950 covering the area’s native families, important landmarks and locations. and available for $30. The 70-page book with a three-page fold out map, with more than 120 pictures, five maps and 20 newspaper clippings from as early as 1876 is available for $30. Churches, schools, cemeteries, stores, grist mills, saw mills, RR lines, swimming holes, family homes and more are sp…See the Story
Book compiles Little Bahala history
Wesson · WessonBefore Highway 84 in the 1800s, St. Stephens Road connected then-Mississippi capital Natchez to Fort St. Stephens in Alabama as the main wagon and trade route that settled Mississippi. At the March Institute for Learning in Retirement luncheon, David Higgs, former Co-Lin humanities division chair, discussed the history and culture marks left on the road that brought the Scots-Irish peoples who populated to the Mississippi territory then mostly…See the Story
A road that settled Mississippi
Wesson · WessonMadison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Willard Geven Knight, 33, was sentenced to serve a total of 50 years for multiple counts of child exploitation, which must be served without the possibility of parole. In January 2023, deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department began working an undercover operation to identify an individual using social networks to receive, traffic, share, and distribu…See the Story
Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation: Will Serve Fifty Years in MDOC
Wesson · WessonBy Bob Arnold If you recently noticed folk around town with cameras carefully sizing up photo opportunities and snapping pictures, they just might have been helping out Wesson Friends of the Library (FOL) as participants in a contest generating picture stories to promote the local public library during the National Library Week celebration it is orchestrating. Over the past couple of weeks, FOL, the local support group for Wesson Public Libr…See the Story
