New Augusta News

Mr. and Mrs. Shep Crawford of Woodville announce the engagement of their daughter, Gwendolyn Annette Crawford, to David Mitchell Merrill, son of Mr.

Freddie and Debbie Triplett of Purvis announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Nicole Triplett of Purvis, to Brian Nicholas Walters of Janice, son of Gary & Vickie Walters of Janice.

Golf Digest published a study in 2000 stating the odds of the average player making a hole in one are 12,000-to-1. The magazine hired the retired chairman of the math department at Boston University, Francis Scheid, Ph.D., to conduct the study and come up with the odds using the best information available.

Robin Mills, the attendance officer for Perry County schools, recently was honored at a banquet at Perry Central High School for her 25 years of service to public education in Mississippi.

Purvis defeated Perry Central 9-7 in New Augusta Saturday to sweep the best-of-three Class 3A South State semifinal series.

Camp Shelby at New Augusta, Miss., was the site of the Bear Whiz Enduro hosted by Fred Pittman and Mississippi Hi-Point on March 7-8. The Beginner Pee Wee class was first, with each rider starting 10 seconds apart and riding a 1/2-mile course for 10 laps.

On March 7-8, the Mississippi Hi-Point Enduro Riders hosted its 2009 Bear Whiz Enduro in the DeSoto National Forest near New Augusta.

NEW AUGUSTA - Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Jones and Son Funeral Home in Beaumont for Larry Jordan, 65, of New Augusta, who died Feb.

Georgia-Pacific's Leaf River Cellulose location in New Augusta recently presented the United Way of Southeast Mississippi with a check for $70,000 for the home raffle fundraiser.

A school bus has been involved in an accident with a log truck in Perry County along Hwy 29 between Runnelstown and New Augusta.

MCLAIN - Services will be held at noon Saturday at Moody Chapel United Methodist Church for Oscar J. Moody, 39, of McLain, who died Dec.