Copiah County News

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.

HAZLEHURST - The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine what caused a single-engine plane to crash in Copiah County shortly after takeoff, killing both men on board.

Copiah County authorities are trying to determine the cause of a plane crash off Lilly Road between Hazlehurst and Gallman that left two men dead.

The work continues to repair or replace several dozen potentially dangerous bridges in Copiah County.

A 50-year-old Hazlehurst man was killed in a one-vehicle wreck in Copiah County.

The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol is investigating an early morning wreck that killed an 18-year-old man.

A Copiah County man facing a domestic violence charge is in police custody after jumping from a moving ambulance and spending several hours on the lam in Jackson.

Three young friends had been out drinking on a summer night in 2000 when their speeding sports car blew a tire and careered off a rural Mississippi highway, killing one and injuring the other two.

The Mississippi State Department of Health is issuing a Boil-Water Alert for customers who receive their drinking water from the Crystal Springs Water Association [0150003] water supply located in Copiah County.

Two Mississippi teens will get the chance to spend five weeks in Boston this summer studying at the Berklee College of Music.

Copiah County authorities are searching for a couple who tried to rob a delivery truck driver earlier this week.

A Brookhaven truck driver is recovering from gunshot wounds, after being shot on his way to make a delivery.

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

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

Authorities think they know the identity of a corpse found in the Pearl River in Copiah County last week but are waiting for confirmation.

The Copiah County Sheriff's Department is investigating the discovery of a body found floating in the Pearl River.

In Copiah County, an 8-year-old boy dies in a house fire. It happened around 9:00 Saturday morning at a house on Mary Street in the Georgetown community.

Copiah County authorities are trying to identify a body found in a river just north of Mississippi 28 in Georgetown.

Authorities are hoping an autopsy will lead to the identity of a man whose body was found in the Pearl River in Copiah County.

A Copiah County family is trying to deal with the death of their 8 year old son in a house fire.