A 65-year-old Brookhaven man was arrested Sept. 16 and charged with arson in connection with a fire at a FEMA cottage on ...

Wesson News Registration is now open for the 55th annual Wesson Flea Market, set for Saturday, October 17. Hosted each year ...

Hitachi Energy will invest $528 million to expand its transformer manufacturing operations in Copiah County, marking the ...

Special to Wesson News The Wesson Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD) has been named as the recipient of a $10,000 2026 Good ...

Special to Wesson NewsMembers of Wesson Garden Club met at the American Legion Prime 79 on Tuesday, August 11. Those in ...

By Raymond Barranco, MSU Professor of SociologyThere are two things that most of us struggle to say (no, I’m not talking about “Irish wristwatch” and “rural juror”): “I’m sorry” and “You were ...

Wesson News The Copiah County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for its Citizen’s Academy, which offers Copiah County residents the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Copiah ...

James Russell RayMay 26, 1941 - September 12, 202685 Years of ageSERVICE: Friday, September 18, 2026          Calvary Baptist ...

Bryce Coleman of Wesson was recently presented with a Mississippi Trucking Association Foundation Scholarship Program award, the R. Gene Holmes Endowment. Over thirty-five years ago, the Mississippi ...

By Raymond Barranco, MSU Professor of SociologyRight before I graduated college, I applied to the Louisiana State Police.Part of the process was a polygraph test. If you’ve never taken one, here’s how ...

The Wesson News welcomes Louise Vaughn, PhD, MBA, MPA as its new City Beat reporter. Vaughn, who has a master’s degree in Accounting, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a doctorate in ...

“Once a Cobra, always a Cobra” is the mantra of the Wesson Attendance Center and one that is dear to Taylor Burke. Burke has lived in Wesson ever since she was three years old. She has been married to ...