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Hazlehurst originated as the town of Gallatin when two lawyers and brothers-in-law named Walters and Saunders arrived from Gallatin, Tennessee in 1819, and built their homes on the banks of the Bayou Pierre in the western part of Copiah county. Other settlers came with them and in 1829 the state legislature incorporated the town. The incorporation charter was repealed on January 18, 1862. Hazlehurst began with the building of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad on November 3, 1865. The town was named for George Hazlehurst, an engineer for the new railroad.
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Press Release from Attorney General's Office: Jackson, MS—The Attorney General’s continued initiative “Operation Knock Out Knock Offs” has resulted in the arrest of two Hazlehurst residents, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Investigators ...
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A Hazlehurst woman was found dead Sunday morning in a hotel room near the Copiah County city. Officials are not releasing the cause of the death of Kayti Lynn Dillon, 32, at this point, Copiah County Coroner Ellis Stuart said. "We think we know ...
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More than a dozen parents and members of the NAACP were picketing outside Hazlehurst Middle School on Monday to voice their concerns over a lack of academic improvements at the school. "We definitely have to get Barksdale (Reading Institute ...
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JACKSON — The Mississippi NAACP is asking federal officials to block ... cleared unless the state proves it does not discriminate," said Carroll Rhodes of Hazlehurst, an attorney for the state chapter of the National Association for the ...
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A woman found dead in a hotel room in Hazlehurst has been identified as Kayti Lynn Dillon, 32, of Hazlehurst. Officials are not releasing a cause of death at this point, said Copiah County Coroner Ellis Stuart. “We think we know what happened ...
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