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Veterans Day Celebration at Wesson Attendance Center Honoring …
1 day ago · Submitted by Founders Day Queen Abbey Berch Each year, Wesson Attendance Center hosts a heartfelt Veterans Day event to honor the brave men and women who have served in the military. This year, as in years past, Post 79 took the lead in organizing a morning filled with gratitude and reflection.The day began with a warm breakfast served to veterans in the school library, providing an ...
Veterans Memorial dedication set for November 11
Oct 14, 2024 · By Bob Arnold Active and retired military personnel, leaders and members of veterans organizations, representatives of agencies and groups serving veterans and public officials and other dignitaries are expected to help the Town of Wesson dedicate a long-planned veterans memorial at an 11 a.m. ceremony on November 11. The Town’s public works department completed work on the memorial and ...
Wall mural gifted to town
1 day ago · By Jessica Beazeale Wesson Friends of the Library (FOL) officially gifted the community with its first town wall mural at a ribbon cutting ceremony last month where it can be viewed in the Susan Alsbury Garden behind the outdoor library pavilion. “Wesson Public Library (WPL) is doing remarkable things, and the mural is icing on the cake,” Librarian Marilyn Britt told nearly 100 persons who ...
Smokers are 40% More Likely to Develop Diabetes
4 hours ago · As we continue to recognize National Diabetes Month, the Mississippi State Department of Health is highlighting a major risk factor of the deadly chronic disease: smoking. "If you smoke, you are 30 to 40 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than someone who doesn't," said Tiffany Johnson, Interim Director of the Office of Tobacco Control at MSDH.
Meet Your Neighbor: Linda Mehri enjoys simple living
2 days ago · By Bob Arnold Locals these days know Wesson native Linda Mehri as a story-teller. A retired teacher and seminary-trained church leader, you often find her today reading to children at Wesson Public Library special programs to help spur their interest in books. Raised as a farm girl, Mehri left Wesson in the late 1970s for what she thought would be a fairy tale marriage with a young wealthy ...
Old Wesson School: Lifelong champions fight to preserve historic …
Jan 22, 2024 · The Old Wesson Public School, known affectionately as Old Wesson School, was first built in 1889. It served as the first brick school building for children in the area. Initially, the school was set to house grades kindergarten through 8th grade. The first semester of the Old Wesson Public School started in September 1889.
Stogner New Wesson Police Chief
Sep 13, 2021 · Michael Stogner, a Wesson police officer since December 2007, has become the town's Police Chief following the resignation of Chad O'Quinn.O'Quinn, Wesson Police Chief since 2008, is moving to the private sector to work for O'Quinn Trucking, a local long-haul cross-country transport company with refrigeration vehicles operated by his mother and father, Daniel and Shirley O'Quinn.Stogner, a ...
Wesson welcomes new BBQ restaurant
Sep 10, 2024 · Wesson News The new, family-owned Fire House BBQ is now open in town in the former Dump’s BBQ location. New owners Lenzie and Michelle Chambers of Wesson had a soft opening in mid-August but say they are in full-blown “restaurant mode” now. Ken and Kris Sullivan closed Dump’s to start a new chapter in their lives. The Sullivans now serve in ministry, pastoring at Union Hill Baptist ...
Local scout earns Eagle award - Wesson News
Jun 25, 2024 · Special to Wesson NewsBen McKenzie, 17 year-old member of Wesson Boy Scout Troop 125 and resident of Brookhaven, has earned the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) highest advancement award -- the Eagle Scout Award. McKenzie is one of only approximately four percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank. Eagle candidates must earn 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community, church ...