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View Comments Miss Golden Triangle Holly Brand was crowned Miss Mississippi during the final stage of the competition Saturday night in Vicksburg. Brand, a native of Meridian, won the talent portion Wednesday night and was named the evening wear winner Thursday night.  The televised competition concluded at the Vicksburg Convention Center after three nights of preliminary competitions including talent, evening wear and social impact interview categories starting Wednesday night. Brand studied communication studies at the University of Alabama. She was named Miss Mississippi's Outstanding...

Pine Belt residents came out to meet the contestants, take pictures with them and receive signed photos.

Samuel Snider will make history when he is sworn in as mayor of Willard at 7 p.m. April 26 at the Willard Community Center, 222 W. Jackson St. He almost certainly is both the youngest mayor and the first Black mayor in the history of Willard, a city of about 6,000 incorporated in 1949. David Burton was managing editor of the Cross Country Times, now defunct, from 1989 to 1993, in Willard. Is Snider the youngest mayor and first Black mayor in Willard? "It's very likely," Burton tells me. Snider also just might be the first in both categories in the history of "I would think he's pretty well g...