MACON, Miss. – The Making Their Mark project unveiled a historic marker on the lawn of the Noxubee County Courthouse honoring the county’s first black state legislators. When freedom came at the end of the civil war, Noxubee county’s population was around 74% African American. and with African Americans being able to hold elected office for the first time, 5...

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A lumber manufacturer is expanding its existing sawmill operations in Macon with an $8.3 million investment. Barge Forest Products, a lumber production company founded in 1985 that serves customers across three continents and the Caribbean, specializes in high-quality southern yellow pine lumber, with a focus on longer timber lengths for construction. “With 19 million acres […]