Column: Okhissa imagined

McComb Enterprise-Journal 

Column:  Okhissa imagined

By Ernest Herndon

Imagine driving to the north boat ramp at Okhissa Lake and, instead of just a parking lot, bathroom and launch area, you see a large building with a conference center and rustic lodge. Out back on a small peninsula in...

Okhissa land purchase enters first phase

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Okhissa land purchase enters first phase

By Adam Northam

A six-month clock is ticking for a regional economic development group’s plan to purchase and develop national forest land around Okhissa Lake in Franklin County.

With President Donald Trump’s signature of...