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Pike County Sheriff’s Office continues litter campaign along Highway 48 West

The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its 2026 litter campaign along Highway 48 West, with efforts focused on removing trash from state highways and county roads throughout Pike County.

The office credited the Mississippi Department of Transportation and Commissioner Charles Busby with donating the cleanup truck used for the campaign. Lamar Coulter and inmates are leading the cleanup effort, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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The office also thanked the McComb Rotary Club and Victor’s Tint & Graphics for providing decals for the cleanup operation.

Source: Pike County Sheriffs Office – Sheriff Wally Jones on Facebook.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."