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- Supervisors take bids, make appointments at first meeting
By REGINA BUTLER Progress Staff Writer The Pontotoc County supervisors started their first business meeting of the year by reappointing Wayne Stokes as president of the board and Dennis Corder as vice-president ...
- DeSoto schools let out, residents stock up for wintry precipitation
"This is a precautionary measure," Entergy manager Pat Nelson said Monday afternoon.
- Evaluation ordered for shooting suspect
BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau TUPELO - A psychiatric evaluation is being sought for Joshua Vandiver, who has been charged with murder in the death of the Hezzie Whitlock of Iuka.
- News Briefs Dec. 1, 2008
Family loses home, possessions in house fire DRY CREEK - A family living on Tippah County Road 641 in the Dry Creek community escaped unharmed from the fire that destroyed their home, and also saved their two ...
- January trial set for former Tishomingo employee
BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau IUKA - The former Tishomingo County employee charged with embezzlement in a grand jury indictment is expected to face trial in January.
- Around the Region
A former Adams County Sheriff's Office deputy has received a one-year suspended sentence in a fraud case.
- DynaSteel to expand in Iuka area
Company officials on Thursday announced a 42,000-square-foot expansion. That is expected to initially bring 50 new jobs, according to Gary Matthews, the executive director of the Tishomingo County Development ...
- Steel fabricator expects to add 50 jobs
BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau IUKA - More job opportunities in the metal fabrications trade soon will be available in Tishomingo County with the expansion of Dynasteel Corp.'s Iuka plant.
- Iuka plant plans 50 new jobs
The expansion of Dynasteel Corp.'s plant in Iuka will mean more job opportunities in the metal fabrications trade.
- Twin Cities Diary
Martha Segars of Iuka is a Mississippi alternate delegate to the GOP Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
- Long Island man arrested for DWI in Martinsburg after crash
Lewis County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Wantagh man Friday on DWI charges following a crash in the Town of Martinsburg.
- Rheta Grimsley Johnson:Directions? Pass the boat graveyard ...
Our town has one traffic light. You might think it would be easy to give a stranger directions to Iuka and its suburbs, where I live.
- Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. - Second quarter results
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- Local Folks:Gatekeeper greets all with a smile
BY SHEENA BARNETT Daily Journal PLANTERSVILLE - Chances are you know Noel Shumpert.
- Bond set for Iuka murder suspect
Bond has been set at $500,000 for a man accused in the shooting death of 91-year-old Hezzie Whitlock.
- Man to face charges in Iuka shooting death
A man is scheduled to appear in court Monday to be formally charged in the shooting death of the elderly father of the Tishomingo County sheriff.
Iuka Classifieds
Local classifieds for Iuka, MS
City DescriptionIuka is a city in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,059 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tishomingo County. Woodall Mountain, the highest point in Mississippi, is located just south of Iuka.
Iuka is built on the site of a Chickasaw Indian village that is thought to have been subordinate to the settlement at Underwood Village. The name "Iuka" comes from the name of one of the cheiftans of the village.
Euro-American settlers arrived with the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in 1857. Before the American Civil War, the town boasted an all-female college, a boys' military academy, and a fine hotel. The Civil War brought widespread devastation when a major engagement here occurred on September 19, 1862. The Battle of Iuka resulted in 1200 to 1500 killed or wounded. The dead Confederate soldiers were buried in a long trench that eventually became Shady Grove Cemetery.
The first college built in the former Confederacy after the Civil War, Iuka Normal Institute, was built here. However, the town did not return to prosperity for many years. The building of Pickwick Landing Dam and Pickwick Lake by the Tennessee Valley Authority brought activity ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Tishomingo County
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