Lena, Mississippi

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Weather in:
Lena

Fair
Temperature: 34.5 °F

Humidity: 97 %
Wind Speed: 0 mph WNW
Pressure: 30.14 "

Dew Point: 34 °F
Gusts: 1 mph WNW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

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  When Gov. Haley Barbour and state legislators are dealing with the budget cuts that will be dictated by the current struggling economy, they would be wise to remember Austin James Watkins.

• Child abuse cannot be tolerated: no excuses
  

  Can anyone explain to me why a 4-year-old child had to die of starvation less than an hour away from Mississippi's largest assembly of medical centers? Is there any explanation for it? Of course there isn't. ...

• ECCC Mourns Students
  

  East Central Community College is mourning the deaths of a pair of students in separate vehicle crashes.

• Sheriff: Mississippi Child Starved To Death
  

  An autopsy revealed that a 4-year-old child died of starvation in Scott County, authorities said.

• 'No words' to capture collision that kills 5
  

  The cause of a head-on collision that killed five people in Scott County remains a mystery, but the images from that night are forever engraved in the minds of those who responded to the fiery scene.

• ECCC Staff Recovering from Vehicle Crash
  

  East Central Community College reports several members of its workforce development staff are recovering from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck late last week.

• Series of Unfortunate Events Dubbed 'Unbelievable'
  

  An 18-wheeler dangled over the side of the Interstate 10 long bridge over the Pascagoula River most of Tuesday morning, with the driver trapped inside part of the time after a chain reaction accident involving ...

• Independence Day Celebration planned at Lena
  

  The 31st annual Independence Day Celebration in Lena will be held on Friday, July 4 beginning at 9 A. M. and conclude by what is promised to be one of Mississippi's largest fireworks displays at dusk.

• Booneville lures residents to downtown attractions
  

  Bluegrass Music: 7 p.m. every second and fourth Saturday, Main Street in front of Booneville Hardware - Boone Country Dulcimers: 6-8 p.m. every second and fourth Monday, Old Train Depot, 100 W. Church St.

City Description

Lena is a town in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 167 at the 2000 census. The center of population of Mississippi is located in Lena . Lena is located at 32°35′22″N 89°35′41″W / 32.58944, -89.59472 (32.589445, -89.594788). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 167 people, 77 households, and 48 families residing in the town. The population density was 99.3 people per square mile (38.4/km²). There were 96 housing units at an average density of 57.1/sq mi (22.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.42% White, 8.98% African American, and 0.60% from two or more races. There were 77 households out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 24.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.76. In the town the population was spread out with 21.6% under

City Contained By:

• Leake County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 4.40297978757 km squared

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