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- Committee announces MLK speaker, celebrations
The Dr. Martin Luther King Commemoration Planning Committee of Kosciusko/Attala County announces activities scheduled to celebrate the birthday of Dr.
- MS--Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch aldermen will vote on a resolution supporting construction of a hospital in the city.
- Olive Branch aldermen to show support for hospital
Olive Branch aldermen will vote on a resolution supporting construction of a city hospital that state health regulators have targeted for disapproval.
- Passenger numbers plummet at regional airport
As far as a few months back, Tom Heanue had a pretty good idea that the Christmas holidays at the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport were going to be fairly grim.
- Icy Roads, Dangerous Conditions
Ice and water make for dangerous driving Particularly bad south of DeSoto County Police as motorists to slow down for safety dennis.turner@wreg.com Weather conditions made for rough going on highways to the ...
- Survivor of wreck may have drowned
Authorities presume a sports utility vehicle driver drowned after he drove off Interstate 55 and into the rain-swollen Coldwater River.
- Southaven home to new industry
Helmet House, a motorcycle helmet and accessory distributor based in Calabasas, Calif., is moving its distribution center from Memphis into a 201,804-square-foot warehouse in Southaven.
- Obama donor loves state
WASHINGTON - The top Mississippi donor to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration fund has sumptuous homes in London and New York but prefers to live over a general store in Clarksdale.
- Howorth, Mason toast Faulkner
The university and Oxford communities came together Tuesday to celebrate the 104th birthday of one of their most famous members.
- Taxes: Legislature must hear homeowner howls
Probably, not a state lawmaker in Mississippi's 82 counties has not heard the howls by now of homeowners complaining about their sky-high property tax bills.
- A joyful noise: Celebrate Christmas with free concerts at area churches
If you're looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit, the Jackson metro area abounds with free opportunities to listen to heaven and nature sing.
- DeSoto schools let out, residents stock up for wintry precipitation
"This is a precautionary measure," Entergy manager Pat Nelson said Monday afternoon.
- Wonder whether the weather will ... ?
By Errol Castens Daily Journal Oxford Bureau With several inches of snow falling across parts of central Mississippi and floods, high winds and winter weather advisories in effect for much of our own region, ...
- Shoppers Searching For Cheap Deals May Be Breaking Law
"Consumer Use Tax" requires people to pay difference in sales tax when buying out of state Shelby County shoppers flooding Mississippi stores because of lower sales tax MS sales tax is 7%, Shelby County sales ...
- Cannon takes pride
The prophet may receive no honor in his home country, but musicians are a little luckier.
- Work resumes on asphalt plant in New Albany
Construction has again resumed on a once contested asphalt plant in New Albany. Lehman-Roberts Mississippi manager Jamie Sullivan says the Memphis-based company hopes to have the plant operating by March 1. ...
- Horn Lake Police cruisers damaged in chase
Horn Lake police early Friday chased down a stolen vehicle believed to have been involved in other vehicle thefts, resulting in heavy damage to two police cruisers but no injuries.
- DUI death trial expected to wrap up today
Closing arguments are set to begin today in a trial that features a Horn Lake man accused of causing a deadly accident last year.
- Former court clerk faces embezzlement charges
DeSoto YAHOO! Former court clerk faces embezzlement charges By Yolanda Jones , Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, December 4, 2008 Southaven officials knew something was amiss in its city court department long ...
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City DescriptionMemphis is a village in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census. The village of Memphis has officially become part of Walls, Mississippi.
Memphis is located at 34°55′33″N 90°8′28″W / 34.92583, -90.14111 (34.925821, -90.141009).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.3 km²), of which, 4.3 square miles (11.2 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.14%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 87 people, 27 households, and 25 families residing in the village. The population density was 20.2 people per square mile (7.8/km²). There were 27 housing units at an average density of 6.3/sq mi (2.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.95% White, 6.90% African American and 1.15% Pacific Islander.
There were 27 households out of which 51.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 85.2% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.4% were non-families. 3.7% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
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