Pearl River, Mississippi

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• Rivers Cause Flooding in Low-Lying Areas
  

  Heavy rain during the past couple of days caused rivers in east Mississippi and west Alabama to overflow their banks.

• Choctaws cut 570 jobs, partially shutdown Golden Moon Casino
  

  The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is cutting operations of its Golden Moon Hotel and Casino to three days a week and is eliminating 570 non-tribal staff positions as part of a restructuring to save money.

• Flashbacks
  

  Jan. 1, 1959 Rev. Harold Jordan, pastor of the Madison Baptist Church and director of Jackson Youth For Christ, left Idlewild Airport in New York City Saturday, Dec.

• Holiday closing times listed
  

  Holiday closing times listed From Staff Reports/MS The Christmas season is upon us, followed by the New Year's holiday observance with its many college football bowl games.

• USM signs 4 Juco recruits
  

  Southern Miss signed four junior college football players to binding letters of intent, coach Larry Fedora announced today.

• Flood Warning Continues for Pearl River
  

  SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS! THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.

• Ten Pearl River football stars sign scholarships
  

  Ten Pearl River Community College football standouts signed grant-in-aid scholarships with senior college today.

• Flood Warnings & Monday River Stages
  

  Flood warnings remain in effect for several area rivers. Here are the lake levels and river stages for Monday.

• 2 more deaths in storm's Miss. assault
  

  Wild swings in Mississippi's weather have claimed two more lives, bringing to four the death toll in a week of savage tornadoes, heavy rains and even a historic snowfall.

• Flooding after storm leaves 1 dead
  

  Stormy weather, including the system that surprised much of the state with a rare December snow, has pushed many Mississippi rivers and streams out of their banks causing at least one death.

• Rivers Rising As Snow Melts
  

  As Thursday's snow melts, Mississippi's already swollen rivers were rising Friday.

• Previously Unreleased
  

  Author Lynne Jeter is working with former chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Phillip Martin, to write his autobiography: "Chief: Raising Up the Choctaw People." Quail Ridge Press is contracted ...

• Sunday Morning with -Maj. Gen. Paul a. Harvey (Usaf ret.), President...
  

  What is the greatest lesson of your time as executive director of the Miss. Gaming Commission? First, it was my introduction to the gaming industry.

• Nobles, Waits stay on PRCC board
  

  Two Pearl River Community College board members have been reappointed to five-year terms as trustees.

• Mississippi oyster reef areas close today
  

  The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is closing Areas II "A" and I "B" conditionally approved waters for oyster harvesting effective at 4 p.m. today.

• Boil water notice lifted
  

  Special to the Item/MS The boil water notice issued by the Pearl River Water Assoc.

• Infinity breaks ground
  

  Ground was broken for the new Infinity Visitor's Center on Thursday, a center to be built for Stennis Space Center and slated to promise a unique experience for visitors of the Mississippi Welcome Center in ...

• New agreement brings in another emergency helicopter
  

  To better cover the county and provide emergency transport services, two helicopters will now cover the Southeast Mississippi Air Ambulance District, which includes 10 south Mississippi counties.

• Piney Woods Heritage Festival
  

  Back by popular demand, the Piney Woods Heritage Festival will return to Crosby Arboretum Fridayand Saturday.

City Description

Pearl River is a census-designated place (CDP) in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,156 at the 2000 census. Pearl River is located at 32°47′7″N 89°14′9″W / 32.78528, -89.23583 (32.785315, -89.235906). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 30.8 square miles (79.7 km²), of which, 30.7 square miles (79.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.13%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,156 people, 803 households, and 655 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 102.7 people per square mile (39.7/km²). There were 838 housing units at an average density of 27.3/sq mi (10.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 16.25% White, 1.43% African American, 80.35% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population. There were 803 households out of which 50.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were married couples living together, 28.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 13.8% of all households were made up of individuals

City Contained By:

• Mississippi
• Neshoba County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 79.7716337983 km squared

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