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- Part of Interstate 20 shut down until further notice
Wednesday night parts of interstate 20 were shut down in Brandon. The Department of Transportation says the I-20 Westbound left lane has been closed at mile marker 59 until further notice.
- College News
The Hinds Community College Development Foundation honored its 2008-09 scholarship recipients, donors and honorees in programs held on the Raymond Campus.
- Rankin supervisors approve tax to fund economic arm
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved an additional tax to fund its chief economic development group.
- Waide re-elected as MFBF president
David Waide, a row-crop and cattle producer from West Point, Miss., was re-elected to his seventh term as president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation at the organization's recent annual meeting in ...
- Pelahatchie Students Claim Girl Possessed By Devil
Students at a Pelahatchie high school said, for three days this week, a girl there spoke in tongues and made grave predictions for her classmates.
- Cities have slate of Christmas parades scheduled
Santa Claus throws a handful of candy into the crowd last year during Pelahatchie's annual Christmas parade.
- Incumbent wins Rankin Election Commission runoff
In a runoff election race Tuesday, Rankin County voters chose incumbent Frances Rogers over Tracey Scott for a post on the Election Commission.
- Voters to choose election commission member today
Precinct 412: North Brandon, Rankin County School District Building C, 127 Pleasant St.
- Puckett closes out perfect regular season with rout of Pelahatchie
PUCKETT - Puckett wrapped up a fourth-straight undefeated regular season tonight with a 48-7 win over rival Pelahatchie.
- GO: Spooky family fun
Neighborhood children Morgan Hoover, 10, and Dylan Cole, 11, play at the Baldwin's home recently in Brandon.
- Fall bite cranks up
Bass pro Pete Ponds set the tone for the day on his first three casts at Barnett Reservoir.
- Business 10/14
The town of Pelahatchie won a Community Economic Development Award at the Mississippi Economic Development Council 2008 Summer Conference in Biloxi in recognition of its development of Yogi Bear's Jellystone ...
- Sales tax revenues expected to decline
Sales taxes collected from August Brandon: August 2008 - $376,898; August 2007 - $389,609 Florence: August 2008 - $53,614; August 2007 - $47,509 Flowood: August 2008 - $728,878; August 2007 - $740,657 Pearl: ...
- Rankin cities tighten budgets for new fiscal year
For many Rankin County cities, budgets for this fiscal year - which kicked off Wednesday - saw big changes, such as Puckett's entire budget growing by 12.
- Officials: Bike trail expected to be completed by end of next year
Construction of a two-part bike trail will complete a bicycle-friendly loop around Pelahatchie Bay by the end of next year, Ross Barnett Reservoir officials say.
- Fishing Report: Ross Barnett Reservoir
Lake level still close to normal summer pool, 297.49 at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Surface temperatures 75 in the morning, 78 in the afternoon.
- New bike paths in the works
New bike paths in the works By Justin Fritscher j.fritscher@rankinledger.com Special to Rankin Ledger Bicyclists will have 7.3 additional miles of trails in Rankin County completed by 2009.
- Oklahoma trip generates ideas for area leaders
Although Jackson and Oklahoma City are more than 600 miles apart, metro area leaders - including a handful from Rankin County - made the trek to see ways to improve Mississippi's capital city and its ...
- New bike paths will be asset to county
The League of American Bicyclists released rankings of the states friendliest to bicyclists.
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City DescriptionPelahatchie is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,461 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pelahatchie means "Crooked Creek " in the Choctaw language.
Pelahatchie is located at 32°18′47″N 89°47′55″W / 32.31306, -89.79861 (32.312941, -89.798648).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,461 people, 525 households, and 387 families residing in the town. The population density was 454.0 people per square mile (175.2/km²). There were 585 housing units at an average density of 181.8/sq mi (70.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 61.12% White, 36.82% African American, 0.14% Asian, 0.96% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.52% of the population.
There were 525 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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