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- Appeals Court upholds conviction in Vicksburg killing
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Rolling Fork man in the 2005 armed robbery and killing of a Vicksburg contractor.
- 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10Read: 17Propped: 5Comments: 2Click Prop It to Raise Score
Muddy Waters Blues Trail Marker installed in Rolling Fork, MS >> Posted By gulfshoreslife 5 hours, 19 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 17 Propped: 5 Prop it On Wednesday, December ...
- Muddy Waters' birthplace latest site on Blues Trail
Blues legend Muddy Waters may have died in 1983, but his spirit will be alive and well in Rolling Fork Wednesday.
- On the wing
As hundreds of snow geese circle in unison to land into a flooded rice field at the Howard Miller Wildlife Management Area, the autumn sky is partially darkened out by the sheer mass of birds.
- 10 sentencings, 12 revocations handed down by Warren County Circuit judges
In Warren County Circuit Court during the week that ended Friday: * Charles H. Jones, Jr., 45, 71 Dorsey Drive, Rolling Fork, was sentenced by Judge Isadore Patrick to five years in prison on sale of cocaine ...
- Economy: Main Street, Miss., hurting
Today, The Clarion-Ledger starts a series titled '7 Cities in 7 Days: The State of the Economy in Mississippi.' It is not Wall Street alone hurting during the economic crisis facing the nation.
- Got dem Sunday afternoon Rolling Fork blues
"For there's nothing short of dying, half as lonesome as the sound of a sleepy city sidewalk.
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I'm a lot like you were." - Neil Young ROLLING FORK - Ah, memories are made of this.
- Baker board names superintendent
The School Board voted 5-0 Monday to name Estes Taplin the new superintendent of the Baker school system.
- The - media' is doing a grave disservice to the country
"Can we film the operation? Is the brain dead yet? The boys in the newsroom got a runnin' bet.
- MEMA Reports on Gustav Impact
The following updates have been reported to the State Emergency Operations Center in Pearl, related to Hurricane Gustav.
- Waiting for the monster
"I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is coming soon. I fear rivers overflowing.
- Gustav can still hurt
Continued rain from Hurricane Gustav may be a bigger threat to Mississippi crops than problems associated with the storm's landfall.
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"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." Friday, August 29, 2008 1:12 PM CDT - Oscar Lavant "Republicans are the party that says ...
- This isn't - the election'
"Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men, but of forces." -Henry Brooks Adams ROLLING FORK - Predicated I suppose on the largely unsubstantiated notion that newspaper people know what they are ...
- Just like the bad penny
"Southern man, better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last.
- Symptoms of depression
"Malaise: A vague feeling of illness or depression." -The American Heritage Dictionary ROLLING FORK - The perfectly good word defined above, assimilated into our language from the French, is one that I'd be ...
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"The Constitution supposes, what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it.
- Real big train wreck ahead?
"Verily I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country." - Luke 4:24. ROLLING FORK - Like some long ago prophet, warning of the follies of his time, David M. Walker's is a voice in the wilderness, ...
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City DescriptionRolling Fork is a city in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,486 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sharkey County.
Rolling Fork is located at 32°54′25″N 90°52′42″W / 32.90694, -90.87833 (32.906893, -90.878348).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land. It is the birthplace of legendary blues musician Muddy Waters.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,486 people, 820 households, and 620 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,774.2 people per square mile (685.6/km²). There were 875 housing units at an average density of 624.5/sq mi (241.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 29.69% White, 69.19% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.32% Asian, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.97% of the population.
There were 820 households out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 32.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Sharkey County
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