Sandersville, Mississippi

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• 2 arrested on drug charges
  

  Two Jones County residents were arrested on drug charges on Tuesday after deputies executed a search warrant.

• James O. 'Junior' Walters
  

  LAUREL - A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Ministries Church in Sandersville for James O. 'Junior' Walters, 55, of Laurel, who died Dec.

• Long-time educator dies of cancer
  

  A former Jones County educator and William Carey University associate professor died from a cancer-related illness Tuesday morning.

• Great day for parades
  

  That was the scene in the area Saturday as annual Christmas parades cruised through the downtowns of the cities of Laurel, Ellisville and Sandersville.

• Sweet Success
  

  By Steve Sanders, countyreporter@laurelleadercall.com David Ulmer lives 200 yards up Bonner Road from where he was born in Sandersville.

• Northeast Jones graduate named Rhodes Scholar
  

  OXFORD - Shadrack 'Shad' Tucker White of Sandersville was named a Rhodes Scholar, the most coveted academic award for American undergraduates, over the weekend.

• Sandersville native wins coveted Rhodes Scholarship
  

  Shadrack "Shad" Tucker White Saturday was named the University of Mississippi's 25th Rhodes Scholar and is the first to receive prestigious Rhodes and Truman scholarships.

• Sandersville native named finalist for coveted Rhodes Scholarship
  

  Shadrack "Shad" Tucker White has been doing a lot of practice interviews lately, but they're not for a job.

• Local man dies in one-vehicle wreck
  

  A Jones County man was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at the scene of a one-vehicle accident near a creek.

• Fire quickly doused at Howse Implements Co.
  

  Fast actions by employees of Howse Implement Company resulted in no damage at the more than 44-year-old homegrown Jones County business.

• Laurel City Council votes against garbage fee hike
  

  LAUREL - LAUREL CITY COUNCIL voted Tuesday against increasing garbage fees. The city recently reduced residents' garbage pickup to one day a week.

• Festivals and Haunts
  

  There are a few fall festivals and scary treats continuing Saturday afternoon and night in and around Jones County.

• Lotts are nuts about ice cream
  

  If you're "nuts" about the fair, ice cream, chocolate and crushed peanuts, you have the rest of the day and night to enjoy the last day of the South Mississippi Fair - and a Nutty Buddy.

• Oil well catches fire
  

  Black smoke from the fire was visible from the Laurel-Hattiesburg Regional Airport.

• Group makes one last push for voters
  

  A local group is making a final effort to get as many people registered to vote as possible.

• National Chainsaw Sculpting Champion Named
  

  Steve Higgins of Sunland, New Mexico, took home first place and the coveted Golden Chainsaw at the 4th annual National Chainsaw Sculpting Invitational in Hackensack last weekend.

• EDA: A quarter century of progress
  

  Vern Geddie, Charles Pickering and Harry Bush were among those leading a group of Jones County people interested in combining the approximately seven organizations into one economic development entity after ...

• Jones Co. School District fines contractors
  

  The new K-3 building at South Jones Elementary School dedicated Wednesday morning is part of an approximately $39 million construction and renovation project undertaken by the Jones County School District last ...

• Wreck traps man in crushed car
  

  A one-vehicle accident on Highway 11 North Thursday approximately one mile north of the I-59 junction left a teenage male driver injured and trapped in his destroyed vehicle.

City Description

Sandersville is a town in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 789 at the 2000 census. Sandersville is located at 31°47′8″N 89°2′4″W / 31.78556, -89.03444 (31.785455, -89.034572). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²), of which, 5.0 square miles (12.8 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.00%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 789 people, 317 households, and 231 families residing in the town. The population density was 159.2 people per square mile (61.4/km²). There were 350 housing units at an average density of 70.6/sq mi (27.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.14% White, 6.84% African American, 0.89% Native American, and 0.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.13% of the population. There were 317 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or

City Contained By:

• Jones County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 12.9499405517 km squared

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