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- Mississippi man convicted in W. Tenn. slaying
A Madison County jury has convicted a man in the beating death of his girlfriend who had helped him get out of a Mississippi jail two days before she died.
- A snowy day and hot chocolate
Dear Readers, Well, I would never have believed it - snow twice in the same year in Mississippi? It was truly a beautiful sight.
- Mississippi musicians hall of fame
In the middle of a party, the 78 rpm record player quit working. That's how Mississippi bluesman David 'Honeyboy' Edwards got his first gig, when he was 13.
- MS--Leland Shooting
An investigation is under way into the shooting death of a suspect by a Leland police officer.
- Advocates want one dollar cigarette tax passed next session
It's been years in the making but advocates believe 2009 will be the year state lawmakers pass a cigarette tax.
- Get your parade on
The Greenville holiday season kicks off this weekend as the Port City area hosts a variety of Christmas-related events.
- Driver dies swerving to avoid deer
A Delaware man was killed this morning when he apparently swerved his car to avoid a deer and struck a pickup truck.
- Children's advocate says Miss. problems persist
Marian Wright Edelman has been fighting on behalf of underprivileged youth for more than 35 years through her Children's Defense Fund.
- X-Men: Legacy #218
Scot Eaton , Andrew Hennessy , Jason Keith w/ Brian Reber Editor's Note: X-Men: Legacy #218 arrives in stores tomorrow, November 19.
- Tate County schools recoup $30K in embezzled funds
State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that he is returning more than $30,000 to the Tate County School District.
- Insurance taken out on child who died
Scott County sheriff's investigators are looking at whether money was a possible motive in the apparent starvation death of a 4-year-old boy.
- Questions raised about child's death
LUDLOW - When authorities discovered 4-year-old Austin James Watkins' lifeless body in his home nearly a week ago, his stomach was empty and he weighed just 19 pounds, they said.
- Cleveland pens biography of Boo Ferriss
'Boo: A Life in Baseball, Well Lived,' a biography written by Rick Cleveland, is set for release on Friday, November 28.
- PERFORMANCE/TOUR: David 'Homeboy' Edwards Some Well-Aged Blues from the Mississippi Delta
REVIEW David Edwards during his 11-song set on Monday night at the B. B. King Blues Club and Grill.
- Paris beckons the Shaw ladies on grand tour
Florence Morse-Shaw was raised in a French Canadian family. She graduated from the French school in Webster, as St.
- School board approves efforts for two playgrounds
Assistance to build basketball courts for two elementary schools was approved by the school board for the Picayune Municipal Separate School District at its noon meeting on Tuesday.
- Look Around Mississippi: Halloween House
Many towns in the state have their "Halloween House", the one where the people who live there go overboard at decorating.
- HCC Homecoming October 11; Wright named Alumnus of Year
Homecoming at Holmes Community College in Goodman has been set for Saturday, October 11 with a Sports Hall of Fame/Alumni Banquet on Friday, October 10.
- Oxford basks in debate afterglow
BY ERROL CASTENS Daily Journal Oxford Bureau OXFORD - Friday night's debate culminated the biggest public relations undertaking in the University of Mississippi's history.
Shaw Classifieds
Local classifieds for Shaw, MS
City DescriptionShaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region. The population was 2,312 at the 2000 census.
Shaw is located at 33°36′6″N 90°46′15″W / 33.60167, -90.77083 (33.601549, -90.770720). The city is almost entirely in Bolivar County. A small portion extends east into adjacent Sunflower County. In the 2000 census, all of the city's 2,313 residents lived in Bolivar County. Although no residents lived in the Sunflower County portion in 2000, that figure had risen to 1 by 2006.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²).None of the area is covered with water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,312 people, 753 households, and 573 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,082.8 people per square mile (804.2/km²). There were 785 housing units at an average density of 707.2/sq mi (273.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 7.31% White, 92.08% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of the population.
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