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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:48 am

Tunica County News

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Friday | The Daily News

Rout, Mid-South Fair Look to Tunica Future

JIM ROUT Position: Chief Operating Officer, General Manager Company: Mid-South Fair Basics: Rout is overseeing the fair's relocation to a 150-acre site in Tunica County.

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS, Opinion

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Tunica Times

Tunica Co. home to champions

Did you know that Tunica County has been home to more than one state champion tree? Did you know there even were such things as champion trees? The Mississippi Champion Tree Program was started in 1972 by Bill ...

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Related Topix: Warren County, MS, Grenada, MS, Tunica, MS

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Tunica Times

People speak up in '08 contest

The 12th Annual Tunica County People's Choice contest, sponsored by The Tunica Times, has completed its first phase, where readers nominate their picks for Person or Business of the Year in 80 categories.

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS

Fri Jul 11, 2008

The Tunica Times

Residents, businesses feeling pain at pump

Are you running on fumes in your vehicle as well as your bank account? Don't feel left out-the rising cost of fuel is affecting the American way of life in dramatic fashion nationwide, as citizens, businesses, ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Wed Jul 09, 2008

The Tunica Times

Arriving safely

Major Harold Harris and the Tunica County Sheriff's Department set up several checkpoints on county roadways last week, as Sheriff K.C. Hamp steps up efforts to help make Tunica County roadways safer for ...

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

The Tunica Times

Supervisors step in on substation issue

In an effort to resolve a two month long battle, the Tunica County Board of Supervisors again agreed to draft a letter to an area utility.

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Related Topix: Biloxi, MS, Biloxi Metro, Tunica, MS, Coahoma, MS

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Tunica Times

New headmaster proclaims new era for academy

Officials at the former Tunica Institute of Learning have hired Don Coker of North Fulton, MS to take the reins at Tunica's local private school.

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Related Topix: Fulton, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Tunica, MS

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Tunica Times

Homeowners take stand against substation

Tunica County Supervisor James Dunn, Robert Hall, Oscar Price, and a large group of residents of Tunica's Hambrick Subdivision asked for assistance from the Tunica County Sheriff's Department during a protest ...

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Tunica Times

Man convicted in '07 double homicide

On Wednesday, June 11, a Tunica County jury found 36-year old Terry Lee Madden guilty of murdering his former girlfriend and her new love interest.

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Related Topix: Robinsonville, MS, Violent Crime, Tunica, MS

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WLBT-TV Jackson

Black Bear Spotted, Again

Tunica County residents spotted a black bear a few weeks ago. She must be headed North because she's been spotted again, this time in Horn Lake, Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS, Horn Lake, MS, Lake, MS

Fri Jun 27, 2008

The Tunica Times

When Tragedy strikes

One of the perks of a small town is when bad things happen, good people come to rescue.

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS, Memphis, MS, Memphis, TN Metro, Senatobia, MS, Drew, MS

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Tunica Times

19.JUN.08 School district takes first step toward change

The Tunica County Board of Education voted unanimously last Wednesday night to accept the plan of improvement for Rosa Fort High School and to submit the plan to the state board for its approval.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Tunica, MS

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Wichita Eagle

Casinos and their community

Bobby E. Williams was elected mayor soon after the first riverboat casino berthed at a Mississippi River landing near his struggling town of 1,200 in 1992.

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Related Topix: Gaming, Penn National Gaming

Sat Jun 21, 2008

AM1070-WDIA MEMPHIS

Fullilove back at work but legal problems still abound

The Memphis City Councilwoman has a court date in DeSoto County on Thursday. Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Memphis City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove is back on the job.

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Related Topix: Desoto County, MS

Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Tunica Times

Skeleton not yet identified

Authorities are working hard to unravel a mystery, after a discovery in a cotton field near McKinney Lake Bayou.

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Related Topix: Desoto County, MS, Tunica, MS

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Commercial Appeal

In brief: Skeletal remains found in Tunica soybean field

DeSoto YAHOO! In brief: Skeletal remains found in Tunica soybean field Friday, June 13, 2008 Tunica County authorities believe skeletal remains found in a soybean field Thursday may be a local woman missing ...

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS, Southaven, MS, TV, Electronics, Desoto County, MS, Olive Branch, MS

Sun Jun 15, 2008

WLMT

UPDATE 4:49 p.m.: Body Found in Tunica County

Tunica County Sheriff's Office officials say human bones were found on Old Moon Landing Road, one mile west of Old Highway 61.

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Related Topix: Tunica, MS

Fri Jun 13, 2008

WAPT.com

Farmer Finds Human Skull

A farmer in Tunica County found a human skull Thursday in his field off Old Mhoonlanding Road not far from the Sheriff's Department.

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Thu Jun 12, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Woman's body found in Tunica County

The body of a woman was discovered this afternoon in Tunica County near Old Highway 61 and Old Moon Landing Road.

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Sun Jun 08, 2008

Commercial Appeal

Lawmakers sample region highlights

The lawmakers, representing more than a third of the Mississippi Legislature, will mix state business with pleasures like cruising on the Tunica Queen, golfing at Cherokee Valley and hobnobbing with giant ...

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Tunica, MS, Desoto County, MS

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