Tunica County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 9,782. Its county seat is Tunica. The county is named for the Tunica Native Americans. Most migrated to central Louisiana during the colonial period.
Charles Willis Pickering Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and,briefly,of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,based in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Charles Willis"Chip" Pickering Jr. is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.
WAPT is a television station in Jackson,Mississippi,United States,affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by Hearst Television and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Channel 16 Way in southwest Jackson.
WDBD is a television station in Jackson,Mississippi,United States,affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by American Spirit Media,which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Media,owner of NBC affiliate WLBT,for the provision of certain services;it is also sister to Vicksburg-licensed MyNetworkTV outlet WLOO. Although technically owned by Tougaloo College,WLOO is actually controlled by American Spirit through a separate joint sales agreement (JSA),with Gray providing limited engineering support. The stations share studios on South Jefferson Street in downtown Jackson,while WDBD's transmitter is located on Thigpen Road southeast of Raymond,Mississippi.
Leslie Harburd Southwick is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a former judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
The Tunica County School District is a public school district based in Tunica,Mississippi (USA). The district's boundaries parallel that of Tunica County.
The Simpson County School District is a public school district based in Mendenhall,Mississippi,USA. The district's boundaries parallel those of Simpson County.
The state auditor of Mississippi is an elected official in the executive branch of Mississippi's state government. The duty of the state auditor is to ensure accountability in the use of funds appropriated by the state legislature by inspecting and reporting on the expenditure of the public funds.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the regularly scheduled Class II election. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term,which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections,this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won,and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%,a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election,no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.
Albert Butler is an American politician who is currently a Mississippi state senator. He was sworn into post in March 2010. Former Claiborne County supervisor Butler,a Democrat,was elected in a special vote to fill a senate seat left vacant when Butler's predecessor,Vincent Davis,was appointed a chancery judge. Butler is the Mississippi State Senator for the 37th district.
Mary Hawkins Butler has served since 1981 as the Republican Party mayor of Madison in suburban Jackson,Mississippi. She is serving her eleventh consecutive four-year term. First elected to office at age twenty-eight,she is among the longest-serving mayors in the United States.
GreenTech Automotive was a United States automotive manufacturer founded in 2009 that planned to develop and produce ultralow-power electric cars resembling very small cars or large golf carts. It was a Virginia corporation,with its operations based in Mississippi.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs to be held on August 25,2015 if no candidate received a majority in the primary. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
Frank Perry Gates was an American architect. He designed buildings in Mississippi,especially in Clarksdale and Jackson,some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also designed 18 buildings on the campus of the University of Mississippi.
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA,see Miss Mississippi Teen USA
Shadrack Tucker White is an American politician and attorney serving as the 42nd State Auditor of Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,White is the first millennial to hold statewide office in the Deep South. He was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant in July 2018 and was subsequently elected without opposition in 2019. White won reelection in 2023 with 59% of the vote.
This is a list of protests related to the murder of George Floyd in Mississippi,United States.
The 2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville,Mississippi,and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Mike Leach.
Steven A. Patterson is an American lawyer and politician who served as State Auditor of Mississippi from 1992 to 1996. A Democrat,he worked on several political campaigns in the 1970s and served as treasurer for Bill Allain's 1983 gubernatorial campaign. With Allain's backing,Patterson assumed the chairmanship of the Mississippi Democratic Party,which he held until 1987.
