Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Along with Raymond,Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census,a significant decline from 173,514,or 11.42%,since the 2010 census,representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area,the largest metropolitan area located entirely in the state and the tenth-largest urban area in the Deep South. With a 2020 population of nearly 600,000,metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippi's population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi. Jackson is the only city in Mississippi with a population exceeding 100,000 people.
County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland,one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Jones County is in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 67,246. Its county seats are Laurel and Ellisville.
Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. With its county seats,Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020 census population of 227,742 residents. Hinds County is a central part of the Jackson metropolitan statistical area. It is a professional,educational,business and industrial hub in the state. It is bordered on the northwest by the Big Black River and on the east by the Pearl River. It is one county width away from the Yazoo River and the southern border of the Mississippi Delta.
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County,Mississippi,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 17,161. Laurel is northeast of Ellisville,the first county seat,which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse,as Jones County has two judicial districts. Laurel is the headquarters of the Jones County Sheriff's Department,which administers in the county. Laurel is the principal city of a micropolitan statistical area named for it. Major employers include Howard Industries,Sanderson Farms,Masonite International,Family Health Center,Howse Implement,Thermo-Kool,and South Central Regional Medical Center. Laurel is home to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art,Mississippi's oldest art museum,established by the family of Lauren Eastman Rogers.
Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County,Mississippi,United States. It is the county seat. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census. Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana,Vicksburg was built by French colonists in 1719. The outpost withstood an attack from the native Natchez people. It was incorporated as Vicksburg in 1825 after Methodist missionary Newitt Vick. The area that is now Vicksburg was long occupied by the Natchez Native Americans as part of their historical territory along the Mississippi. The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists who built Fort Saint Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. They conducted fur trading with the Natchez and others,and started plantations. During the American Civil War,it was a key Confederate river-port,and its July 1863 surrender to Ulysses S. Grant,along with the concurrent Battle of Gettysburg,marked the turning-point of the war.
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone,Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation,there are now parallel apostolic successions:one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.
Tyrone Prothro is a former American football wide receiver who played for the University of Alabama between 2003 and 2005.
Tyrone Keys is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Chicago Bears,Tampa Bay Buccaneers,and San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. In high school Keys was a member of the Callaway High School Chargers of Jackson,Mississippi which won all 12 of their 1975 season games and won the Big 8 Conference championship. In college at Mississippi State University Keys played four years at defensive tackle. In 1980 Keys made a last minute tackle of Alabama quarterback Don Jacobs,causing a fumble which sealed the Bulldogs' 6–3 upset of the #1 Crimson Tide.
Callaway High School is a public high school located in Jackson,Mississippi,United States. The principal of Callaway High School is Shemeka Sutton-McClung.
Tarkington Prairie is a primarily rural unincorporated community spread out over approximately 238 square miles (620 km2) in northeastern Liberty County,Texas,United States. The community's fire protection is provided by Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department,emergency medical services by Liberty County EMS,and law enforcement by Liberty County Sheriff's Office.
Oktoc is an unincorporated community in Oktibbeha County,Mississippi.
The Total Experience Gospel Choir was a gospel music group based in Seattle,Washington,United States,founded in 1973 by Pastor Patrinell Staten "Pat" Wright,who led the group until its dissolution in 2018. They have sung in at least 38 states and 22 countries,have performed for United States presidents Bill Clinton,Barack Obama,at the funeral of Jimi Hendrix in 1970,and made at least seven recordings of their own,as well as singing behind Barry Manilow at KeyArena in 2015,and on the song "Save Me" on Dave Matthews's CD Some Devil. They have appeared in television commercials and on the public radio program A Prairie Home Companion as well as numerous other radio programs.
Mark Ian Ellis is an English footballer who plays as a defender for National League North club Chorley.
Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis is a British politician and barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales between September and October 2022,having previously served in the position from March to September 2021 during the maternity leave of Suella Braverman. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as Paymaster General from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister for the Cabinet Office from February to September 2022. Ellis has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North since 2010.
Daniel Christopher McCrossan is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician,who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone since 2016.
Catherine Anna Kelly MLA is a Sinn Féin politician from Loughmacrory,County Tyrone,who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the West Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly June 2017 until her resignation in October 2020.
Moor High School was a historically black,public secondary school in Starkville,Mississippi. The school had roots in the Pleasant Grove Community School. In 2002,Moor was closed,then consolidated and merged with Alexander,another historically black high school in Starkville,Mississippi. The new school was housed at the Moor High location. In 2015 the state caused the Oktibbeha County School District to merge with the Starkville School District,and Moor was shuttered as a high school. The school district continued to use it for some time.
Alexander High School was a historically black,K-12 public school in rural Oktibbeha County,Mississippi,United States.
Ronnie C. Crudup Jr. is an American politician,activist,and pastor serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He assumed office on March 18,2019.
