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Hudsonville, Marshall County: From a Stage Road Town to a Forgotten Mississippi Settlement

Appalachian Community Histories – Hudsonville, Marshall County: From a Stage Road Town to a Forgotten Mississippi Settlement. In the northern reaches of Marshall County, Mississippi, a small community once stood along the stage road connecting La Grange, Tennessee, with Holly Springs. During the 1830s, travelers passing through Hudsonville would have encountered a growing settlement of stores, houses, and families establishing themselves in a region undergoing extraordinary change. Within only a few years, the settlement had become an incorporated town, an election precinct, and a gathering place for local militia companies. Yet despite its promising beginning, the original Hudsonville would eventually disappear as the railroad drew commerce and residents toward a different location.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Chulahoma, Marshall County: The Rise and Decline of an Antebellum Mississippi Town

Appalachian Community Histories – Chulahoma, Marshall County: The Rise and Decline of an Antebellum Mississippi Town. In the southwestern corner of Marshall County, Mississippi, along Highway 4 near the Tate County line, lies the small community of Chulahoma. Today, it is a quiet rural settlement surrounded by farmland, wooded hills, and roads that connect it to Holly Springs, Byhalia, and the surrounding countryside. Its modest appearance gives little indication of the role it once played in the history of northern Mississippi, when Chulahoma was a prosperous commercial village, an important educational center, and a serious contender for the county seat of Marshall County.

Marshall County, MS · 1d

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Mississippi viral video sparks backlash for Wisconsin auto dealership

A viral video showing two students making racist gestures outside a Black student’s apartment at the University of Mississippi has sparked nationwide outrage, while also drawing renewed attention to a Wisconsin auto dealership previously accused of discriminatory treatment toward Black customers.

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Blackwater, Marshall County: An Old Mill, Family Farms, and Life Along Blackwater Creek

Appalachian Community Histories – Blackwater, Marshall County: An Old Mill, Family Farms, and Life Along Blackwater Creek. In the southwestern countryside of Marshall County, Mississippi, near the neighboring settlement of Laws Hill, lies the historic community of Blackwater. Unlike Holly Springs and other larger settlements that developed around courthouses, railroad stations, and commercial districts, Blackwater belonged to a quieter landscape of family farms, country roads, churches, and small agricultural communities whose histories were closely connected to the surrounding countryside. Its name survives in historical newspaper accounts, geographical records, and references to a water-powered mill that once operated along Blackwater Creek.

Marshall County, MS · 23h

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A Mississippi county moved more voters to inactive in the leadup to Election Day than any other. Here’s what happened.

This story was published by Votebeat in partnership with Mississippi Today. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration. Mississippi Today is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering justice, voting rights, politics, education, health and culture. Sign up for Votebeat’s free newsletters here and Mississippi Today’s free newsletters here . HERNANDO, Miss. – Dozens of people crowded into the old Trustmark Bank building in downtown on Wednesday afternoon to watch DeSoto County’s election officials pore over bins of ballots in a longtime Republican stronghold key to the political earthquake that has rattled Mississippi. DeSoto, a Memphis suburb just below the Mississippi border, has been solid Trump country . Until now. A jolt of Democratic enthusiasm and a slump in Republican voters appears to have delivered DeSoto County for Democrat Scott Colom, the Mississippi district attorney declared the winner Wednesday night over GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. DeSoto’s proximity to Memphis has established the county as a bright spot locally. It’s a center of economic development in America’s poorest state and the fastest-growing county amid statewide population decline, attracting Memphis suburbanites and Elon Musk-backed data centers alike. But the county has drawn an uncomfortable spotlight since last

Desoto County, MS · 3d

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Work continues at site where Civil War-era cannonballs found

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) – Work continues after the discovery of more than 200 Civil War-era cannonballs. They made that discovery in late July, off Highway 45 near Booneville. A single cannonball on the surface was found while developing Harold Knight’s property for commercial use. Now, Rep. Tracy Arnold...

Booneville, MS · 3d

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Bethlehem, Marshall County: From an Incorporated Town to a Quiet Rural Community

Appalachian Community Histories – Bethlehem, Marshall County: From an Incorporated Town to a Quiet Rural Community. Along Mississippi Highway 349, between Potts Camp and Cornersville in southeastern Marshall County, lies the community of Bethlehem, a settlement whose quiet rural surroundings conceal a history of commerce, education, religion, and political organization. During the nineteenth century, Bethlehem was more than a collection of farms and residences scattered across the rolling countryside. It was once an incorporated town where travelers stopped along established roads, merchants conducted business, children attended school, and residents gathered at churches that served as centers of community life.

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Waterford, Marshall County: From an Antebellum Crossroads to a Civil War Headquarters

Appalachian Community Histories – Waterford, Marshall County: From an Antebellum Crossroads to a Civil War Headquarters. In southern Marshall County, Mississippi, the small community of Waterford carries the history of two settlements that shared the same name but occupied different ground. Long before the railroad became the center of local commerce, the original village stood near Spring Creek, where travelers, merchants, farmers, and militia companies gathered along the roads connecting Holly Springs, Oxford, and Memphis. During the 1830s and 1840s, Old Waterford developed into a busy crossroads community, supported by surrounding agricultural plantations and the movement of people and goods through northern Mississippi.

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Restaurant Inspection Scores {Hardeman County} – October 2026

Hardeman County, TN · 2d

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Red Banks, Marshall County: Railroads, Historic Churches, Cotton, and the Norfleet School

Appalachian Community Histories – Red Banks, Marshall County: Railroads, Historic Churches, Cotton, and the Norfleet School. In the rolling hills of northern Mississippi, a few miles northwest of Holly Springs, lies the small community of Red Banks. Although its population has never approached that of the larger towns surrounding it, Red Banks has a history that reaches into the early settlement of Marshall County, the displacement of the Chickasaw Nation, the growth of plantation agriculture, and the development of churches, schools, and railroads that helped shape life in the region. For generations, the community served as a gathering place for farming families whose lives were closely connected to the land and to the institutions they established.

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DeSoto sees biggest blue shift among MS counties

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Now that the Mississippi Senate race has been called for Scott Colom, we’re getting a better understanding of the statewide political shift in this election. Each of the state’s 82 counties shifted toward Democrats compared to the 2004 presidential election — and the biggest shift was in DeSoto County. Two years ago […]

Desoto County, MS · 2d

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15 Affordable American Towns That Make Small-Town Living More Appealing

Small towns often promise cheaper homes, shorter drives and a slower pace, but prices vary a lot from place to place. Some once-cheap towns have grown pricey, while others still keep everyday costs well below the national average. Kiplinger’s 2026 small-town analysis looked at housing, groceries, utilities, transportation and healthcare...

Tupelo, MS · 1d

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Ceremony held for new Mississippi Supreme Court judge

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mississippi now has a new State Supreme Court judge as of Thursday. Governor Tate Reeves attended the investiture ceremony for Justice Amanda Jones Tollison in Oxford. Tollison was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Reeves. She is the seventh woman to serve on the State Supreme Court. Currently, there are three […]

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Potts Camp, Marshall County: From the Pontotoc Trail to Railroads and the Iron Ore Boom

Appalachian Community Histories – Potts Camp, Marshall County: From the Pontotoc Trail to Railroads and the Iron Ore Boom. In the southeastern corner of Marshall County, Mississippi, the small town of Potts Camp carries a history that began long before the arrival of the railroad or the establishment of its first businesses. What eventually became a community of merchants, farmers, churches, and schools began as a stopping place along an old Indigenous trail, where travelers crossed the Tippah River and found food, supplies, and shelter. The settlement took its name from Colonel Erasmus Ferdinand Potts, a South Carolina businessman whose nineteenth-century trading post became a familiar landmark along the route between Holly Springs and Pontotoc.

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Tupelo residents have an opportunity to get rid of unwanted tires the “right” way

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Tupelo area residents have a chance to get rid of their old, worn or unwanted tires, for free. This Saturday, passenger vehicle tires can be dropped off at the former K I Building parking lot. Goodyear is partnering with Keep Tupelo Beautiful for the tire...

Tupelo, MS · 2d

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Leslie Burl-McLemore, the first Black person to ever vote in DeSoto County, says early voting in the state should change

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Scott Colom won the Mississippi U.S. Senate seat, becoming the first Black person to win it since Reconstruction. “Witnessing yesterday’s election is really surreal,” that’s how Leslie Burl-McLemore described Colom’s win. Burl-McLemore was the first Black person to ever vote in DeSoto...

Desoto County, MS · 2d

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Germantown, Collierville ranked among 30 best small cities to live in America

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two local suburbs have earned national recognition as some of the best small cities to live in the United States. Germantown and Collierville both ranked among the nation's top 30 small cities in Livability.com's inaugural 2026 ranking of the 50 Best Small Cities in America, released Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Collierville, TN · 2d

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Health department on possible cause of mystery stench in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department may have gotten to the bottom of a foul smell reported across parts of Memphis and Shelby County this week. For days, residents have been complaining online about a strong odor that smelled like sewage or something rotten. The health department said it has been working with […]

Memphis, TN · 3d

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Financial literacy advocate sees ‘gold mine’ in Memphis, urges residents to seize it

As Mayor Paul Young works toward his goal of adding 10,000 housing units in Memphis by 2030, John Hope Bryant says he is ready to buy two homes himself. Bryant, founder of Atlanta-based financial literacy nonprofit Operation HOPE, sees promising investment opportunities in the city, and he wants Memphians to recognize the potential too.

Memphis, TN · 2d

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Memphis Station’s Decision to Let Reporter Go Days After Pressing Marsha Blackburn About Black Residents Has Viewers Crying Foul

Outrage is growing after FOX13 Memphis let go of Black reporter Rob Sneed from his freelance position, shortly after he questioned Tennessee Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn […] Memphis Station’s Decision to Let Reporter Go Days After Pressing Marsha Blackburn About Black Residents Has Viewers Crying Foul

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