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Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, [4] located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta region, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, and 130 miles south of the riverport of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.
Glen Allan is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in far southern Washington County, Mississippi. [1] It is situated immediately east of Lake Washington's southern shore. It has a post office, with the ZIP code 38744. [2] It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 298. [3]
Area codes of Mississippi. The state of Mississippi is served by the following area codes: Area code 228 serves the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. Area codes 601 and 769 serve most of southern Mississippi including Jackson. Area code 662 currently serves northern Mississippi, with 471 having been assigned for future distribution [1]
A Greenville County inmate will be the first person to face execution in South Carolina since 2011. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, was ordered to be executed on Sept. 20 after spending more than 20 ...
U.S. Highway 61, U.S. Highway 82 and the Great River Road (Mississippi Highway 1) are the main transportation arteries through the Greenville area. U.S. Highway 82 is a major part of the Mississippi Delta's transportation network, as it connects to Interstate 55 and other major four-lane highways. In addition, the U.S. Highway 82 bypass is ...
Owens, now 46, is scheduled to die for the crime by lethal injection Friday, the first execution in South Carolina since 2011. The killing at the Speedway was the last stop in a night of crime.
John E. Owens (1824–1886), English-American comedian; John G. Owens (1865–1893), American archaeologist; John W. Owens (1884–1968), editorial writer on the Baltimore Sun; John Reginald Owens (1890–1944), English footballer also known as Reg Owens; John Sidney Owens (1893–1965), American pursuit pilot and World War I flying ace
Finally, in 1950, the Mississippi Legislature enacted a law to create a four-year medical school associated with the University of Mississippi. On July 1, 1955, the state's new Medical Center, then commonly referred to as UMC, opened in Jackson, initially as a four-year medical school with medical and graduate students, interns and residents.