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This image taken from video from CNN affiliate WLBT shows construction workers at the scene after a bridge over the Strong River in Simpson County, Mississippi, collapsed on Wednesday, October 16 ...
The bridge, located about 40 miles south of Jackson on State Route 149 over the Strong River in Simpson County, had been closed for nearly a month so crews could demolish it, the Mississippi ...
A portion of a Mississippi bridge in the process of being demolished collapsed prematurely, killing three workers, officials said. The bridge, which spanned the Strong River in Simpson County on ...
Mississippi newspapers, 1805-1940: a preliminary union list of Mississippi newspaper files available in county archives, offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Mississippi – via HathiTrust. Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858.
Magee is approximately 42 miles south of Jackson, 45 miles north of Hattiesburg, [5] and 12 miles south of Mendenhall, the county seat of Simpson County. [6] Magee's first mayor was R.P. Vinson, who served from 1900 to 1907. [5] In 2013, First Baptist Church in downtown Magee was seriously damaged by a fire but has been restored. [7]
Simpson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Its western border is formed by the Pearl River , an important transportation route in the 19th century. As of the 2020 census , the population was 25,949. [ 1 ]
After learning that a town with that name already existed in Mississippi, the city had its name changed to Mendenhall to honor Thomas Mendenhall, a citizen and lawyer from Westville, Mississippi (which has become a ghost town). [3] Mendenhall is the county seat of Simpson County. The county courthouse was built in 1907 [4] by architect Andrew J ...
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