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Tupelo (/ ˈtuːpəloʊ / TOO-pə-loh) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1860, [4] the population was 37,923 at the 2020 census. It is the 7th most populous city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of northern Mississippi. Tupelo was incorporated in 1870.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is the largest daily newspaper in northeast Mississippi.It was first published in 1872. [2] It is based in Tupelo, Mississippi, and owned by Journal, Inc. (formerly known as Journal Publishing Company, Inc. [1]) which also owns eight weekly community newspapers such as The Itawamba County Times, the Pontotoc Progress, the Southern Sentinel, the Chickasaw ...
WTVA. WTVA (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, serving the Columbus –Tupelo market as a dual affiliate of NBC and ABC. The station is owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. WTVA's studios are located on Beech Springs Road (County Road 681) in Saltillo, and its transmitter is located in Woodland ...
Tupelo Regional Airport (IATA: TUP [2], ICAO: KTUP, FAA LID: TUP) is a public use airport located 3.7 miles; 3.2 nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Tupelo, a city in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. [1]
Todd Jordan (born June 18, 1970) is the mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi. [1] He is a former Canadian football punter who played one season with the San Antonio Texans of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Mississippi State University. He was also a member of the Las Vegas Posse.
Jack Raymond Reed Sr. (May 19, 1924 – January 27, 2016) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he served in the United States Army during World War II and earned degrees from Vanderbilt University and New York University before returning home to help run his family's retail business.
1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. On April 5–6, 1936, an outbreak of 14 (or more) tornadoes struck the Southeastern United States, killing at least 454 people (with 419 of those deaths caused by just two tornadoes) and injuring at least 2,500 others. Over 200 people died in Georgia alone, making it the deadliest disaster ever ...
Tupelo High School is the only public high school in Tupelo, Mississippi. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, separate buildings for social studies, English, math, sciences, fine arts, and a self-contained grade-9 building. The current student population of the school is around 2,000 students.