According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 434.88 square miles (1,126.3 km2), of which 427.71 square miles (1,107.8 km2) (or 98.35%) is land and 7.17 square miles (18.6 km2) (or 1.65%) is water.
Guidelines
The funny thing about life is sometimes the worst thing that ever happened to you turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
Authorities in northwest Mississippi are urging drivers to use caution when approached by any vehicle with flashing blue lights as investigators search for who was responsible for two highway killings.
They have gadgets and nick knacks that can make anyone smile, but shop owner Linda Bruce says nowadays business is no laughing matter.
Two shooting victims along Mississippi highways may have been killed by someone who posed as law enforcement and pulled them over late at night, authorities said Monday.Lori Anne Carswell, 48, of Hernando, was found near her car on Mississippi Highway 713 in Tunica County on May 8 about 2:15 a.m. Three days later, Thomas Schlender, 74, of Raymond, ... (more)
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating after a woman's body was found lying on the side of a highway in Tunica County.
Score one for the hippies. New data released from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed that Marin County -- a famous bastion of Bay Area liberalism -- had the longest life expectancy of any US county for men, at 81.6 years, and the second-longest for women, at 85.1 years.
There's a championship belt at stake, and "The Cremator" intends to keep it at home in Tunica.
On Sunday, the Mocs' head basketball coach will be the final featured speaker of the three-day Nike Championship Basketball Clinic at the Harrah's Tunica Events Center in Tunica, Miss.