Tunica News

Caesars offered 1.8 million shares of common stock for $9 per share, but the stock soared as high as $17.90 before closing at $15.39, up a healthy 71 percent on the day.

WLOX is celebrating Black History Month with a series of special reports on issues, initiatives and influences that affect the black community.

A 51-year-old Arizona man has been sentenced to 33 and 1/3 years in prison for bringing child pornography into the State of Mississippi.

Coahoma, MS ; Crittenden, AR ; Cross, AR ; DeSoto, MS ; Lee, AR ; Panola, MS ; Phillips, AR ; Quitman, MS ; Saint Francis, AR ; Shelby, TN ; Tate, MS ; Tunica, MS ) "I am a mom, it is a huge concern if the birth control is not working and you're expecting it to," says Alana Dewalt.

Following a public hearing and presentation, the Town of Tunica will move forward with their redistricting plan.

Since 2003, what had once been Tunica's most prominent and visible manufacturing facility - the Pillowtex bedding factory - had been abandoned after the company filed for bankruptcy and closed its operations in Tunica and abroad.

Casinos in the Mississippi River counties ended 2011 with a $1.9 million increase in gross gaming revenue for December, but spring flooding contributed to a decline of almost 11 percent in total revenue for the year.

The SPC has issued a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Tornado Watch for parts of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee until midnight CST as a line of storms continues to build up and move east across Arkansas.

When he's not at work as a railroad conductor, Tunica native Cordell Dunn can usually be found at the indoor practice facilities of the DeSoto Vision baseball program in Olive Branch.

The first 2012 AQHA Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championship Show will be held in conjunction with the Pfizer AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championship Show as part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, March 1-3. AQHA is teaming with the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association for this event.

Whether to bring back a Tunica favorite or hold off until 2013 is the question before Tunica Main Street.

On his first day as supervisor, District 4 Supervisor Henry Nickson Jr. encouraged Tunica County to take note of how the town of Tunica does things.