There are 16 article(s) tagged Marshall County:

• June 2024

  • Work begins on nearly $2B EV battery facility in Marshall County

    Earlier this year, Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar announced plans to come together in a joint venture to build an EV battery facility in Byhalia, Mississippi. 

    By Rob Moore June 28, 2024

• January 2024

  • Reeves signs legislation making way for $2B Marshall County investment

    “Today is a wonderful day for Mississippi,” state Gov. Tate Reeves said. “We’re here to celebrate a historic investment in our state, the single largest payroll commitment of any major project in Mississippi history.”

    By Rob Moore January 22, 2024

  • Mississippi Legislature sets stage for nearly $2B investment in Marshall County

    Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar will each own 30% of the joint venture, which will focus on lithium-iron-phosphate battery technology for commercial battery-electric trucks.

    By Rob Moore January 18, 2024

  • Special session to consider $1.9B EV battery facility in Marshall County

    Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday, Jan. 16, plans for a special session of the legislature later this week to finalize a development deal that would create around 2,000 new jobs in the north Mississippi county. 

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    Marshall County poised to be the site of multibillion-dollar EV-battery facility

    By Rob Moore January 16, 2024

  • Marshall County poised to be the site of multibillion-dollar EV-battery facility

    The project, which will be built at the 3,600-acre Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park on the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, is pending approval by Mississippi officials, sources said.

    By Rob Moore January 16, 2024

• December 2022

  • Olive Branch copes with low gas pressure amid extreme cold

    A warming shelter has opened in DeSoto County due to extreme cold, and Northcentral Electric Cooperative has canceled rolling blackouts.

    By Beth Sullivan December 27, 2022

• March 2021

  • 950K-square-foot warehouse set for new industrial park

    The first of five buildings at I-269 Logistics Center can be expanded to 1.74 million square feet. 

    By Tom Bailey March 22, 2021

• January 2021

  • Company expanding at Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park

    IG Design Group has an option to expand operations at the industrial park to 1.23 million square feet in the future.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 04, 2021

• May 2020

  • Mississippi cases grow by 273, deaths by 17

    Through May 24, 9,401 people in Mississippi are considered recovered from the disease. 

    By Elle Perry May 26, 2020

  • Mississippi cases increase by 255

    One of those deaths was in DeSoto County.

    By Elle Perry May 21, 2020

  • Mississippi adds 263 cases, 16 deaths

    DeSoto County has 418 confirmed cases and five deaths.

    By Elle Perry May 20, 2020

  • Mississippi adds 272 cases, 27 deaths

    DeSoto County has 404 confirmed cases and five deaths, according to the state's Department of Health. 

    By Elle Perry May 19, 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog May 17: State reports 100 new cases

    Tennessee Department of Health reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday for a total of 17,388. Three new deaths were also confirmed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 18, 2020

• April 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog, April 5: Tenn. reports 3,633 cases, up from 3,321

    There are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, up from 3,321 Saturday. There have been 44 deaths in the state, up from 43 Saturday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

  • Coronavirus Daily Blog: Shelby County reports 754 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

    There are 132 reported cases of COVID-19 in DeSoto County as of Sunday, April 5, according to the latest numbers from the Mississippi Department of Health.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

• December 2018

  • Amazon to build Marshall County facility, first in Mississippi

    Amazon will build its first fulfillment center in Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee state line.

    By Patrick Lantrip December 21, 2018

• October 2018

  • Mississippi opens last four-lane section of U.S. 72 to traffic

    U.S. 72 in Mississippi is now four lanes from Tennessee to Alabama.

    By Wayne Risher October 23, 2018