Local officials: Walmart closures shocking, devastating
NETTLETON, Miss. (AP) – Local officials say they’re stunned by news that Walmart is closing stores in their areas.
Mayor Mem Riley of Nettleton, Mississippi, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the news is devastating.
In Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, economic development director Marion “Butch” Fox tells the American Press that officials did not have any clue that the store in Lake Arthur might close.
He says the news comes as more people from surrounding towns were shopping at the store.
Six stores in north Mississippi and eight around Louisiana are among 269 that Walmart will shutter worldwide.
Other affected Louisiana stores are in Kentwood, Independence, Mamou, Colfax, Clinton and Zwolle.
The others in Mississippi are in Belmont, Mantachie, Sardis, Walnut, and Dermas.
