It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in ...

(The town was annexed by its larger neighbor, Tupelo, in 1946.) More precisely, Elvis Aron Presley (or Elvis Aaron Presley — the spelling varies) was born Jan. 8, 1935, in a two-room, 300-square-foot ...

Many people remember the initial incident and early reporting, which identified a potential culprit in Tupelo-based, Elvis-impersonating ... 16 State House and lost in a crushing defeat.