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UM CSI Camp teaches kids about forensics
Chaning Green | Buy at photos.djournal.com Students in a lab under the supervision of graduate students examine the chemicals they will be using in the DNA identification process. By Chaning Green...
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Mantachie officials: Police body cameras protect everyone
By Adam Armour Itawamba County Times Less than a year after equipping the local police department with body cameras, Mantachie officials are pleased with the results. Last week, the town’s board of...
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Gunfire at teen nightclub party leaves 2 dead, 17 wounded
In this frame from video, people gather near the scene of a fatal shooting at Club Blu nightclub in Fort Myers, Fla. (WBBH via AP) By Terry Spencer Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. – Gunfire erupted...
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Two Chickasaw County shootings being investigated
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – Both the Houston Police Department and Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Department found themselves investigating separate shootings over the weekend. The first...
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Texas man charged in Mississippi prison bribery scheme
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge of conspiracy to pay bribes against the CEO of a company that sold drug screening cups to Mississippi’s prison system....
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Starkville man charged with burglaries
YOUNG STARKVILLE – Just a day after two apartments were burglarized, the Starkville Police had their man in custody. Keyontay Young, 18, of Starkville, was arrested Saturday and charged with two counts...
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I-22 wreck kills husband, wife
FULTON – Officials believe a faulty tire caused a Monday morning wreck that took the life of a Tupelo couple and injured three juveniles. Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to I-22 near the...
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Oxford Police charge man with forgery
HUDSON Daily Journal OXFORD – A Grenada man was arrested in Tunica County on Friday on forgery charges from Oxford. Randy Hudson, 41, of Grenada, was pulled over for a traffic stop by the Tunica County...
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Two demonstrations approved for Saturday in Tupelo
AGUIRRE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Two separate public demonstrations will take place July 30 at opposite ends of Tupelo and at different times. Tupelo Police Chief Bart Aguirre approved a...
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Hearing delayed for Texan on Mississippi prison bribe charge
JACKSON (AP) – A hearing for a Texas man accused of bribing the former leader of Mississippi’s prison system has been delayed. Mark Longoria, CEO of Houston-based Drug Testing Corp., was supposed to...
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Tishomingo deputies make burglary, firearm arrests
PHIPPEN WHIRLEY IUKA – In separate cases last week, the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office solved a home burglary and detained a man for violating his probation. On July 22, deputies responded to a...
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Woman to serve nine years for Alcorn drive-by shooting
Corinth Today A 36-year-old woman was sentenced last week to serve nine years in prison for a drive-by shooting incident that occurred in Alcorn County in April 2015. Jodi Ann Haney had previously...
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Pontotoc County man sentenced to 20 years for 2014 attack
PONTOTOC – A Pontotoc County man was found guilty of aggravated assault for repeatedly stabbing a man in August 2014. Sergio Sebastian Gonzalez was separated from his wife and she had a protection...
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High court again denies Howell new trial in New Albany murder
HOWELL By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday denied a motion for a new trial for death row inmate Marlon Howell, who was convicted in the 2000 slaying of a...
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Corinth man killed in one-vehicle crash
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A 31-year-old Corinth man was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Alcorn County near Glen on Thursday afternoon. Tyler Thomas died in the wreck that occurred east of Glen...
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Man charged with Oxford car burglaries
OVERBERG OXFORD – An Oxford man has been charged with several car burglaries that happened two weeks ago. The Oxford Police Department was called to Lafayette Place on July 15 after someone broke into...
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One dead in Alcorn County wreck
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today An Alcorn County man died in a one-vehicle crash in the Kossuth area Sunday night, according to the sheriff’s office. Doug Mitchell, 51, was headed south on County Road...
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Amory Police make separate meth arrests
WEST ADAMS Monroe Journal AMORY – Two men were arrested in separate incidents, one in which a police officer was assaulted. According to the Amory Police Department, officers observed an occupied...
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BREAKING: Tupelo officer cleared of wrongdoing in Shumpert shooting
Video excerpts from the Weddle press conference: Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County grand jury met Monday and cleared Tupelo policeman Tyler Cook of any criminal wrongdoing in the June 18 fatal...
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Grand jury clears officer in Shumpert shooting
By Caleb Bedillion and William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County grand jury met Monday and cleared Tupelo police officer Tyler Cook of any criminal wrongdoing in the June 18 fatal shooting of...
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