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Council considers $10 million bond issue
AGUIRRE By Robbie Ward Daily Journal TUPELO – A City Council decision today will bring Police Chief Bart Aguirre closer to shoveling the most meaningful pile of dirt in his law enforcement career....
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Two Jackson men arrested for shoplifting in Oxford
Daily Journal OXFORD – On Friday, Oxford Police Officers arrested Robert Pickett and Gary Welch, ages unavailable, both of Jackson, for felony shoplifting. The charge resulted from assertions made by...
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Sartain to change plea
By William Moore Daily Journal OXFORD – A man accused of killing two motorcyclists on the Natchez Trace Parkway in August is set to change his plea Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. in an Oxford courtroom. Donnie...
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Bond issue in limbo for next 27 days
Daily Journal TUPELO – The next 27 days will determine if eight elected officials can advance plans for a new police headquarters or whether the estimated $10 million project requires a citywide...
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Lee deputy cleared in Sept. 30 shooting
NEWELL By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County deputy was cleared of any wrongdoing in the Sept. 30 shooting of an armed suspect. The deputy, who Sheriff Jim Johnson refused to identify,...
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Click to view slideshow. By William Moore Daily Journal AUBURN – Strong winds fanned a fire Wednesday morning as it completely consumed a 30-year-old apartment building. “We got here a little before...
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New Albany nurse charged with Medicaid fraud
Daily Journal JACKSON – A New Albany nurse was arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance. According to Attorney General Jim Hood, Audrey Lillian Robinson, 33, of Tupelo, turned herself...
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Oxford threatens to arrest drivers for Internet-based Uber
By Errol Castens Daily Journal OXFORD – Oxford Police Department will start routinely arresting Uber drivers, as it does people who operate other unlicensed taxis. Internet-based Uber connects...
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Wild ride lands Aberdeen man in jail
Monroe Journal An Aberdeen man is in jail after allegedly chasing someone and causing a wreck. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Antoine Terrell Griffin Jr., 20, on Monday. Griffin is accused...
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Sartain plea delayed until November
By William Moore Daily Journal OXFORD – A man accused of killing two motorcyclists on the Natchez Trace Parkway in August will have to wait another month before changing his plea. Donnie William...
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Gillentine pleads guilty to DUI death
GILLENTINE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A 28-year-old Tupelo man pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Lee County Circuit Court in connection with August 2013 death of former teacher Elizabeth...
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Crash ruptures gas line, injures two near Houston
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – A three-vehicle accident broke open a natural gas line on Highway 8 west of Houston on Friday morning, snarling traffic and hurting two people. The accident...
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Man killed walking along highway
SHANNON – A south Lee County man was killed Friday morning when he was struck by a vehicle while walking along Highway 145 near the Brewer Road exit. The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the...
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Patrol cart more than a toy for Saltillo PD
William Moore | Buy at photos.djournal.com Saltillo Police Chief Grant Bailey shows off the new patrol cart, complete with flashing blue lights. The lift kit allows the vehicle to cross curbs and go...
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State Supreme Court denies Scruggs appeal
By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – The state’s highest court ruled that an insurance agent and insurance company were right to deny coverage to Lee County farmer Mitchell Scruggs. “We find that...
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4 killed, 6 hurt in Brookhaven traffic accident
BROOKHAVEN (AP) – The Mississippi Highway Patrol says four people died and six others were injured in a traffic accident in Brookhaven. The highway patrol says the accident shortly before 11 p.m....
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Shannon man charged with rape
HESTER Daily Journal A Shannon man faces a rape charge in Oxford. On Thursday, Oxford Police arrested Chris Hester, 21, after he turned himself in. The previous Saturday, the alleged victim reported...
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Manning lawyers to Mississippi high court: Witness lied
MANNING By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – Lawyers for a Mississippi death row inmate say he deserves a new trial because evidence uncovered later shows that a key state witness lied. Willie Jerome...
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Fires damage restaurant, destroy frame factory
By David Helms Pontotoc Progress Separate fires Monday night damaged Main Street Grill in downtown Pontotoc and destroyed Southern Frames factory located on New Hope Road in eastern Pontotoc County,...
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Gillentine sentenced to 10 years for DUI death
GILLENTINE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A 28-year-old man will spend the next 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty last week to the August 2013 death of former teacher Elizabeth...
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