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Oxford man arrested on grand larceny charge
AGUIRRE Oxford Citizen OXFORD – A stolen vehicle led to the arrest of an Oxford man. The Oxford Police Department arrested Adam Aguirre, 22, on the charge of grand larceny. According to OPD, on Oct. 20...
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Mom: Son shook in fear after schoolmates put noose on him
By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press WIGGINS – A black mother in Mississippi says her 15-year-old son was shaking in fear as he described white schoolmates putting a noose around his neck two weeks...
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Shumperts to move forward with civil suit
Daily Journal TUPELO – Attorney Carlos Moore, who represents the family of Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert, said he hopes to depose officer Tyler Cook before the end of the year as part of a $35 million...
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Arrests up in Tishomingo County
By William Moore Daily Journal IUKA – Less than 10 months into the year, the number of people booked into the Tishomingo County Jail has already increased 82 percent. Sheriff John Daugherty expects to...
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House fire reported in Tupelo
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comTupelo firefighters walk around a home that burned on Wayside Street on Friday morning in Tupelo. Daily Journal The Tupelo Fire Department responded to a house...
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Fire damages Alcorn County home
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today Glen and Farmington firefighters responded to a house fire shortly before 2 a.m. Friday. The fire occurred at a residence at 192 A County Road 255 near Alcorn Central...
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Mississippi man dies in Montgomery County wildfire accident
JACKSON (AP) – The Mississippi Forestry Commission says a Montgomery County man died while trying to extinguish a wildfire. The forestry commission said in a news release the accident happened Thursday...
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Tupelo man arrested in sexual battery case
LAMB Daily Journal TUPELO – A 65-year-old Tupelo man was arrested this week on charges of sexual battery of a person under the age of 14, according to Tupelo police. Doug Lamb, 65, was arrested...
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Criticisms surface over police advisory board proposal
By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – A proposed police advisory board is facing fire from differing directions. City officials and some local civil rights advocates met Wednesday with a U.S....
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Felony shoplifter captured after short chase
HUNTER Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo police were able to apprehend a man after a short foot chase Friday at the Mall at Barnes Crossing. Tupelo patrol officers were notified that a suspected felony...
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One charged with Tupelo car burglary
HUGHES Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo man has been charged with breaking into a car at a North Gloster hotel. Officers responded to a car burglary at the Best Western at 3158 North Gloster on Oct. 22....
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Suspect pleads not guilty to capital murder
GATES By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo man has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the May shooting death of a Tupelo cab driver. When arraigned Monday in Lee County Circuit Court,...
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One arrested, two others sought in string of auto burglaries
RANDLE Monroe Journal An Okolona man has been arrested in connection to a string of vehicle burglaries, and two more suspects are being sought. Deuntae Demarcus Randle, 21, of Okolona, was arrested in...
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Three teenagers injured in weekend accident
Chickasaw Journal Three area teenagers were injured in a two-car accident over the weekend on Highway 8 west of Houston. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a...
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Alert resident leads police to robbery suspect
COGGINS Daily Journal TUPELO – An armed robbery suspect was arrested after an alert citizen notified police of a suspicious person in the area. On Friday morning, Tupelo patrol officers were advised...
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Court of Appeals affirms Clay County murder conviction
COLLINS Daily Journal JACKSON – A West Point man’s bid for a new trial was denied Tuesday by the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Tavaris Collins argued there was not enough evidence to convict him and he...
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Senior prank involving dead deer being investigated
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – Vandalism at Houston High School that saw words spray painted on a building and a deer hung in front of the school is being investigated by the Houston...
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More suspects charged in Verona shooting
BURNES FIELDS HAYNES RANDLE By William Moore Daily Journal VERONA – The U.S. Marshals Service arrested the third and fourth suspects in connection with an afternoon shootout in Verona. All four were...
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Deadly Halloween crash shakes small town in Mississippi
By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press CHUNKY – Every Halloween in the rural eastern Mississippi hamlet of Chunky, families and groups of friends load costumed children onto flatbed trailers and...
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FBI probing ‘Vote Trump’ tag, fire at black church
“Vote Trump” is spray painted on the side of the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville. Fire Chief Ruben Brown tells The Associated Press that firefighters found flames and smoke...
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