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Corinth woman dead after alleged pursuit, suspected driver in custody
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A 30-year-old Corinth woman is dead after a Monday vehicle crash that occurred when a suspect allegedly fled law enforcement, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said....
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Suspect returns to crime scene, arrested
LOVITT LOPINGO Daily Journal OXFORD – Two Hattiesburg men have been charged with the burglary of an Oxford business after one returned to the store wearing bloody clothes. Police were dispatched to...
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New Albany residents charged in Monroe County case
HARLOW WILLIAMSON Monroe Journal Two New Albany residents have been arrested and charged Chelsea Lee Harlow, 24, and Joseph Matthew Williamson, 29, both of New Albany, were arrested in New Albany and...
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Man charged with assaulting ambulance workers
BURBEY Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A Prentiss County man is facing felony charges after assaulting medical personnel. According to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar, an ambulance was called to a...
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Burglars caught in the act, arrested
McGAUGHY SAMPSON Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Two men were caught by Prentiss County deputies inside a house being burglarized Monday night. Deputies were dispatched to a house on County Road 7000 Nov. 7...
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Verona man charged with Oxford armed robbery
CARR Daily Journal OXFORD – A Lee County man has been charged with robbing two people in Oxford in early October. Demarcus Carr, 24, of Verona, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of...
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Woman charged with damaging a vehicle
EDWARDS Daily Journal OXFORD – A 21-year-old Washington County woman is behind bars, charged with felony malicious mischief. Kershena Edwards, of Greenville, is accused of causing more than $5,000...
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Two now face capital murder charges in death of MSU student
PIPPINS BARKER By William Moore Daily Journal STARKVILLE – Two of the five suspects being held in connection with a Sunday morning shooting in the Cotton District now face capital murder charges. On...
View ArticleTPD hopes to be in new building soon
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A fire sprinkler test failure in mid-October has put the new Tupelo Police Department building about a month behind. “We are looking at the end of this month or...
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Oxford police searching for missing woman
TAYLOR Daily Journal OXFORD – Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating an Oxford resident. Amanda Taylor, 26, has not been in contact with her family since Thursday afternoon. She was...
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Houston aldermen address juvenile crime
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – There is a fine line between doing something effective about juvenile crime and just coming down hard on kids. The Houston Board of Aldermen discussed...
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UPDATE: 14-year-old charged in Prentiss County bomb threat
Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A 14-year-old male juvenile has been charged in connection with a Monday morning bomb threat made against Prentiss County schools. The juvenile has been charged with...
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Man involved in fatal pursuit sentenced to 24 years in prison
TAL;LEY By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A Corinth man accused of leading law enforcement on a pursuit that turned fatal was sentenced to 24 years in prison on a previous charge, an official said. Taylor...
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No injuries in Vardaman explosion
Emergency responders survey the damage to the commercial dust collector behind Furniture Wood Inc. in Vardaman. (Courtesy Greg Pollan) Daily Journal VARDAMAN – A Tuesday afternoon fire and explosion at...
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Deputy injured during traffic stop
DAUGHERTY Daily Journal IUKA – A Tishomingo County deputy was injured during a struggle with a motorist following a routing traffic stop. Tishomingo County Sheriff John Daugherty said K9 handler Scott...
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Tupelo man sentenced for child exploitation
Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County man will spend the next three years in a state prison after pleading guilty to child exploitation. Austin Long, 64, appeared Monday before Lee County Circuit Court...
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After bail revoked, Epps asks judge to let him out of jail
EPPS By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – Mississippi’s former corrections commissioner is asking a federal judge to reconsider the decision to jail him. In a motion filed Tuesday, Christopher Epps...
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Eight charged in two large drug busts in Union County
Daily Journal NEW ALBANY – A pair of separate drug busts just days apart led to a host of arrests and a massive seizure of drugs. As part of interdiction training along Interstate 22, a New Albany K9...
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Corinth man charged with assaulting Tishomingo County deputy
LEATHERWOOD McAFEE By William Moore Daily Journal IUKA – A Corinth man is facing multiple felony charges after assaulting a deputy Tuesday evening and then running into the woods near Tishomingo County...
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Gifts for TPD: THS seniors present art for new police station
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comBart Aguirre, Tupelo police chief, center, and Allan Gilbert, Tupelo deputy police chief, stand with Georgia Kate Crawford, Avery Batson, Jack Haynes and Jacob...
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