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Dogs, other animals found at suspected puppy mills
Daily Journal reports Approximately 171 dogs, puppies and other animals have been rescued from two suspected Alcorn County puppy mills. The animals were being sold at a flea market in Tupelo and the...
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Two die in Thursday afternoon crashes
By Stephanie Rebman Daily Journal Two Northeast Mississippians died Thursday in crashes in the region. The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a 3 p.m. crash in Benton County on Mississippi Highway...
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Officials: Have fun, be safe on Halloween
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – There will be a decided fall nip in the air Friday night as children don their costumes and set out to trick or treat as evening temperatures drop into the 40s....
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Oxford Police arrest two on trafficking, possession charges
Daily Journal Two Californians were arrested on drug charges by Oxford Police on Thursday morning. Able Ruiz Jr., 30, of Porterville, California, and Joanna Orona, 36, of Dinubay, California, were...
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Communities Forward Festival turns 10 Saturday
Daily Journal | File Debra Carrouthers, left, laughs as J.D. McGee of Magnolia BBQ and Fish sings a country rap song for her entitled “I’m a Poet” during the Communities Forward Festival at Gum Tree...
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Judicial commission says extension gave Thompson unfair edge
THOMPSON By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – By granting Rickey Thompson additional time to respond, the Supreme Court gave the Lee County Justice Court Judge an unfair advantage, according to...
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Retired Corinth police chief transitioning to new role
Lena Mitchell | Buy at photos.djournal.com Friday was retiring Corinth Police Chief David Lancaster’s last official day on the job. Though he and incoming Chief Ralph Dance have been working through...
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Whitfield pleads guilty to Verona murder
WHITFIELD By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A 20-year-old Tupelo man pleaded guilty to murder in Lee County Circuit Court on Monday morning. Maurice Nathaniel Whitfield was initially charged with...
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Starkville man convicted of second degree murder
STARKVILLE (AP) – A Starkville man will be sentenced Thursday in Oktibbeha County after being convicted of second degree murder in a 2010 fatal shooting. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Dennis Thompson was...
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Sherman fire likely electrical in origin
Daily Journal SHERMAN – Birmingham Ridge VFD Captain Brooks Green said fire on Saturday that destroyed the residence of James and Ida McGlaun was due to an electrical issue. “From the witnesses’...
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Video policy explained to Alcorn deputies
By Lena Mitchell Daily Journal Corinth Bureau CORINTH – Alcorn County deputies will receive training this week on the ins and outs of a new policy on the public’s right to photograph, video and audio...
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Saltillo man charged with DUI death
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Saltillo man was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with DUI death in connection with an August car crash. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson confirmed that...
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UPDATE: Missing Becker man located safely
AMES Monroe Journal The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reports that 47-year-old William Ames of Becker community, who was last seen at approximately noon on Monday at his residence, has been located...
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Tishomingo south half constable set for runoff
Daily Journal IUKA – A special election for Tishomingo County south half constable will go to a Nov. 25 runoff after no one garnered more than 50 percent of the vote among the four candidates who ran...
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Amory armed robbery suspect sought
Video still shot of the armed robbery suspect. (Amory Police Department) Video still of the robbery suspect’s van. (Amory Police Department) Daily Journal Amory Police are looking for an armed robbery...
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Epps resigns as corrections commissioner
JACKSON (AP) – The Department of Corrections said state Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps has resigned without giving a reason. Corrections officials said Wednesday that Epps is leaving the...
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Thornton receives 10 years on enticement charge
ABERDEEN – U.S. District Court Chief Judge Sharion Aycock sentenced a Booneville man to 10 years in federal prison on the charge of enticement of a female. Tupelo Police arrested Michael Wayne...
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Homeless man charged with armed robbery
FINCHER Daily Journal AMORY – A homeless man has been charged in a gas station robbery. Robert Lynn Fincher, 27, turned himself in to the Amory Police Department. He was charged with armed robbery in...
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MBN arrests 32 for growing marijuana in 2014
Daily Journal JACKSON – As part of its annual drug eradication program that recently ended, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics arrested 32 suspects in 37 counties. MBN director Sam Owens said the...
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Corinth rape suspect trial is continued
Daily Journal CORINTH – The trial of a Belzoni man that was set to begin next week in Alcorn County Circuit Court on multiple charges, including sexual battery and attempted rape, has been continued to...
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