Ceremony honors nearly forgotten Union County FBI agent who died 85 years ago
Lynn West | New Albany Gazette Bro. Jerry Lowery, officer chaplain, conducts a brief memorial for Special Agent Albert Ingle as retired FBI agents, troopers and local officers listen. By Lynn West New...
View ArticlePolice still seeking Thanksgiving Day shooter
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – A suspect in a Thanksgiving Day shooting at an apartment complex in Aberdeen is still on the loose, according to Aberdeen Police Chief Henry Randle. Jonathan...
View ArticleWoman killed in shooting at West Point concert
Daily Journal WEST POINT – A Thanksgiving night rap concert at a Clay County union hall turned deadly. According to West Point Police Chief Tim Brinkley, shots were fired around 1:30 Friday morning at...
View ArticleBleeding kits to help first responders save lives
John H. Ward | Buy at photos.MonroeCountyJournal.com Amory police officer Lavon Griffin, center, practices packing a wound while instructor Traci Callicut observes during a training course on bleeding...
View ArticleTwo die on state roads over holidays
Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued more than 5,300 citations and worked two fatal wrecks statewide over the Thanksgiving holiday period. While neither of the fatal wrecks was...
View ArticleTerrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday. Officials say eight people were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) By Andrew Welsh-Huggins and...
View ArticleTishomingo deputies arrest two over holiday weekend
SAULS KEITH Daily Journal IUKA – Tishomingo County deputies jailed two men over the Thanksgiving holiday on felony drug possession charges. On Friday, deputies working a wreck in Paden saw a pickup...
View ArticleCalhoun County inmate escapes in patrol car
EASLEY By William Moore Daily Journal CALHOUN CITY – Law enforcement from across the region are searching for a man who escaped from the Calhoun County Jail on Sunday. While the escapee remained on the...
View ArticleDrug investigation leads to four arrests
HORTON STAGGS WILBURN WILLIAMS Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A lengthy investigation into drug sales in Prentiss County ended with the recent indictment of four men. Prentiss County narcotics officers...
View ArticleUPDATE: New Albany teen found
DEES UPDATE (6:30 p.m.): Amanda Dees has been located, according to police. Original story below. ––––– Daily Journal NEW ALBANY – Law enforcement is searching for a 17-year-old Union County girl who...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to burglary arrests
TALLIE KIRKWOOD Daily Journal OXFORD – A simple traffic stop uncovered not only outstanding warrants but stolen property as well. Oxford police pulled over a car Saturday for a traffic violation. While...
View ArticleState flag won’t fly at new Tupelo Police Department
Daily Journal The Mississippi flag will not fly at Tupelo’s new police headquarters. At least not for the next year. Members of Tupelo’s City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to fly the state’s new...
View ArticleLee County escapees back in jail
PATTERSON WILLIAMS Two men detained for helping while on the run By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Two former trusties were returned to the Lee County Jail Tuesday night, 10 days after they...
View ArticleCourt rules against inmates in Missouri execution drug case
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Two Mississippi death-row inmates suing for the identity of Missouri’s supplier of lethal injection drugs are studying their next options after their latest setback in federal court. A...
View ArticleFarmer discovers body in Marshall County
Daily Journal HOLLY SPRINGS – The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found Thursday morning by a farmer driving a tractor in the northeastern section of the county. The body,...
View ArticleTwo taken to hospital after Alcorn County wreck
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today Two people were transported to Magnolia Regional Health Center after a two-car collision at the intersection of State Highway 2 and State Highway 350 East on Thursday in...
View ArticlePolice, FBI search for Verona bank robbery suspect
Security image of bank robber. By William Moore Daily Journal VERONA – Law enforcement is searching for a suspect who robbed a Verona branch bank just before noon Thursday. The suspect entered the...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with church burglary
SMITH Daily Journal TUPELO – The Tupelo Police Department made an arrest this week of a man allegedly involved in a burglary at First Baptist Church in Tupelo in November. Joseph Channing Smith, 23,...
View ArticleCrash closes one lane of I-22 bridge in Itawamba County
Itawamba County Times The Mississippi Department of Transportation has closed the left lane of the Interstate 22 bridge over Nita Lake Road, between Mississippi 25 North and Mississippi 23, in Itawamba...
View ArticleAmory police investigating KFC armed robbery
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal AMORY – Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant Thursday night in Amory. Four masked subjects entered the KFC on Highway 278 at...
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