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Two charged with shooting in Walmart parking lot
HICKMAN SMITH Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo police arrested two men Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 26 shooting in the parking lot of the West Main Walmart. Deonte J. Smith, 21, of Tupelo, and...
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Tupelo police investigating restaurant robbery
Daily Journal TUPELO – Police are looking for two men responsible for the armed robbery of a West Main eatery Wednesday night. Around 10:20 p.m., the Tupelo Police Department responded to Wing Stop at...
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Guntown PD charge three with counterfeiting
GABLE FRAZIER McRAE Daily Journal GUNTOWN – A New Year’s Eve traffic stop in Guntown led to the arrest of three men on counterfeiting and fraud charges. When the Guntown patrolman stopped a vehicle...
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Two children killed in Wednesday night wreck
Daily Journal TUPELO – A collision on Interstate 22 near Sherman on Wednesday claimed the life of two small children. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a car occupied by five people stopped...
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Booneville man facing new charges
WOODRUFF Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A Prentiss County man has been arrested on felony charges for the second week in a row. Prentiss County deputies investigating a shop burglary on County Road 5011...
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11-year-old charged with armed robbery
Monroe Journal AMORY – An 11-year-old white male is being held at the Alcorn County Youth Detention Center following an attempted armed robbery some time before 6 p.m. Friday, according to Amory Police...
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Houston police seek missing woman
Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – Authorities continue to look for a woman who has not been seen since Dec. 16 and are urging the community to help them find her. Tammy Townsend, 42, was last seen on Carol...
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Human remains found in Kossuth area
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today KOSSUTH – Human remains have been discovered in the Kossuth area, and the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case. The sheriff’s office was called to...
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Tupelo police investigating body found in unoccupied home
Daily Journal TUPELO – An investigation is underway to determine the identity of a body found at a Tupelo home on Saturday. Tupelo police responded to a report of a deceased person in a house at the...
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Third child dies, following Interstate 22 wreck
Daily Journal TUPELO – A third small child died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 22 in Pontotoc County last week. Ronald Sanders Jr., 11 months, was transported by ambulance...
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Oxford woman charged with embezzlement
GARRON Daily Journal OXFORD – A Lafayette County woman is facing felony charges, accused of stealing nearly $5,000 from her employer. Officials with Dollar General filed a report on Dec. 19, 2016 with...
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Oxford man charged with assaulting woman
ESTES Daily Journal OXFORD – An Oxford man is behind bars, accused of choking a woman during a domestic dispute. The Oxford Police Department arrested Colby Estes, 23, on Friday, charging him with...
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Sturgis man facing felony DUI charge
PITTMAN Daily Journal STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County man was arrested Saturday night and charged with driving under the influence-third offense. Christopher J. Pittman, 31, of Sturgis, was initially...
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Eight arrested in connection with December park shooting
Daily Journal TUPELO – Federal and local officials arrested eight people Tuesday in connection with a shooting Dec. 22 at Theron Nichols Park. Tuesday morning, the Tupelo Police Department, along with...
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Dylann Roof sentenced to die for church slayings
ROOF CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. Roof, who is white, faced either life in...
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Nichols park shooting suspects appear in court
GREEN KENNEDY DILLARD FORD POUNDS WEATHERSPOON SMITH By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Seven men, between the ages of 18 and 23, appeared before a judge Wednesday afternoon, to face...
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Five charged with second degree murder in Tippah County case
PEDIGO GRACE TURNER GLISSON Southern Sentinel RIPLEY – The body found in Dumas late last year has been identified and the case ruled as a homicide. Robert Joseph “Bobby” Hoose, 30, of the Spouts...
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Tupelo police search for armed robber
Daily Journal TUPELO – Authorities are searching for the man who robbed a West Jackson Street convenience store Tuesday evening at gunpoint. Police responded to the Chevron station at 1391 West Jackson...
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Hearing set for man charged in ‘Vote Trump’ church burning
McCLINTON By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press GREENVILLE – A court hearing is set for a Mississippi man charged in the burning of the black church he attended that was spray-painted with “Vote...
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Man shot in hand outside Tupelo business
Daily Journal TUPELO – A man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound while in the parking lot of a North Gloster Street business Thursday afternoon. Around 3:30 p.m., Tupelo police were called to...
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