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Woman jailed, accused of throwing her baby
OXFORD (AP) – A woman is in custody after she allegedly threw her 10-month-old baby to the ground. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department told The Oxford Eagle that Sabrina L. Holden was holding the...
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Man charged with secretly recording female
BOUNDS Daily Journal OXFORD – A Water Valley man has been arrested for allegedly recording a female without her knowledge. Investigators with the Oxford Police Department arrested McKendrick Bounds,...
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Suspects can’t hide from the law
HYDE JONES Daily Journal A pair of Booneville men lost a game of hide-and-seek with police on Thursday. Investigators with Prentiss County Narcotics and North Mississippi Narcotics, along with Prentiss...
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Corinth man indicted on charges of fondling, sexual battery
Daily Journal CORINTH – A 36-year-old Corinth man was recently indicted by an Alcorn County grand jury on charges of fondling and sexual battery. Bobbie Wade Butler is accused of unlawful contact with...
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Human remains site being treated as crime scene
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today More human remains have been discovered in the Kossuth area about a week after the original remains were discovered, the sheriff said. The remains discovered by the...
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Pedestrian struck by car in Alcorn County
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A pedestrian was struck by a car on County Road 200 in the Farmington area on Saturday evening, according to the sheriff’s office. The pedestrian was transported by...
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Landmark Waverly home vandalized for second time in 3 months
WEST POINT (AP) – A landmark Clay County antebellum home has been vandalized for the second time in three months. Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott tells The Commercial Dispatch that sheriff’s deputies...
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Police investigate if restaurant worker contaminated food
COLUMBUS (AP) – Columbus police have launched a criminal investigation into whether a fast-food worker intentionally served contaminated food. The Commercial Dispatch reports that a Tupelo resident who...
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Amory man faces grand larceny charge
Monroe Journal AMORY – An Amory man has been arrested and is accused of burglarizing a home. Kevin Matthew Brown, 23, was charged with grand larceny, according to the Amory Police Department. The...
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Okolona man arrested in Amory armed robbery
THOMPSON Monroe Journal AMORY – An arrest has been made in connection to the armed robbery of a business, according to the Amory Police Department. On Jan. 13, while working on tips, officers attempted...
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Prentiss County men charged with kidnapping
AMBROCIO FLOYD Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Prentiss County deputies have charged two men with holding a woman against her will and threatening her life. During the early morning hours of Friday, Jan....
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Houston man killed in Jackson accident
Chickasaw Journal A Houston man died in an 18-wheeler accident in Jackson on Tuesday. Jackson police and emergency crews responded to the crash of an 18-wheeler into the bridge pylon on I-55 at...
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Bobby Spencer killing unsolved two decades later
Carl Trice, from left, and William McPherson were the first two officers to find Shannon Police Chief Bobby Spencer shot to death, but soon after J.R. Kilgore, Jack Edwards and Steve Whitehead arrived...
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Supervisors seek flexibility for site of possible new jail
MORGAN By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County supervisors have asked the state legislature to ease restrictions that could hamper the county’s ability to construct a new jail. State...
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Oxford burglaries land four in jail
ROBERTSON L. SHAW W. SHAW Daily Journal OXFORD – Three men and a juvenile have been charged with a string of burglaries in the Jackson Avenue area of Oxford. Oxford police responded to Sam’s Cell Phone...
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Accidental shooting sends juvenile to hospital
Daily Journal IUKA – A Tishomingo County boy is recovering from what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound. The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department was called to the North Mississippi Medical...
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Tishomingo County man killed in one-car wreck
Daily Journal IUKA – The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Burnsville resident. Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, troopers responded to the...
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Oxford police investigating viral video incident
Daily Journal OXFORD – The Oxford Police Department has launched an investigation into a Friday night disturbance at the Links Apartments. In a video posted on Facebook and viewed nearly 200,000 times,...
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Bill would stiffen penalties on crimes against first responders
CHAD McMAHAN By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – State Senator Chad McMahan introduced a bill last week that would enhance the penalties for someone committing a crime against a uniformed first...
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Body found in Chickasaw County
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal Hunters looking for a lost dog discovered a body in Chickasaw County on Wednesday afternoon. Chickasaw County Sheriff James Meyers said authorities were called to...
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