Man dies after falling from airport tower in Houston
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – A man died after falling from an airport tower early Thursday morning. Authorities were called to Houston Airport about 4:30 a.m. after a man climbed the...
View ArticleAberdeen man accused of taking $20,000 from Oxford business
PEELER Daily Journal OXFORD – A Monroe County man is facing felony embezzlement charges, accused of stealing from his place of employment. According to the Oxford Police Department, the Neon Pig...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Tippah County
Southern Sentinel MITCHELL – A Mitchell man was shot and killed late Wednesday in Tippah County . The Tippah County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic altercation call around 5:15 p.m. on...
View ArticleBody found in Tupelo home identified
WALKER Daily Journal TUPELO – The state crime lab said the body found in an unoccupied Tupelo house two weeks ago was a 31-year-old Tupelo man. Police found the decomposed remains around 4 p.m. on Dec....
View ArticleTupelo police seek car burglary suspect
CALISE Daily Journal TUPELO – Police are looking for an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with a Monday morning car burglary. Matthew Calise, of Tupelo, was arrested on Dec. 28, 2016 and charged...
View ArticleAuthorities locate body of missing Nettleton man
Humble By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal WREN – The body of 27-year-old Justin Humble, a Nettleton man missing since Dec. 27, was located Thursday night. “I was called to the scene at 10 p.m.,”said...
View ArticleContractor gets 5 years in Mississippi prison bribery scheme
WAGGONER JACKSON (AP) – A businessman who had contracts with the Mississippi prison system was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison in a bribery scheme involving the state’s former corrections...
View ArticleTishomingo deputies charge two with drugs, precursors
GREY THORNTON Daily Journal IUKA – Fighting in a car led to the arrest of a Tishomingo couple on felony drug charges. Tishomingo County deputies stopped a vehicle Wednesday on County Road 958 after...
View ArticleBooneville assault leads to six arrests
Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – The investigation into a Jan. 5 assault in Booneville has led to the arrest of six people, with more arrests expected. According to the Booneville Police Department,...
View ArticleTupelo man charged with strong-arm robbery
GILLIAM Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo man was in custody shortly after he allegedly robbed a South Gloster Street convenience store Thursday evening. Tupelo police responded to 361 B South Gloster...
View ArticleFifth suspect in custody in Hoose homicide
By Tina Meadows Southern Sentinel SPOUT SPRINGS – A fifth suspect is in custody and charged in the death of Robert Joseph “Bobby” Hoose of the Spout Springs community. Brandon Grace of Hattiesburg was...
View ArticleTupelo police offer teen dating violence awareness workshop
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Young girls will learn what is acceptable dating behavior and how to avoid violence during a free workshop in early February. The Love is Respect workshop will...
View ArticleNo evidence of foul play discovered in Humble case
Monroe Journal An autopsy Saturday morning at the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory in Pearl determined no evidence of foul play in the Justin Humble investigation. Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley...
View ArticleTennessee woman killed in Tishomingo County wreck
Daily Journal TISHOMINGO COUNTY – A Greenville, Tennessee, woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Tishomingo County on Friday night. Brittney N. Moser, 27, was traveling eastbound on MS...
View ArticleAmory police make meth arrest
Monroe Journal AMORY – A Becker man is in jail on a meth charge. Luneal B Dobbs, 26, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, along with other misdemeanors, according to the Amory Police...
View ArticleAuthorities search for missing Prentiss County man
YARBER Yarber’s mugshot from a previous trip to the Prentiss County Jail. Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Local law enforcement are searching for a man who has been missing since last fall. Prentiss County...
View ArticleUPDATE: Car runs into building, driver dies
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.com Linton Wrecker Service begins removing a car from Beacon Loan on Franklin Street in Tupelo on Monday morning. Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo police are...
View ArticleBody discovered in Pontotoc; autopsy results pending
David Helms Pontotoc Progress PONTOTOC – Pontotoc Police Chief Randy Tutor said the body of a white female was discovered Monday afternoon behind the Salvation Army store on Reynolds Street. Tutor said...
View ArticleStarkville man facing burglary, weapons charges
EUBANKS Daily Journal STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County man is facing numerous felony charges following his Sunday arrest. The Starkville Police Department has charged Domiekco Eubanks, 23, of...
View ArticleMan injured in Walnut shooting
Southern-Sentinel WALNUT – One man was shot following a disturbance in Walnut on Monday night. David Porterfield was shot one time in the midsection around 8 p.m. Monday. According to Tippah County...
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