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Prison boss pleads not guilty to accepting bribes
Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, center, and his attorney John Colette, right, arrive at the federal courthouse in Jackson on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)...
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New Corinth police chief has many spots to fill
Lena Mitchell | Buy at photos.djournal.com New Corinth Police Chief Ralph Dance spent his first week on the job filling holes in his leadership team. By Lena Mitchell Daily Journal Corinth Bureau...
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Information sought in breaking and entering case
Monroe Journal The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help for any information identifying breaking-and-entering suspects. The photos here are from a burglary of a residence...
View ArticleNo one injured in Mooreville house fire
Click to view slideshow. By Riley Manning Daily Journal Just past 1 p.m. Monday afternoon, a motor home caught flame in Mooreville. Homeowner Chuck Armond was the only resident at the Bonnie Farm...
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Man arrested on domestic violence, car theft charges
PHARES Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo man faces charges of felony domestic violence and motor vehicle theft. Patrick M. Phares, 21, was arrested Saturday. He is accused of felony domestic assault and...
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North Carolina, Tupelo robberies are linked
Daily Journal The June robbery of a Mall at Barnes Crossing jewelry store has been linked to a similar smash-and-grab at a North Carolina mall in October. On June 23, three suspects entered Little’s...
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Tupelo man charged with burglary
MACKEY Daily Journal TUPELO – The Tupelo Police Department arrested Isaac Mackey, 26, of Tupelo, and has charged him with a pair of commercial burglaries. The arrest followed a burglary on South...
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Tupelo Police try to connect suspect to June robbery
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The North Carolina arrest of a suspect, who is linked to a Tupelo robbery, revived an investigation and sent it in a new direction. “The first thing we have to...
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Woman charged with exploiting the elderly
COX Daily Journal OXFORD – The Oxford Police Department arrested Heather Cox, 38, of Clarksdale Monday and charged her with exploitation of a vulnerable adult. According to officials, Cox is accused of...
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Two dead in weather-related wreck
Daily Journal Two Aberdeen residents are dead after a head-on collision in Marshall County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, icy conditions led to the wreck on Highway 78 near mile marker...
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Verona man charged with Shannon shooting
SANDERS By William Moore Daily Journal SHANNON – A Monday night encounter at a Shannon apartment complex left one man injured and another in jail. Shannon Police arrested Marterius Sanders, 24, and...
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Supreme court upholds Jones murder conviction
Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed Thursday afternoon the 2013 murder conviction of Rebecca Lynn “Becky” Jones. A Prentiss County jury ruled that Jones intentionally shot...
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Alabama woman loses appeal of Miss. murder conviction
JONES Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed Thursday afternoon the 2013 murder conviction of Rebecca Lynn “Becky” Jones. A Prentiss County jury ruled that Jones intentionally...
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Tupelo trio arrested in Hamilton on drug charges
PARKER BOSCH ADAIR Monroe Journal HAMILTON – Three people were arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit arrested Kenneth George Adair, 71, of...
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Fire damages Cayson house
William Moore | Daily Journal Amory fireman Tony Garza gives a description of the fire as Bubba Bennett of the Evergreen-Carolina VFD writes up the report of the Friday morning fire in the Cayson...
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Officials begin investigating ag museum fire
Two firefighters look over the blazing wreckage of a barn at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson that caught fire on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis) By Jack...
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Rape suspect escapes Alcorn jail again
By William Moore Daily Journal CORINTH – Authorities are still hunting for one of two men who escaped from the Alcorn County Detention Facility Friday afternoon. Officials said it appears Garnett...
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Law enforcement still searching for jail escapee
By William Moore Daily Journal CORINTH – Alcorn County authorities searched all night Friday and into Saturday for a man who escaped Friday afternoon from the Alcorn County Detention Facility. “He is...
View ArticleAlcorn jail escapee, also a rape suspect, back in custody
By Lena Mitchell Daily Journal Corinth Bureau CORINTH – Jail escapee Garnett Hughes was recaptured about 8:30 p.m. Sunday and returned to Alcorn County Jail. Chief Ralph Dance of the Corinth Police...
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Former Conerly Trophy winner Joseph shot, killed
Juan Joseph won the Conerly Trophy in 2008 while playing for Millsaps. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Baton Rouge police are investigating the death of West St. John High School...
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