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Starkville detective honored by state AG as victims advocate
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comStarkville Police Department Sgt. William Durr was recently presented with the Distinguished Service Award by Attorney General Jim Hood. By William Moore Daily...
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Lee County jail bill signed
BRYANT By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – All options will be on the table for the Lee County Board of Supervisors when and if the decision is made to construct a new jail. Gov....
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County leaders: No new jail, no room for city prisoners
MORGAN By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County leaders have fired off a warning message to voters inside the county’s cities and towns: Support a referendum next year to construct a new...
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Former Tupelo worker charged with abusing vulnerable person
BURNS Daily Journal JACKSON – A Starkville man who worked in Tupelo has been arrested and charged with felony abuse of a vulnerable person. The Attorney General’s office announced Monday that Cleatonia...
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Three killed in Tippah County wreck
Daily Journal Three people are dead after a head-on collision in Tippah County on Sunday. The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating the crash, which happened at about 1 a.m. on US Highway...
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Two arrested on drug charges in Alcorn County
GREEN BUMPOUS Corinth Today Two people are facing drug-related charges in Alcorn County. Jeffery Allen Green, 34, of Corinth, has been charged with felony possession of methamphetamine in Tishomingo...
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Officials: 2 adults dead, 2 kids shot at California school
Emergency personnel respond to a shooting inside North Park School Elementary School on Monday in San Bernardino, Calif. (Rick Sforza/Los Angeles Daily News via AP) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – An...
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Two face charges in apartment shooting
GARNER SHANNON Daily Journal TUPELO – Two men have been charged in a shooting at Hilldale Apartments last week. Maurice Shannon, 32, of Tupelo, was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of a...
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Man arrested after flashing gun at school
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A man is facing felony charges after bringing a gun onto the campus of Shannon High School and flashing a pistol at principal Bill Rosenthal. The man was upset...
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Three charged with arson, two more sought
TALLIE WRIGHT McGEE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Three women have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a March 26 fire on Hays Drive. Terriuna Tallie, 18, of 851 McNeece...
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Suspect kicks out patrol car window
KIRK SINGLETON Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – An out-of-control party guest kicked the windows out of a patrol car after he was arrested at a Rienzi cookout. Prentiss County Sheriff’s deputies were...
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Officials meet to mend feelings over jail
By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – City officials huddled Monday morning with Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson to discuss the future of Lee County’s jail and to smooth out any strained relations....
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Starkville PD renovation on schedule
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comStarkville Police Department Cpl. Brandon Lovelady checks on the progress of the renovation of what will become the new Starkville police Department on East...
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Shannon High student killed in Pontotoc County wreck
David Helms Pontotoc Progress A 16-year-old Shannon High School student was killed Monday morning in a one-vehicle accident on Troy Shannon Road in southeastern Pontotoc County. Pontotoc County Coroner...
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Man charged with Monday gun incident at Shannon High School
LOCASTRO By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A 69-year-old Shannon man could face three years in prison for bringing a gun onto a school campus and flashing it at the Shannon High School principal....
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One sentenced, one pleads in judge kidnapping plot
RANDOLPH WADDELL By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Moments after the second person was sentenced in a plot to kidnap Judge Paul Funderburk, the third person pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon....
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Five women charged with car, house arson
BEENE HAIR McGEE TALLIE WRIGHT By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Five women have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a March 26 fire on Hays Drive. The women are...
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Disabled vehicle leads to arrests
K. COURTNEY A. COURTNEY Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A welfare check on a disabled vehicle early Tuesday morning ended with the occupants arrested on multiple felony charges. A Prentiss County deputy...
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UPDATE: Missing Tupelo woman found safe
SPENCER UPDATE: (10:19 p.m.): Fannie Spencer has been found and is safe, according to the Tupelo Police Department. ––––– Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo police are looking for an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s...
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Governor inks law requiring all to wear seat belts
BRYANT By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – Legislation was quietly signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Phil Bryant requiring all passengers, those in the front and back...
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