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Inmate escapes, crashes stolen truck
WHALEY Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County Jail Work Center inmate is facing seven felony charges after escaping from a trash pick-up detail and stealing a truck. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said...
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Additional arrests made in Subway armed robbery
GAULT JOHNS Daily Journal TUPELO – The investigation into the armed robbery of a Tupelo restaurant has netted two more arrests, including one employee of the business. Tupelo police formally charged...
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Supervisors hear recommendation to keep jail at current location
By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County officials seem settled on a proposed location for a new jail and expanded law enforcement complex – right where the current jail sits. That’s the...
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Three charged with Oxford burglary
GATES McHEE WATTS Daily Journal OXFORD – Three men have been charged with a late April burglary following a brief investigation by the Oxford Police Department. Dylon Gates, 18, Samuel McHee, 22, and...
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Arrest made in 6-month-old theft case
PERRY Daily Journal OXFORD – A Como man has been charged with a residential burglary that happened in November 2016. A resident reported that someone entered his apartment on Nov. 9, 2016 and stole an...
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Man killed in Monroe County shooting
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal BETHLEHEM – A shooting in the Bethlehem community claimed a life Tuesday morning. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office got a call at 9:24 a.m. in regards to a shooting on...
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Court of Appeals orders new trial for Oktibbeha man
WORDLAW Daily Journal JACKSON – Because a trial court did not say where the crime took place, an Oktibbeha County man will get a new trial. James Wordlaw was stopped Christmas Eve 2013 as he drove...
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Man charged with election day assault
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – A Chickasaw County man has been charged with simple assault following an election day scuffle that may have been politically motivated. Thomas Guido, of...
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Partial lockdown lifted at Tupelo schools
Daily Journal Tupelo’s Carver Elementary and Early Childhood Education Center were placed on a partial lockdown at 10:50 on Wednesday morning due to a disturbance in the area, according to a message...
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Two charged with promoting prostitution
COLLINS CLAYTON Daily Journal OXFORD – A Georgia couple was arrested last week and charged with promoting prostitution by Oxford police. The Oxford Police Department responded to the University Inn on...
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Man charged in fatal Monroe County shooting
Monroe Journal A man has been charged in a fatal Monroe County shooting. William Paul Key Jr., 45, was arrested by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and has been charged with one count of murder. Bond...
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