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‘Tommy Gun’ auction nets $25K for Clay County sheriff
WEST POINT (AP) – The auction of a .45-caliber Thompson submachine gun has netted $25,000 for the Clay County Sheriff’s Department. The Daily Times Leader reports the tommy gun, manufactured in 1936...
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AMBER Alerts now on Facebook
Daily Journal JACKSON – AMBER Alerts will use Facebook subscribers to help find missing children starting today, thanks to a partnership between the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children...
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Jumpertown man loses appeal
LAWSON By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the 2011 Prentiss County conviction and sentence of a Jumpertown man. The grand jury originally handed down a...
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Click to view slideshow. By William Moore Daily Journal BALDWYN – More than four dozen firemen from seven fire departments in Lee and Prentiss counties battled hours to get a Baldwyn apartment fire...
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Columbus woman faces possession charge
Monroe Journal A Columbus woman has been charged with marijuana possession. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit arrested Kylie Lashaun Partain, 36, on Tuesday. Jan. 13. Partain is...
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Partial lockdown lifted at Lawhon Elementary
Daily Journal TUPELO – Lawhon Elementary issued a partial lockdown today at 10:10 a.m. after suspicious activity was reported in the area, according to a press release from the school district. The...
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At least 10 killed when prison bus strikes train in Texas
Officials investigate the scene of a prison transport bus crash in Penwell, Texas, on Wednesday. Law enforcement officials said the bus carrying prisoners and corrections officers fell from an overpass...
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Tupelo Police search for car burglar
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Over the past week, the Tupelo Police Department has seen a rash of car burglaries on the west side of town. “We had seven burglaries in the last 24 hours,”...
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Amory man charged in vehicle theft
OSWALT Monroe Journal An Amory man has been charged in connection to a vehicle theft. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jeremy Blake Oswalt, 19, on Wednesday. Oswalt is charged with felony...
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Prentiss County shooter in custody
Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Authorities have a suspect in custody after a fatal shooting in New Site. According to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar, the call of a shooting came in at 5:10 p.m....
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Families forced to rebuild after fire consumes Baldwyn apartments
William Moore | Buy at photos.djournal.comProperty manager Wyatt Weatherford, left, discusses the fire Wednesday morning with Baldwyn Police Department investigator Bryon Parker. By William Moore Daily...
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Traffic stops lead to two drug arrests
Monroe Journal Two traffic stops led to two unrelated drug arrests in Monroe County. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit arrested Sarah Lou Rinehart, 45, of Smithville, after a...
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Man charged with mother’s murder
INMAN By William Moore Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Prentiss County authorities have charged a son with first-degree murder in the death of his mother after a Wednesday evening shooting in the New Site...
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More scams surface in region
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Three new scams are filtering around Northeast Mississippi. Two try to get people to send in money. The third uses malware to steal sensitive information...
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Democrats dominate region’s sheriff qualifiers
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The Republican Party may dominate regional and national elections, but in many areas most local candidates are still Democrats. There are a total of 42...
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Potts Camp man dead after one-car crash
Daily Journal A Potts Camp man is dead after a one-car crash Sunday morning in Benton County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Wesley S. Mardis, 27, was traveling north on Highway 5 near...
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Suspects jailed on drug charges
By Lena Mitchell Daily Journal Corinth Bureau CORINTH – Two suspects were arrested today by the Alcorn County narcotics unit and charged with sale of a controlled substance. Justin Pepper, 29, and...
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Gaming Commission officer dies during training exercise
TUNICA (AP) – The Mississippi Gaming Commission’s new director of investigations died Wednesday after he was shot during a training exercise at the agency’s office in Tunica County. John Gorman of...
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Mooreville man jailed on drug charges
ELLIS By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A traffic stop in the Skyline community on Tuesday led to drug charges for a Mooreville man. Richard Ellis Jr., 26, was charged with felony possession of...
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Deputies suspend chase, arrest suspect next day
Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County deputies suspended a high speed chase through Tupelo and Plantersville on Tuesday evening, but the suspect was captured Wednesday. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said...
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