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Oxford Police charge two men with felonies
CURTIS BLEDSOE Daily Journal OXFORD – Oxford Police arrested a pair of men Tuesday on separate felony charges. According to Maj. Jeff McCutchen, the investigation into an August 2014 burglary at...
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Two charged in string of summer burglaries
DEW HUDGENS By Adam Armour Itawamba County Times Local law enforcement officials have charged two people in connection with a series of thefts during the summer of last year. James Ray Dew, 25, of 7292...
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Lee County mother charged with child neglect
RODGERS By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County mother faces up to five years in jail after her 4-year-old son was found wandering a county road alone. A passing motorist found the child...
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Corinth firefighter dies in wreck near Kossuth
KOSSUTH (AP) – A Corinth firefighter has died from injuries sustained in a one vehicle wreck. Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones tells The Daily Corinthian that 41-year-old Ronald Franks was pronounced...
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Truck rolls into median, blocks Highway 72
By William Moore Daily Journal IUKA – An 18-wheeler rolled over into the median of U.S. 72 near Highway 25 and disrupted traffic for hours. According to the Iuka Police Department, the Trimac...
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Pontotoc County man injured in crash
By David Helms Pontotoc Progress A 19-year-old Pontotoc County man was seriously injured around 4:30 p.m. Thursday in a one-vehicle accident on Palestine Road in southwestern Pontotoc County, according...
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Aberdeen police seek armed robbery suspects
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – The Aberdeen Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday at Jesse’s Package Store on South Meridian...
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Moore waiting for court date on DUI
MOORE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Two months after being arrested and charged with driving under the influence, Lee County Prosecuting Attorney James Moore is still waiting for his day in...
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Several drug arrests made in Monroe County
Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – A handful of drug arrests were made Thursday. The Monroe County Narcotics Unit arrested Nathan Tyler Noe, 23, and Larry Joseph Wiggins Jr., 40, both of Amory. Noe is charged...
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Alcorn wreck kills two
By William Moore Daily Journal CORINTH – Winter weather and icy roads are being blamed for a multiple vehicle wreck near Glen that claimed two lives Friday afternoon. According to Mississippi Highway...
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Icy roads, wrecks keep police busy
William Moore | Daily JournalAndy Hankins of Tupelo Wrecker loads a Ford Fusion onto a roll-back wrecker Friday morning after a three-car wreck on Highway 45 just north of Shannon. By William Moore...
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Law enforcement mines social media for tips, criminals
Lauren Wood | Buy at photos.djournal.com The Lee County Sheriff’s Department uses Facebook and other social media to help catch criminals. By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Be careful what you...
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Aberdeen man charged with cocaine possession
HUBBARD Monroe Journal An Aberdeen man has been charged with cocaine possession. The Monroe County Narcotics Unit arrested Travis C. Hubbard, 31, on Friday. The arrest was the result of a search...
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Fulton woman dies in one-car accident
Daily Journal A Fulton woman is dead after a one-vehicle crash. Officials from Mississippi Highway Patrol say that Brenda Christian, 51, of Fulton, was traveling westbound on MS 178 near Peppertown on...
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Police seek laundromat burglar, vandal
Daily Journal The Tupelo Police Department needs the public’s assistance identifying a burglar and vandal. On Jan. 21, officers were dispatched to the West Main Laundry Mat at 691 West Main St. where...
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Oktibbeha County man denied new trial
PATY Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Court of Appeals denied the request by an Oktibbeha man for a new trial. Tyrune Paty, 28, was sentenced in Oktibbeha Circuit Court in 2010 to a total of 16...
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Man convicted in deaths of ‘American Sniper’ author, friend
Former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh, center, enters the court for his capital murder trial at the Erath County, Donald R. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville Texas, on Tuesday. Routh, 27, of Lancaster,...
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High court refuses reduction request
PARHAM Daily Journal JACKSON – A Clay County man asked the Mississippi Court of Appeals to have his 10-year prison sentence reduced. Shelby Ray Parham, 48, was indicted on seven charges in April 2004...
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Drugs send naked couple to jail
LUCAS BOYETT Daily Journal TUPELO – A good time Saturday night turned into jail time Sunday morning for one couple. According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, 911 received a call of a suspicious...
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Saltillo woman charged with exploitation
Daily Journal TUPELO – A personal care home operator in Tupelo was arrested and charged with exploitation of a vulnerable person. Attorney General Jim Hood said Demetria Donelson, 44, of Saltillo,...
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