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Inmates to move from county work programs to state centers
JACKSON (AP) – As a way to save money, the Mississippi Department of Corrections plans to end 30 county work release programs and instead move inmates to state centers. In a statement released...
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Friday shooting leads to murder charge
ROBINSON By William Moore Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A Prentiss County man has been charged with murder following a Friday morning shooting. According to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar, law...
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Police, FBI search for bank robber
Security camera image of Verona bank robbery suspect. By William Moore Daily Journal VERONA – Law enforcement was searching Friday for a black male who robbed a Verona branch bank Friday afternoon....
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New bikes hit the road for Tupelo police
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comSgt. Brett Moyer, left, and officer Josh Parker with the department‘s new 2015 Harley-Davidson Electra Glides. By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The...
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Libby Lytle empowers women in policing, community
Lauren Wood | Buy at photos.djournal.comOxford Police Capt. Libby Lytle is nominated as a candidate for Woman of the Year with the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women, in its military/law...
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Two face felony charges in Oxford
STACY McCULLAR Daily Journal OXFORD – Two men were arrested and charged with felonies last week in separate cases. On Wednesday, a person reported to Oxford Police that someone had used more than...
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Amory man charged with statutory rape
SIMPSON Monroe Journal An Amory man is facing statutory rape charges. Robert Glynn Simpson Jr., 22, was arrested Monday by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and charged with two counts of statutory...
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UPDATE: Names released in Pontotoc County deaths
By W. Derek Russell Daily Journal PONTOTOC COUNTY – Authorities have released the names of the two people found dead after an incident that led investigators to a home in the Shady Grove community...
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Saltillo man charged with bank robbery
OLIVER By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Saltillo man has been arrested and charged with robbing the Renasant Bank branch in Verona on Friday afternoon. According to Lee County Sheriff Jim...
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Starkville man charged with auto burglaries
ERWIN Daily Journal STARKVILLE – A Starkville man has been charged with two counts of auto burglary after allegedly being caught in the act. Starkville Police responded to Lynn Lane around 3:30 a.m....
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Prairie man faces statutory rape charges
HODGES Monroe Journal A Prairie man is facing statutory rape charges. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Laduante Hodges, 38. Hodges is charged with two counts of statutory rape. Due to...
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Five face federal charges in burial mound case
By Emily Tubb Monroe Journal Five Monroe County residents are facing federal charges for allegedly going onto U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land last fall and digging up and selling artifacts from...
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Murder charge filed after vehicular death
By William Moore Daily Journal PONTOTOC – A Pontotoc man was charged Tuesday afternoon in the Sunday death of an Algoma man. Pontotoc County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Randy Coker, 32, Sunday evening...
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Drug sweep leads to numerous arrests
Daily Journal TUPELO – A secret drug sweep of south Lee County on Monday afternoon led to a number of felony arrests. According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, deputies and agents with the North...
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Campus sex crime reporting increases, says Education Dept.
By Kimberly Hefling AP Education Writer WASHINGTON – Reports of sex offenses on college campuses provided to the Education Department have nearly doubled over a five-year period. In a letter to Sen....
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Oxford PD arrests women for burglary, forgery
BOYD XIE HOLDEN Daily Journal OXFORD – Three women are facing felony charges in two separate cases in Oxford. On Tuesday, the Oxford Police Department arrested Morgan Boyd, 20, of Charlotte, North...
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Amory teen injured in accident with log truck
Monroe Journal An Amory teen suffered moderate injuries after an accident involving a log truck on Wednesday. The accident happened on Highway 278 around 9:16 a.m., according to Mississippi Highway...
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West Point man convicted in fatal shooting
NEW ALBANY (AP) – A Union County jury has convicted a man in the fatal shooting of a Starkville teenager at a New Year’s Eve party in 2012 in West Point. According to local media reports, 35-year-old...
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Shady Grove man faces two counts of capital murder
William Moore | Daily JournalCarl Hughes, center, is escorted to his arraignment by Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask, left, and Chief Deputy Randy Roberts on Thursday. HUGHES By William Moore Daily...
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Bond set at $1M in Booneville slaying case
ROBINSON BOONEVILLE (AP) – Bond has been set at $1 million for a Booneville man charged in the fatal shooting of his fiancee. The Daily Corinthian reports the body of 23-year-old Andrea Nicole Fleming...
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