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City, airport working through details of lease agreement
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comMajor Jackie Clayton and the rest of the Tupelo Police Department get settled into their new temporary headquarters located at the Tupelo Regional Airport. The...
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Delta man arrested by Oxford Police
THARP Daily Journal OXFORD – A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a Hollandale man on domestic violence charges. After stopping Kevin Tharp, 39, on Saturday, Oxford Police officers learned that...
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Nettleton shooting suspect captured
OLIVER By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Authorities have captured a Nettleton man charged with a Tuesday evening shooting. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson reported at 11 a.m. that Cleveland...
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Aruba officials chase another futile Holloway tip
This June 10, 2005 file photo shows a missing poster for Natalee Holloway, who disappeared while on a graduation trip to Aruba. Aruba prosecutors said Wednesday that a tip about the potential location...
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Lee County man pleads guilty in connection with 2014 standoff
SCRUGGS By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Saltillo area man will spend the next 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges from an August 2014 standoff. Harold Scruggs, 33, pleaded...
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Police investigating south Tupelo homicide
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Police are investigating a south Tupelo crime scene where the body of a man was found inside a house on Rollingwood Drive. Tupelo Police were alerted to the...
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Holiday weekend will see seat belt enforcement
Daily Journal JACKSON – Law enforcement agencies across the country will be on the lookout over the next two weeks for people not wearing their seat belts. Between May 18 and May 31, Click It or Ticket...
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TPD officers to have body cameras
AGUIRRE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Within the year, Police Chief Bart Aguirre would like to see every Tupelo patrol officer with a body camera. “When we start working on the 2016 budget, I...
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Rickey Thompson removed from bench
THOMPSON By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court today ordered Lee County Justice Court Judge Rickey W. Thompson removed from office, issued a $3,500 fine and assessed...
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Houston Police seek Dollar General bandit
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – Authorities are looking for a man who walked into a Dollar General Store full of people Wednesday night, assaulted the cash register clerk and made off with...
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Supreme Court reverses capital murder conviction
BURLESON Daily Journal JACKSON – The state’s highest court reversed a capital murder conviction and will send the case back to Prentiss County Circuit Court for a new trial. Charles David Burleson, 32,...
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Capital murder suspect captured in Louisiana
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A woman wanted for capital murder in Tupelo was arrested at a Louisiana safety checkpoint Wednesday night. “She was actually arrested in Louisiana before we had...
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Corinth man charged with stabbing
Daily Journal CORINTH – A Corinth man remains in critical condition following a Tuesday night stabbing. Corinth Police detective Dell Green said officers were called to the Watson Street Apartments...
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Oliver charged with Nettleton shooting
OLIVER By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The sale of a trampoline sparked an altercation that led to gunfire Tuesday outside of Nettleton. Clarence Woody Oliver, 47, of County Road 1361, has been...
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Capital murder suspect returned to Lee County
BISHOP By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Leah Bishop is being held in the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail under a $1 million bond, charged with capital murder. Bishop, 45, of Tupelo, is accused of...
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Thompson’s career on bench draws to a close
THOMPSON By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Unless the Mississippi Supreme Court grants him a rehearing, Rickey Thompson’s judicial career will end in mid-June. Thompson is one of seven candidates...
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Mississippi hospital whistleblower gets $3.5M in settlement
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – A former employee of a Mississippi hospital is getting almost $3.5 million as part of a string of settlements where 18 hospitals in seven states have agreed to...
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Alert issued for missing Holly Springs teen
BROWN Daily Journal An Endangered/Missing Child Alert has been issued for a 13-year-old in Holly Springs According to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Alissa Monay Jones Brown was last seen...
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Woman dies when tree falls on car
Daily Journal NEW ALBANY – One woman is dead after evening storms caused a tree to fall on passing vehicles. Police Chief Chris Robertson said the accident happened near highway 30 when the tree fell...
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Federal grant supplies boat for search, rescue
Tishomingo County deputies Mark Nichols, from left, Eric Bowman and Stan Hester traveled to Bremerton, Washington, in March to train with the boat near the factory. (Courtesy) William Moore | Buy at...
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