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MHP reports two fatal wrecks over holiday weekend
Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued more than 5,000 tickets over the Memorial Day weekend. Two people died and 33 were injured in 124 traffic crashes on state and federal...
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Correctional officer killed in crash while working
HATTIESBURG (AP) – A longtime officer from South Mississippi Correctional Institution was killed in a traffic accident Monday while helping escort an inmate from one hospital to another, the state...
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Man airlifted after wall falls on him
By Adam Armour Itawamba Times Itawamba County emergency officials say a man who was working on a house in Fulton was injured when a wall fell on him Tuesday afternoon. Eric Leathers was airlifted from...
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Traffic stop lands Tennessee man in jail on drug charges
Daily Journal A Tennessee man has been jailed in Alcorn County on drug charges. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Michael B. Johnson, 35, of Endville, Tennessee, was pulled over Sunday on...
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Lawyer says Cochran’s marriage helps blogger’s defense
KELLY By Jeff Amy and Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press JACKSON – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s new marriage to his executive assistant could become part of a blogger’s defense against charges related...
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Oxford PD charges man with burglary
ARMENDARIZ Daily Journal OXFORD – Oxford Police chased down and arrested a burglary suspect Saturday at an apartment complex. According to Major Jeff McCutchen, a female caller said someone had broken...
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Two charged in lawn care equipment theft
COLLIER PRESTAGE Daily Journal ABERDEEN – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department has charged an Amory couple in connection with the burglary of a building. According to Sheriff Cecil Cantrell, on...
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Former Tupelo police chief dies Wednesday
CRIDER Daily Journal TUPELO – Former Tupelo Police Chief Ed Crider died Wednesday afternoon at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Crider, 89, who served as the city’s chief for many years, suffered...
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Oxford woman arrested on domestic violence charge
CLEMENS Daily Journal OXFORD – A woman is in jail after allegedly assaulting her husband Wednesday. Oxford Deputy Police Chief James Owens said officers responded to a Rubin Drive apartment on...
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9th arrest made in deaths of Hattiesburg police officers
VARNADO HATTIESBURG (AP) – A ninth person has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Mississippi police officers who were killed during a traffic stop earlier this month,...
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Tupelo hosts fire chief, firefighter conference this weekend
By Emma Crawford Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo residents need not be alarmed when they see an influx of fire department vehicles downtown, because fire departments from across the state of Mississippi...
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Crider remembered as dedicated lawman
CRIDER By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Law enforcement and civic leaders were saddened to hear of the Wednesday passing of former Tupelo Police Chief Ed Crider. The 89-year-old Tupelo resident...
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Scholarships memorialize Sgt. Gale Stauffer
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comNettleton High School’s Haley Bean, from left, Tupelo High’s Alex Norwood and Saltillo High’s Xavier Taylor were the first recipients of the Gale Stauffer...
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Alabama man charged with vehicle theft
ODOM By Adam Armour Itawamba Times An Alabama man has been arrested and charged in an Itawamba County car theft. Christopher Carter Odom, 31, of 4672 Hubbard Loop, Jasper, Alabama, was arrested by...
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Car chase ends with rollover
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comTupelo and Verona police officers work the scene of a rollover accident following a high-speed chase that started in Tupelo and ended when the driver lost...
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Feds: No evidence that black man’s hanging was homicide
BYRD JACKSON (AP) – The Justice Department says investigators have found no evidence that the hanging death of a man in Mississippi was a homicide. The agency said in a news release Friday that the...
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Houston robbery attempt prompts high-speed chase
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – Two suspects attempting to rob a person making a night deposit at a downtown bank were foiled by alert police, who then chased a suspect vehicle out of town...
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Campaign signs must follow city codes; disappearances frustrate candidates
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comCampaign signs can be removed because they are not placed in accordance with city codes. They are sometimes stolen as well, which is a criminal act. By Emma...
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Houston robbery leads to four arrests
Daily Journal HOUSTON – Four individuals are under arrest after approaching a woman Saturday night at the BancorpSouth branch in Houston. Dvante Randle and Shikasmine Walker, both of Una, and Eddious...
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Two Tennessee teens killed in Marshall County accident
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities say the driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident in Mississippi that killed two West Tennessee high school seniors is facing drunken driving charges....
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