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Push on to keep inmate work program
FISHER By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – Three powerful political groups are joining forces to try to thwart the decision of Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher to close a...
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Appeals court affirms Clay County conviction
Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed the January 2013 conviction and sentence of Alphonzo Garth. Garth was found guilty of the possession of more than 30 grams of...
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Four arrested in Itawamba County in separate cases
By Adam Armour Itawamba Times Last week, authorities with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department arrested four people for drug and gun charges. On Wednesday, Itawamba investigators arrested Jeff K....
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Saltillo Fire Department needs volunteers; experience isn’t required
By William Moore Daily Journal SALTILLO – Saltillo Fire Chief Mark Nowell is looking for people wanting to help the community and the volunteer fire department in particular. “Our bylaws allow us to...
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Oxford PD charges felon in possession of a gun
MILLIKEN Daily Journal OXFORD – An Oxford man is in the Lafayette County Jail after being found with a firearm. According to Oxford Police Maj. Jeff McCutchen, police received a call Monday about a...
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Corinth officer resigns after arrest
Daily Journal CORINTH – A veteran Corinth Police officer handed in his resignation Tuesday after being arrested over the weekend and charged with domestic violence. Lt. Jerry Mayhall, 54, a 15-year...
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Booneville men face felony drug charges
DAVIS WILSON Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Two men face felony charges after a May 30 traffic stop revealed a large quantity of methamphetamine. Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar said deputies made a...
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Tupelo W&L scam reported
TUPELO – Several people have received calls from someone posing as a Tupelo Water & Light employee, asking for credit card information over the telephone. The caller tells customers if they do not...
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School official presses charges for cheering at graduation
SENATOBIA (AP) – Can cheering be criminal? One Mississippi school superintendent says yes, and he swore out charges against three people for doing it. The three face misdemeanor public disturbance...
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Thompson faces deadline for appeal
THOMPSON By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Justice Court Judge Rickey Thompson has until 11:59 tonight to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his permanent removal from the bench. If he does not...
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Local officials, DOC at loggerheads over continuing inmate labor program
Mississippi Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall, center, discusses the importance of the Joint State County Work Program in helping keep state highways clean, while Mississippi...
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Hamilton woman dies in Wednesday night fire
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal HAMILTON – A Hamilton woman died Wednesday night following a house fire at a residence on Stovall Crossing Road. The victim is 51-year-old Sheila Markham, according to...
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Thompson asks Supreme Court for rehearing
THOMPSON By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – Lee County Justice Court Judge Rickey Thompson filed a motion Thursday afternoon asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to rehear his case. The...
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One dead in high-speed accident on Highway 8
Floyd Ingram | Chickasaw Journal The driver of this car was killed Thursday when it ran into the back of an 18-wheeler on Highway 8. By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – An Okolona man is dead...
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Way pleads guilty to courthouse burglary
WAY By William Moore Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A former deputy tax collector has pleaded guilty to breaking into the Prentiss County Tax Assessor’s Office in January 2014. Donna Lynn Way, 51, of...
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Court lets Mississippi execution drug supplier remain secret
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – The Mississippi prison system can keep concealing the identity of its execution drug supplier while the system appeals an order to release the information, the...
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Tennessee man arrested on forgery charge
WILSON Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tennessee man was arrested Thursday by Tupelo Police and charged with uttering a forgery. Tupelo Det. Jerry Davis said Carl M. Wilson, 70, of Selmer, Tennessee, went...
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Governor names Weddle as interim District Attorney
WEDDLE By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant has named John Weddle as the interim District Attorney for the First Circuit District. The move comes after District Attorney Trent...
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Area law enforcement keeps it cool for K9 officers
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comMax, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, and Tupelo Police Officer Jay Johnson both appreciate the monitoring system that makes sure the dog does not get overheated...
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Superintendent won’t say if he’ll drop cheering charges
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – The Mississippi school superintendent who pressed charges against people for cheering at a high school graduation says he plans to be in court Tuesday and make a...
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