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Police: Corinth men arrested with three pounds of marijuana
BEAN ROGERS Daily Journal CORINTH – A traffic stop Wednesday on an Alcorn County road led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of about 3 pounds of marijuana. Alcorn County Sheriff’s deputies...
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Judge Littlejohn fined, suspended
By William Moore Daily Journal JACKSON – Chancery Court Judge Talmadge Littlejohn was suspended and fined by the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon. The state’s highest court ordered the...
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Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue
By Jeff Amy Associated Press OXFORD – A former student at the University of Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge arising from a noose placed on a statue of civil rights activist...
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Man charged in break-in, shooting into dwelling
INMON Monroe Journal The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mitchell Clay Inmon, 21, of Okolona, on Monday on the charges of breaking and entering of a dwelling and shooting in a dwelling....
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Activists seek support for tougher animal cruelty laws
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comSummer Knight and Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton speak Thursday afternoon at the Mississippi Animal Advocacy meeting at the Tupelo Bark Park. By William Moore Daily...
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Shooting suspect feared ‘blacks were taking over the world’
Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Shelby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., on Thursday. Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people Wednesday night at the historic The Emanuel African...
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Inmate loses effort to seal medical records during appeal
BATISTE By Jack Elliott Jr. Associated Press JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a motion from death row inmate Bobby Batiste to seal his medical records. Batiste’s attorneys argued the...
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Roof appears on 9 murder counts; Charleston seeks unity
Sal Ardito holds his Bible while looking over the sidewalk memorial in front of the Emanuel AME Church on Friday in Charleston, S.C. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) By Jeffrey...
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Corrections Department launching new trash pickup program
JACKSON (AP) – The Mississippi Department of Corrections is launching a program Aug. 1 that will allow state inmates to pick up trash along state highways. Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher says...
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Group recommends higher pay for Mississippi prison guards
FISHER By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press JACKSON – A task force studying ways to improve Mississippi’s prison system is recommending pay raises for guards. Corrections Commissioner Marshall...
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LOU CrimeStoppers plans public safety memorial
By Errol Castens Daily Journal OXFORD – Lafayette County-Oxford-University CrimeStoppers leaders are spearheading an effort to establish a public safety memorial in downtown Oxford – ideally, the lawn...
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Pontotoc County Sheriff Mask recovering after heart surgery
Daily Journal Pontotoc Sheriff Leo Mask is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a heart attack Saturday morning. Pontotoc Chief Deputy Randy Roberts said Mask underwent surgery at North...
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Amory woman jailed on drug charge
HALL Monroe Journal An Amory woman is in jail on a drug charge. Leigh Ann Hall, 29, was arrested by the Amory Police Department and charged with possession of a schedule II drug (hydrocodone). Bond is...
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Pontotoc sheriff recovering from heart surgery
MASK By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask could be headed home from the hospital this afternoon. “He’s doing real well,” Chief Deputy Randy Roberts said Monday...
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Silver Alert issued for Columbus man
DILL Daily Journal A Sliver Alert has been issued for a Columbus man. Charles Estel Dill, 64, was last seen around 4 p.m. Sunday on Third Avenue North in Columbus, wearing camouflage pants, a green...
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Auditor arrests Alcorn sheriff, others
RINEHART T. NULL D. NULL Daily Journal CORINTH – Alcorn County Sheriff Charles Rinehart was arrested Monday morning on charges of fraud and conspiracy. Rinehart and Cars for Less owners Teddy Null and...
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Monroe deputies arrest four on drug charges
G. BLANSETT A. BLANSETT BRYANT R. BLANSETT Daily Journal ABERDEEN – The Monroe County Narcotics Unit arrested four people in two separate incidents Monday. A traffic stop on Highway 41 resulted in the...
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Woman hospitalized after four-vehicle accident
Monroe Journal NETTLETON – A four-vehicle accident on Highway 45 sent an Aberdeen woman to the hospital and snarled the Tuesday morning commute near Nettleton. At 8:35 a.m., a red 2000 Ford Taurus...
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UPDATE: Missing Mooreville woman has been found
STATEN UPDATE (5:11 p.m.): The Mooreville woman who went missing Tuesday has been found and is safe. Previous story below. ––––– Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County officials are looking for an...
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Appeals court upholds Calhoun County case
Daily Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a Calhoun County civil judgment over the death of cattle. James May filed three separate complaints in 2011 alleging Clemmie Walker’s...
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