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Name of dead truck driver released
Daily Journal TUPELO – The truck driver found dead at a Belden truck stop was from more than 1,100 miles from home. Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green identified the man as Geoffrey Williams, 63, of...
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Man arrested in Aberdeen on firearm charge
Monroe Journal A Monroe County man is in jail on a firearm charge. Chico D. Harrison, 21, was arrested Tuesday by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Aberdeen and charged with the sale of a stolen...
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Bond set in Tupelo murder
EZELL By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The woman accused of a Monday murder in Tupelo was a battered woman, according to her attorneys. Candance Ezell, 30, of Tupelo, was formally charged with...
View ArticleHelping build community: Verona officer gives back to children
Click to view slideshow. By William Moore Daily Journal VERONA – Jermandy Jackson wants area children to like the police, so he organized a special fun day for the children at Barley Courts apartments....
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Brett Jones asks appeals court to alter no-parole sentence
JONES By Patsy R. Brumfield Special to the Daily Journal JACKSON – Fifteen-year-old Brett Jones went to prison nearly 11 years ago. Today he waits to see if a Mississippi appeals court will reconsider...
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Starkville man charged with string of burglaries
BOBO Daily Journal STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County man is behind bars, charged with a series of burglaries over the last three weeks. Around 3 a.m. Thursday, Starkville Police responded to a...
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Deputies won’t face charges in Smithville shooting case
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal Monroe County deputies involved in a shooting case last October will not face court time, according to Sheriff Cecil Cantrell “The MBI presented to the grand jury no...
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Corinth child care license suspended over possible sexual, physical abuse
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday issued an emergency license suspension to a Corinth child care facility over concerns of possible sexual...
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No new leads in missing Fulton woman’s case
BELL By Adam Armour Itawamba county Times FULTON – It’s been more than 30 days since Deborah Bell was reported missing, and police have little new information as to where she may be. Officials with the...
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Corinth man pleads to 2014 murder
CORINTH – A Corinth man pleaded guilty to second degree murder and will spend the next 30 years in prison. Amartrie Jamar Moss, 18, entered the plea Friday before Circuit Court Judge Thomas Gardner....
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Wrecked fire truck leads to DUI charge for volunteer firefighter
GASAWAY By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Lee County volunteer firefighter was charged with driving under the influence after wrecking a fire engine Thursday evening. The Unity-Fellowship...
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Details still limited in closing of Alcorn County child care facility
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – The Alcorn County child care facility that was closed this week because of alleged physical and sexual abuse of children received high marks in its last...
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Couple arrested on burglary, car theft charges
MONGEON HURT Daily Journal OXFORD – Memphis Police helped local authorities capture a man and a woman charged with a Lafayette County car theft. Oxford Police were searching for Ronald Mongeon Jr. in...
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Amory man jailed on meth charge
WEBB Monroe Journal AMORY – An Amory man is in jail on a meth charge. The Amory Police Department arrested James Timothy Webb and charged him with possession of a controlled substance...
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Lafayette deputies track down fugitive
Oxford Citizen OXFORD – A tip from a resident ended the search for an ex-convict on the run. Members of the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department arrested Kyle Lamb late Friday night at a local...
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Homeowner catches burglar in the act
GOBER Daily Journal BELMONT – An alert homeowner stopped a potential crime spree Saturday. Both the Tishomingo Sheriff’s Department and the Belmont Police Department received numerous calls of a young...
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Belmont traffic stop leads to drug arrest
TURNER Daily Journal IUKA – Trying to hide drugs in a patrol car landed a Tupelo woman in hot water. The Belmont Police Department and Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department stopped Alexis Raine...
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One dead, two critically injured in separate wrecks
Daily Journal Two serious wrecks are being investigated by the Mississippi Highway Patrol. At approximately 4:45 p.m. Monday, troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash in Tippah County, on Highway 4...
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Sheriff reports ongoing disrepair at county jail
JOHNSON By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – On-again-off-again talks about replacing the Lee County Jail resurfaced Monday as Sheriff Jim Johnson advised county leaders of the current facility’s...
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Okolona man charged with assaulting officer
McINTOSH Monroe Journal Christopher L. McIntosh, 24, of Okolona, was arrested by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Aberdeen on a traffic stop and charged with aggravated assault on an officer....
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