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Former principal indicted on fondling charges
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A 37-year-old man who served as a principal was indicted last month for allegedly fondling a child under 18, Alcorn County Circuit Court records show. North Corinth...
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Law Enforcement memorial planned for Thursday
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – This year’s Law Enforcement Memorial Service will focus on brotherhood, both blood relations and the bonds formed with fellow officers. Adam Harmon, the brother...
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Three juveniles charged as adults in McDonald’s robbery
SANSONE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Three juvenile males will face armed robbery charges as adults in connection with the Sunday night armed robbery of a fast food restaurant. According to...
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Murder suspect faces additional charges
GATES Daily Journal TUPELO – A man charged with capital murder in the killing of a Tupelo cab driver now faces additional charges. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has charged Leonta Gates, 23, with...
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Homeowner shoots, kills alleged burglar
TUPELO – A Lee County man shot and killed a suspected burglar Thursday morning in the Union community. According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, a County Road 736 homeowner heard a noise outside...
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Law enforcement continue looking for missing couple, need public assistance
JOHNSON MATTHEWS By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Law enforcement officials are asking for help from the public to locate a mentally challenged man and woman who have been missing for nearly a...
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Facebook post leads to Prentiss County arrest
VUNCANNON Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A Booneville man has been charged with burglary after a Facebook user fingered him. Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar posted a report on Facebook about a May 6...
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Justices uphold conviction in 2008 Oktibbeha County slaying
QUINN JACKSON (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction of an Oktibbeha County man found guilty of fatally shooting his former girlfriend. In a ruling Thursday,...
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Escaped federal inmate caught in Lee County
COSNER Daily Journal TUPELO – A convicted bank robber ended three days on the run at an east Tupelo motel Thursday afternoon. Chris Cosner, 58, who was found guilty of robbing a Saltillo bank in July...
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Honoring fallen officers: ‘It’s a debt we can never repay’
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comMembers of the Tupelo Police Department’s Honor Guard stand at ease after delivering the 21-gun salute to end this year’s Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement...
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Grenada man charged with murder after 8-month-old dies in car
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – Police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after his 8-month-old daughter died in his overheated car. Grenada Assistant Police Chief George...
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Female charged in connection with fatal burglary
HOLLY By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – The woman accused of helping case a house Wednesday then returning the next morning has been charged. Angela Holly, 30, of 20323 Little Coontail Road,...
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Tupelo Police put new bikes on the road
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comAnthony Culver, head installer at Fast Wrapz in Tupelo, takes measurements before installing graphics on one of the new Tupelo Police Department motorcycles. By...
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Aberdeen man charged in four-wheeler theft, two others sought
GRIFFIN By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal AMORY – An Aberdeen man has been charged with stealing four-wheelers from a local business, and two other suspects are being sought. Just before 4:30 a.m....
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Identity of murder victim determined
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – The identity of a man whose body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds has been determined, according to Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones. The deceased has...
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Fire claims lives of West Point couple
Daily Journal WEST POINT – An elderly couple died from injuries suffered in a Monday morning fire in West Point. Officials say the blaze was reported around 10:30 a.m. on Lone Oak Circle in the west...
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Child, 2, dies after Saturday wreck
Daily Journal TUPELO – The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating a two-vehicle crash in Lee County that claimed the life of a toddler. Troopers responded to the scene at approximately 10:15...
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One killed in wreck north of Ashland
Daily Journal ASHLAND – Troopers are still investigating a one-vehicle crash in Benton County that claimed the life of a Michigan City woman. Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to...
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Oxford PD charges man with aggravated DUI
Daily Journal OXFORD – A North Carolina man is facing serious charges following a Saturday wreck on US Highway 278. Officers responded to a call of a car driving the wrong way on the four-lane highway....
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Mississippi high court hears death row appeal in 1990 case
CARR By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court is hearing arguments in an appeal from death row inmate Anthony Carr. He is one of two people convicted in the 1990...
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