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Family of man shot by deputies files lawsuit
By Ray Van Monroe Journal AMORY – Three family members of the late Ricky Keeton, who was shot and killed by Monroe County deputies at his residence on Sizemore Road last October, filed a lawsuit June 6...
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Starkville Police searching for fugitive
TAYLOR STARKVILLE – The Starkville Police Department is encouraging a wanted man to turn himself in to authorities. Andre Taylor, 29, of Brooksville, is wanted on multiple felony charges after running...
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Board braces for flood of parole requests
By Patsy R. Brumfield Mississippi Today JACKSON – Mississippi’s Parole Board is preparing for more than 1,000 inmate requests for freedom after a state Court of Appeals decision Tuesday affecting...
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Traffic snarled, no injuries in log truck wreck
Floyd Ingram | Buy at photos.chickasawjournal.comWreck crews load up a red Dodge pickup and clean up spilled diesel at a wreck on Highway 8 East shortly after noon Wednesday. By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw...
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UPDATE: Columbus man drowns in Lee County lake
Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comSearch crews pack up after recovering a body from the lake at Tombigbee State Park on Wednesday afternoon. By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – An elderly...
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Former corrections officer arrested on contraband charge
SEAGO By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – A Corinth woman who was a corrections officer in Alcorn County allegedly worked with an inmate to bring contraband into the correctional facility and was...
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One year has passed since Tupelo’s fifth All-America win
SHELTON By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – Messages, text messages mostly, have been circulating this week: “Are you ready to go back?” It’s a joke, said Melinda Tidwell, but nonetheless, these...
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MCSO investigating truck, four-wheeler thefts
Monroe Journal The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the theft of a white 1988 Ford F-250 stolen from a farmer’s shop June 12 at the intersection of Highway 25 and...
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Two arrests made in Monroe County
Monroe Journal Two Aberdeen men have been arrested in separate incidents. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Brewer, 36, of Aberdeen. He was charged with motor vehicle theft. Brewer’s...
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Seven-year-old lifesaver: Girl stays calm through emergency, saves mother
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.comPaul Harkins, Lee County 911 Director, presents Zoie Beaster, 7, with a plaque for her emergency phone call that saved the life of her mother, Cassie. By...
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Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk arrested
HAMILTON LEWIS WEST POINT – The Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk and another man were arrested on drug and trespassing charges. Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said a resident in the northern portion of...
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Belmont man charged with Tishomingo County shooting
BARNES By William Moore Daily Journal IUKA – Tishomingo County authorities have arrested a Belmont man in connection with a Thursday night shooting in the middle portion of the county. Michael Allen...
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Green: Relaying bad news is ‘worst part of the job’
GREEN By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Even though Carolyn Green has been the Lee County Coroner for 12 years, telling someone their loved one has died has not gotten any easier. The process of...
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Man fatally stabbed in Corinth
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – There was a fatal stabbing early Saturday at Oakdale Trailer Park on Fulton Drive, according to Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones. The victim, whose name has not...
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Saturday shooting leaves one dead, TPD officer injured
Daily Journal TUPELO – Law enforcement officials are investigating a routine traffic stop that turned violent and left a Tupelo Police officer and K-9 unit injured Saturday night. At approximately 10...
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Mobile home explodes in Alcorn County, man airlifted
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A man was airlifted after a mobile home exploded Sunday morning in Alcorn County, according to an official. The explosion occurred northeast of Kossuth at 353 County Road...
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911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier
MATEEN By Eric Tucker and Mike Schneider Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis...
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Lafayette deaths being investigated
Oxford Citizen Members of the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department are currently investigating two deaths. One of the deceased is being ruled as a murder. Both bodies are in Jackson at the state’s...
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Prosecutor: ‘Mississippi Burning’ civil rights case closed
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – The investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi is finally closed, the state’s attorney general said Monday, 52 years...
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Amory Police make meth arrest
Monroe Journal A Hamilton woman was arrested on a meth charge last week. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 13, an Amory Police Department officer stopped a vehicle for an expired tag. While the...
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