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Man charged with breaking and entering in Monroe County
Monroe Journal A man is in jail after allegedly breaking into a home. Michael Fowler Stough, 38, was arrested on Friday by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and charged with breaking and entering of a...
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Mayor, NAACP call for calm during shooting investigation
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Local officials are asking the community to remain calm and patient during the investigation into a police officer-involved fatal shooting Saturday. Inflammatory...
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UPDATE: Missing man located
MONTGOMERY Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar said a missing man has been found safe and sound in Guntown. Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s...
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Name of Corinth stabbing victim released
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today CORINTH – The name of a Corinth man who was fatally stabbed has been released by Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones. Bobby Pruitt, 50, died after being stabbed once in the...
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Woman charged with manslaughter in stabbing death of husband
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A 54-year-old woman is charged with manslaughter in the stabbing death of her husband, Corinth Police say. Gail Robinson allegedly stabbed her husband, Bobby Pruitt, 50,...
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Deputies arrest man accused of raping, impregnating daughter
PITTSBORO (AP) – Authorities have arrested a Calhoun County man they say raped and impregnated his daughter. Sheriff Greg Pollan told news outlets that officials arrested the 48-year-old man Thursday...
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Four in custody following reported drive-by shooting
Southern Sentinel RIPLEY — Four suspects are in custody after a reported drive-by shooting in Ripley. A possible drive-by shooting on Moores Mill Road in Ripley was reported by 911 on Monday. A Ripley...
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Appeals court affirms lower court robbery conviction
CONYERS Daily Journal JACKSON – A Batesville man’s appeal to have his armed robbery conviction thrown out was denied. Christopher Conyers, 36, pleaded guilty in April 2014 in connection with an...
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Man in critical condition after mobile home explosion
By Josh Mitchell Corinth Today A man was listed in critical condition Tuesday at Regional One Health in Memphis after a mobile home explosion Sunday morning in Alcorn County. Jay Daniel Baker, 52, was...
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Charge upgraded to murder for Nettleton man
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – A Nettleton man saw charges of aggravated assault upgraded to murder Tuesday after the man he allegedly hurt died of injuries sustained in a May altercation....
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Houston woman sentenced for Medicaid fraud
HAMBLET Daily Journal A Chickasaw County nurse is headed to prison for one year after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Tuesday. Cheryl Renee Hamblet,...
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Police shootings are rarity in region
SHELTON By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Fatal shootings at the hands of police are uncommon in Northeast Mississippi. Over the past three decades, the Tupelo Police Department has had four...
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Family demands answers over Tupelo police shooting
Thomas Wells | Buy at photos.djournal.com Dollie Jones, left, the mother of Antwun Shumpert, consoles her daughter-in-law, Peggy Shumpert, as their attorney, Carlos Moore, addresses the news media...
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Several injured in Saturday night fight
TUPELO – Two adults and three juveniles were injured in a large brawl Saturday night at a Tupelo apartment complex. Tupelo police were called to Hilldale Apartments at 320 Monument St. around 11 p.m....
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Davis named state Deputy of the Year
Ray Van Dusen | Buy at photos.MonroeCountyJournal.com “I try to treat everyone the same way I treat my grandmother or how I’d want my grandmother to be treated,” says Brandon Davis, a Monroe County...
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Investigation into Lafayette Co. killings complete
Oxford Citizen OXFORD – The investigation into the deaths of two Lafayette County residents over the weekend has come to a conclusion. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the...
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Sheriff ready to charge woman with cyber threat
JOHNSON By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson has begun the process to charge a woman with using social media to threaten him and his department. Following the June 18...
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UPDATE: Search for Tupelo burglary suspect ongoing
THOMAS WELLS | BUY at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COMTupelo Police begin to search a wooded lot near a home on Ashley Lane that was broken into Thursday morning. Daily Journal TUPELO – Tupelo Police Department...
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By Zack Orsborn Daily Journal TUPELO – Federal authorities and local community leaders are now “in dialogue” regarding the fatal shooting of a Tupelo man by a Tupelo police officer, according to the...
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OPD makes another arrest for burglary
Daily Journal OXFORD – Investigators of the Oxford Police Department arrested James Mathis with one count of burglary on Tuesday. Mathis, 54 of Oxford, was charged with burglary of a dwelling on...
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