TUPELO • While Sept. 22 may just be another ordinary day for most people, it’s now one of purpose and service for Dan Johnson and others involved with veterans’ organizations.
VERONA • The two men wanted for questioning in connection with a double homicide last week in Verona are no strangers to law enforcement.
TUPELO • A Tuesday morning fire on one of Lee County’s few remaining wooden bridges will force folks in the Pratts community to find a new way home.
More people returned to work in August as schools and businesses reopened, helping drop the unemployment rate in Northeast Mississippi.
The following reports were filed Tuesday by the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Tupelo Police Department.
TUPELO • Voters in Mississippi can now request to vote by absentee ballot for the general election in November.
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 465 additional cases of COVID-19 and 36 additional deaths.
Americans’ household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to the most affluent households even as tens of millions of people endured job losses and shrunken incomes.
TUPELO • Ongoing renovations will write the next chapter of the Oren Dunn City Museum.
The following reports were filed Monday by the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Tupelo Police Department.
Lucien Smith on Monday announced he’s stepping down as Mississippi Republican Party chairman, with Gov. Tate Reeves backing Coast businessman Frank Bordeaux to replace him.
An early morning accident Sept. 21 claimed the life of an Aberdeen man.
TUPELO • Tupelo police responded to two separate shots fired calls 18 hours apart Saturday.
A Pontotoc County man died Sunday (Sept. 20) from injuries he had received early that morning in a fire that destroyed his home on Cooke Road in southern Pontotoc County, according to Pontotoc County Fire Investigator Scott Gregory.
According to the Amory Police Department, Sam A. Thomas, 29, of Aberdeen was charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Monroe County Justice Court Judge Brandon Davis set bond, and the subject was turned over to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
According to court records, Jeffery Dewayne Kennedy, 55, of Amory pleaded guilty to the murder of William E. “Pops” Phillips of Amory, who was first reported missing June 8, 2011.
ABERDEEN – One Aberdeen High School student was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, while 25 other students who were known to be in close contact with the individual are on quarantine.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in identifying a person suspected of a series of break-ins in the Greenwood Springs area.
Wicker's position stands in contrast to what he said in 2016, when Democratic President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the court.
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Jackson • A federal investigation into allegations of corruption at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility has led to the removal of 10 employees.
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Monday reported 192 additional cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths.
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Sunday reported 277 more cases of COVID-19 and one death.
TUPELO • A year after successfully winning an elected post in county government in his first political foray, Todd Jordan says he will enter the race to become the City of Tupelo’s next mayor.
Julie Campbell had to rethink her new wallpaper business before she could sell her first sheet.
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Maternal fetal medicine specialist Justin Brewer, M.D., will see high risk maternity patients at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Amory the second Thursday of each month beginning Oct. 8.
TUPELO • Since 1991, the Major Thoroughfare Program has remade the city’s transportation infrastructure. Now plans are underway to answer a key question: what’s next?
TUPELO • Mike Espy, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, hosted an in-person campaign event Saturday in Tupelo and pledged that, if elected, he would always make himself available to constituents and help find solutions to what he described as Mississippi’s dire health care issues.
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Saturday reported 655 more cases of COVID-19 and 17 new deaths.
Tupelo • CARF International recently announced that North Mississippi Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute has been accredited for a period of three years for its Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs-Hospital (Adult) and Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs-Hospital: Stroke Specialty Program …
VERONA • Lee County authorities are looking for a pair of Black men in connection with a Thursday night shooting in Verona that left two people dead.
WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.
OXFORD – A Marshall County man has been charged with a pair of home invasions and a rape that happened in Oxford in July.
TUPELO • Retired Air Force Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris went to American Legion Post 49 in Tupelo Friday afternoon for MIA/POW Recognition day. Instead of a program remembering and honoring those missing in action and prisoners of war, the ceremony was actually to dedicate a “homecoming room…
NETTLETON • Nettleton High School students will be back in the classroom on Monday after a potential COVID-19 outbreak pushed district officials to suspend in-person classes for a week.
Tupelo Public School District reported nine new positive COVID-19 cases among students during the fifth week back to school, in an update shared Friday afternoon.
DES MOINES, Iowa • The federal government said Friday that it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they have experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because of the coronavirus pandemic.
TUPELO • A series of free seminars to help people with financial planning will take place over the next three months.
The following reports were filed Friday by the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Tupelo Police Department.
JACKSON • The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday ruled that not all voters at a higher risk from COVID-19 due to pre-existing health conditions can vote by an absentee ballot in the upcoming November election.
TUPELO • Long before Morris McCain became a noted mural artist, he was a dedicated Elvis Presley fan growing up in Amory.
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported 497 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths.
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VERONA • Verona police are actively investigating a Thursday night shooting that left two people dead.
TUPELO • The Lee County Jail started the week with 41 felony inmates waiting to be shipped to the state prison system. It ended the week with 49, and that was after the state hauled off nine men Tuesday.
Construction contractors or anyone interested in starting or expanding their business are encouraged to participate in the Mississippi Development Authority’s free Virtual Model Contractor Development Program. The program kicks off on Tuesday, Sept .22, at 6 p.m.
SHANNON • Friends, coworkers and students of Shannon special education teacher Summer Bradley, who died Saturday at the age of 34, held a candlelight vigil in her honor, Thursday night.
BALDWYN • City leaders in Baldwyn recognized the artistic contributions of two Baldwyn natives Thursday by unveiling historical markers for George Wardlaw and Elijah Pierce.
TUPELO • After issuing a subpoena directed against AT&T last week, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley now says the telecommunications company will supply him with additional information about its use of federal funds intended for the expansion of rural broadband service.
TUPELO • The Tupelo Homeless Task Force is working through housing challenges caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
