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Clinton, Dorothy Marshall
Dorothy Clinton died peacefully in Tupelo, MS, July 28, 2022. A woman of strong Christian faith, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Dorothy Clinton was born to Dean and Myrtle Marshall on October 11, 1926 in Sikeston, MO. A life-long resident of Sikeston, she attended Sou... | null | null | null | null | null |
Metcalfe, Carolyn
Mrs. Carolyn McCool Metcalfe, age 78, went to her heavenly home, Monday, August 1, 2022 while surrounded by her daughters at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born December 29, 1943, in Columbus, MS, to Earl and Katye Hodges. She graduated from Cumberland High School in 1962 where she met her... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mills, Jr, C.T.
C.T. Mills, Jr. , 78, crossed over from this life to the next realm on Saturday, July 30, 2022 from Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a brief illness. C.T. was the owner of Shade Tree Lounge from l978-2018. He was legendary in the hospitality industry in these parts and was a friend to hundreds of... | null | null | null | null | null |
Reeves, Betty
Betty Ruth Senter Reeves, 73, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at her home.She was born on October 5, 1948, in Monroe County to Stanley C. and Elgene Cox Senter.Betty grew up in Smithville and graduated from Smithville High School in 1966 and furthered her education at Vaughan's Beauty College in Abe... | null | null | null | null | null |
Street, Johnnie
Johnie Sue Long Street, 79, died Thursday, July 28, at her home in Canton, Mississippi, after a brief illness. She was born in Baldwyn, Mississippi, on August 30, 1942, to the late Bernice White Goodrum Parham and Johnie Edward Goodrum and grew up in the Auburn community. She was a 1960 graduate of Moor... | null | null | null | null | null |
Weathers, Karrie
Karrie Wilson Weathers, 91 of Eggville took his final flight Friday, July 29, 2022. He was born at home in Eggville on February 1, 1931 to the late Denver and Louie Weathers. He graduated from Mooreville High School in 1951 where he was a basketball all-star. Karrie joined the U.S. Air Force serving in... | null | null | null | null | null |
Andrews, Kingley
Kingley S. Andrews, 84, longtime Aurora IL resident was called home to the Lord on Friday, July 22, 2022. Kingley was born in New Albany, Mississippi on January 24, 1938. Kingley is survived by his sons Steven Andrews (Mary) of York, PA, and David Andrews (Mary) of Red Lion, PA; his grandchildren: Meli... | null | null | null | null | null |
Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask said Monday afternoon (Aug. 1) they are investigating the stabbing death of a 17-year-old male.
Sheriff Mask said the stabbing occurred Sunday night at a residence in eastern Pontotoc County.
Mask said the investigation is ongoing and he did not want to identify the victim at this time ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Tupelo 49ers are hauling some big lumber to Pelham, Alabama, this week.
Tupelo enters the American Legion Mid-South Regional with an offense that’s gone into beast mode. Those bats swill be swinging Wednesday when the 49ers face Pittsburg (Kan.) in the first round at 1 p.m.
During a five-game sweep through the stat... | null | null | null | null | null |
Nettleton Intermediate School Principal Valeria Gladney has taken a creative approach as being a classroom teacher and she plans to continue that drive through her first year as an administrator.
Classroom teacher hopes to add creative touch through principal role
NETTLETON – From teaching students how to make function... | null | null | null | null | null |
Longtime Smithville Attendance Center Principal Dr. Chad O’Brian is ready for the next challenge in his career – leading the Monroe County School District as its new superintendent.
"I’m both excited and nervous. I feel a sense of overwhelmingness,” he said.
He succeeds Brian Jernigan, who retired from the position Jun... | null | null | null | null | null |
New Monroe County CTC director looks towards his next career opportunity
Even though the Monroe County Career and Technical Education Center’s new director, Noah Wren, has 11 years of educational experience, a previous career helped him find the right classroom fit.
He taught the center’s auto body and collision repair... | null | null | null | null | null |
Principal’s role a long time coming for career Nettleton Primary School educator
NETTLETON – Dawn Hairald, who begins her first role as principal this school year, has spent her entire career at Nettleton Primary School. More so, she began her own education at the school, and her first-grade teacher, Gail Senter, inspi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Smithville principal position latest administrative role for longtime educator
SMITHVILLE – Serving 18 years as an educator in the Monroe County School District, Smithville Attendance Center’s new principal, Jeff Brooks, is looking forward to building on previous success.
His vision for the school is for it to not just... | null | null | null | null | null |
Student growth, enhanced safety among goals for Nettleton School District
NETTLETON – For School Year ‘22-’23, one goal for Nettleton School District Superintendent Tim Dickerson is to focus on enhancing growth for students.
“We greatly need to focus more on student performance, mainly growth. A majority of our student... | null | null | null | null | null |
Cooper Dixon with Dixon's Safety Consulting uses Google Maps to point out the area around Tupelo High School during a table-top security exercise with Tupelo Public School District security, administrators and Tupelo Police on Monday morning. The meeting also covered potential emergency situations like tornadoes and fi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Keith Storey dances with Tammy Wilson in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Storey walked away as the grand champion of the event, raising more than $78,000 for the clubs located in Oxford, New Albany, Tupelo and Ripley.... | null | null | null | null | null |
These site plans show a proposed apartment complex that could be built in the Colonial Estates subdivision of Tupelo.
The city has taken long enough to make a decision about a proposed apartment complex on Colonial Estates Road. The controversial project has been through multiple hearings. The public has addressed conc... | null | null | null | null | null |
Italians didn’t care. At least most of them didn’t. And that’s ironic because Italian women don’t assume their husbands’ names when they say “I Do.” They keep their maiden names, which if we’re going to be honest, are their father’s names. They don’t see the need to declare their independence from men with verbal and o... | null | null | null | null | null |
A 23-year-old Ecru man has been charged with murder in the July 31 stabbing death of a 17-year-old Pontotoc County man, Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask said Tuesday (Aug. 2) morning.
Sheriff Mask said that Tyrekus Dajon Sanders, 23, of Old Highway 15, Ecru, is charged with the murder of 17-year-old Deric Gates Heard, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wright, who should be in the first sentence of any discussion about “Mississippi’s greatest ever high school football coach,” was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame last weekend — despite his contention he doesn’t belong.
Justice speaks the truth. In fact, no telling how many games Wright would have won ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Members of The New Golden Echoes kick off the Lee Williams Legacy Fest, held Saturday and Sunday at the Tupelo Furniture Market. The two-day festival featured more than two dozen gospel acts to commemorate the Pontotoc native and gospel singer Lee Williams, who died a year ago.
The music at Saturday's Lee Williams Lega... | null | null | null | null | null |
Pam Tharp, Lee County School Board Member for District 3, and Megan Cates, Principal of Mooreville Elementary School, cut the ribbon to officially open the new road that connects the back of the school with county road 1310. The road is one way and will be used as the carpool drop-off and pick up.
Coke McGee, Superinte... | null | null | null | null | null |
As seen on a computer screen from a DVD prepared by Al-Sahab production, al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 20, 2006. Al-Zawahri, the top al-Qaida leader, was killed by the U.S. over the weekend in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak about the operation on Monday night... | null | null | null | null | null |
Davis, Janie
Janie Lawrence Davis entered fully into the presence of the Lord on Monday, August 1st, 2022, she was 79. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Fletcher and Annie Lee Rodgers Gafford, her first husband and father of her children, William Terry (Bill) Lawrence and her second husband, Thomas Wilbur... | null | null | null | null | null |
James Ralph Kuykendall, 91 of Amory, died at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on July 31, 2022. Visitation will be at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. The funeral service will be Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at East Amory Missionary Baptist Church. Ralph... | null | null | null | null | null |
Patterson, Shirley Lou
Shirley Lou Manning Patterson, age 82, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was born January 18, 1940 to Farno Clark and Virginia Gibson Manning. Shirley was a graduate of Delta State University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education a... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this file photo, Kermit Davis Sr. speaks to fans and friends after his son was introduced Monday, March 19, 2018 as the new men’s basketball coach at Ole Miss. Davis Sr., a Walnut native, was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Before Hoosiers and Chitwood, there were Walnut and Kermit Dav... | null | null | null | null | null |
BMC Athletics named NAIA Gold Five-Star COC Institution
KANSAS CITY, Mo. • The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced this week that Blue Mountain College has been selected as a Champions of Character Five-Star Institution at the Gold Medal level for the 2021-22 academic year.
Started by the... | null | null | null | null | null |
New Ripley volleyball head coach Laura Booth discussing with her players during a timeout in Saturday's scrimmages at Kossuth.
Ripley freshman outside hitter Lola Ward awaits for the serve in Saturday's scrimmage at Kossuth versus Hickory Flat. Ward has been one of the biggest standouts for the Lady Tigers over the sum... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kimberlin
Nine area football teams enter camp with new head coaches
High school football teams open preseason camp on Monday, and nine area MHSAA programs will be doing so with a new head coach.
Some of the coaches are familiar faces, promoted from within; some have come in from successful programs. For some, this is t... | null | null | null | null | null |
A lot has changed in my life this year.
In January, I began the arduous process of packing up everything I own to move away from my hometown of Hattiesburg for the first time since I was a child. In February, I completed that move and took up residence in Tupelo. I found myself in unfamiliar territory surrounded by str... | null | null | null | null | null |
STARKVILLE — Those who are, like me, old enough to remember life before air conditioning in the Deep South often flinch a bit when passionate, well-meaning young prison reformers launch into a lecture about the cruelties of operating state prisons without the benefit of that comfort.
As I’ve noted before in writing on ... | null | null | null | null | null |
It’s not OCD or is it?
I have been accused of having OCD tendencies. I disagree, this is not OCD it is just simply, I like to have a place for everything and everything in its place.
For example, I am not the only person who has a kitchen organized with skillets, pots, cooking utensils, spices, place settings, glasses,... | null | null | null | null | null |
Plot twist: Our son, Jackson (center), FGG, and me in front of Ole Miss Law School the day of Jackson's tour in February. I had no idea that this visit would inspire my unexpected path.
Now I know how Elle Woods felt when she took the LSAT.
By Bella Steiert
How it started; how it's going:
I have a deep, dark secret tha... | null | null | null | null | null |
A carved marble water fountain was installed at J.C. Nance Park in Ripley during June after a gift from an anonymous donor helped fund the project.
RIPLEY• The City of Ripley's J.C. Nance Park isn't just for kids anymore.
A carved marble water fountain, a gift from an anonymous donor, was installed at the North Main St... | null | null | null | null | null |
Starting school safely: STSD emergency response teacher training gets tactical
RIPLEY • Recently, the South Tippah School District has taken measures to increase school preparedness for emergency situations. Especially in light of the recent mass shootings, the STSD wants to do all it can to protect the lives of its st... | null | null | null | null | null |
Itawamba County remains under high level risk for COVID-19 cases
Itawamba County remains at a high level risk for COVID-19 cases according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH).
In the July 24 report, MSDH shows the ongoing pandemic now has Itawamba County reporting a total of 7,932 confirmed cases, roug... | null | null | null | null | null |
T.C.Rollins
Mississippi is home to 165,000 veterans - seven percent of the population.
Veterans need access to healthcare
T.C. Rollins National Judge Advocate General
Mississippi is known for many great things. It is home to acclaimed writers, entertainers, and athletes; Southern food and hospitality; and the birthplac... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wicker successfully negotiates China competition bill
One of the biggest changes to our economy in recent decades has been our dependence on microchips. These tiny electronic devices – sometimes called semiconductors – are essential to our phones, computers, cars, laundry machines, and a whole range of everyday applian... | null | null | null | null | null |
LIBRARY MUSINGS: Summer Reading Program success!
By JEFFREY MARTIN Head Librarian Itawamba County Pratt Memorial Library
Hey, everybody! I hope each of you has had a great summer thus far. We recently finished this year’s Summer Reading Program at the library. We ended the summer with 240 people signed up for our Summe... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jacob Robertson has won several awards including winning the “Write About Jesus,” songwriting competition in 2018.
On August 6, an EP release party will be held at Tammy Wynette Legacy Center (TWLC) for local artist Jacob Robertson, of Smithville, promoting his new project “The Well.”
Officially released on July 23, th... | null | null | null | null | null |
Qualifying is set to open on Aug. 10 for two Itawamba County school board seats.
Districts 1 and 2 seats will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. Currently, Wonda Cromeans holds the seat for District 1 and Dr. Wes Pitts holds the District 2 seat.
Candidates interested in running for either of the positions must h... | null | null | null | null | null |
During the last school term, the kindergarten and first grade students at Fairview planted various tomato plants before school let out for break. Teacher Carrie Guntharp and her family maintained the plants over the summer and students will return to school to find tomatoes continuing to grow.
The Nest, the name of the... | null | null | null | null | null |
Hamilton's Tori Harrison helped lead the Northeast Lady Tigers to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament this past season. She plans to continue her softball career at Tuskegee University.
Michael H. Miller/Northeast Public Information
In two years, Tori Harrison tallied 51 hits, 41 RBIs, 11 doubles and seven home runs with th... | null | null | null | null | null |
Dabbling back into the sports side and preseason football observations
I don’t have any problem saying it – I’m a nerd.
I was a nerd growing up in that bookwormy sense, and I’m a nerd now in that some of the strangest things make me happy – like that time of the year when it’s time to visit all of our football coaches ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Coaches and athletic directors in Pontotoc have mixed feelings about a new MHSAA rule, but all agree that the safety of players and promoting good sportsmanship are top priorities.
The MHSAA announced last week that if a team leads by 35 points, at halftime or any point thereafter, the clock runs. The clock stops only ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Fulton native Kenneth McKinney, Sr. has authored the recently published, "Yes, You Can Win!".
KENNETH McKINNEY, SR. I COURTESY PHOTO
Fulton native Kenneth McKinney, Sr. is the author of the new book, “Yes, You Can Win!” The book was published in early July by Xulon Press. “The book is about discovering and applying the... | null | null | null | null | null |
The book bag: "Two-Way Murder"
The Hunt Ball is the biggest social event of the year, and Dilys Maine is the woman every man wants to dance with at the Ball and dream of marrying. Maine’s neighbor Michael Reeve carries his family’s reputation for trouble despite his efforts to make a good name for himself. Dilys seems ... | null | null | null | null | null |
WREN – An Aug. 2 accident involving a motorcycle and a four-wheeler claimed the lives of both drivers.
According to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley, James Harold Strawhorn, 22, of Wren was the driver of the motorcycle, and Vincent Hale, 54, of Okolona was the driver of the four-wheeler.
Gurley said both men died from... | null | null | null | null | null |
Amory's Asia Ivy will return to the starting center position for the Lady Panthers in her senior year.
Amory's Emarie Boddie was a spark off the bench for the Lady Panthers last season, but she plans to step into a starting role as a sophomore.
Amory's Ashanti Smith will add to the Lady Panthers' height in the post.
La... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jerry and Taylor Davis received their Bible for their new home from Barbara Carter while Kimberly Easterling gave them the keys to their new Habitat Home at the dedication recently.
Habitat for humanity hosts new home dedication, applications for new home will begin soon
Recently Pontotoc County Habitat for Humanity ho... | null | null | null | null | null |
AMORY • An Amory man involved in a July 21 motor vehicle accident died 10 days later from his injuries.
According to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley, James Kuykendall, 91, was the passenger of an SUV that collided with a truck at the intersection of Highway 6 and Old Highway 6.
He died July 31 at the North Mississipp... | null | null | null | null | null |
Tyler Basil
Drew Dodds
Kristin Norwood
Tina Orman
Witt Spencer
Ellen Staten
D'Ann Tanner
New Albany, Mississippi: On behalf of the BNA Bank board of directors, James R. Collins, Chief Executive Officer, announces the following promotions:
Tyler Basil has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development. A gradua... | null | null | null | null | null |
Baptist Hospital Administrator James Grantham reads some of his concerns about the proposed ordinance.
The Union County Board of Supervisors Monday tabled an ordinance that would create an Emergency Medical Services District and would regulate ambulance services in the county.
This was following a public hearing in whi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Langley named to state teacher advisory council
The Mississippi Department of Education recently announced the addition of 52 highly regarded education professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC) for the 2022-23 school year.
“It is so important to hear first-hand acco... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kimberly Langley
April Hobson
Local educators elected to state career and tech offices
At the 2022 Miss. ACTE (Mississippi Association for Career & Technical Education) Conference, held July 25-27 in Biloxi, Kimberly Langley, Early Childhood I & II Instructor at the New Albany School of Career & Technical Education, wa... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mary A. Smith Polston, 90, resident of Potts Camp, formerly of Colp, Arkansas passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, July 22, 2022. Born July 25, 1931 in Colp, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Essie and Walter Smith. Mary did not know any strangers, for everyone was her friend. Her favorit... | null | null | null | null | null |
Retired pastor pens book on how to be a happy church member
Dr. Terry Cutrer has looked out at a lot of congregations during his 44 years as pastor, serving six churches sometimes they can be a tough audience.
“Some folks have a lot of joy,” he said, “but there are some others who do not.”
Cutrer has addressed the less... | null | null | null | null | null |
State auditor talks about duties, current investigations
It’s rare for state officials to visit New Albany but Mississippi Auditor Shad White was here recently, coincidentally the same day his department was involved in news that received national attention.
White was mostly here for a public relations visit to announc... | null | null | null | null | null |
Woods receives Junior Auxiliary scholarship
The National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc., has selected River Woods of New Albany as a recipient of a graduate scholarship for the 2022-23academic year. Woods attends Delta State University where shewill continueworking on a Master of Counseling in Education. River... | null | null | null | null | null |
Homes and structures are flooded near Quicksand, Ky., Thursday, July 28, 2022. Volunteers with Tupelo-based nonprofit Eight Days of Hope will travel to Bear Creek, Kentucky, on Saturday, Aug. 6, for a two-week deployment to aid flooding victims in three counties.
Ryan C. Hermens I Lexington Herald-Leader via AP
Eight D... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this file photo from November 2021, Christy Nicholson, a child nutrition employee at Mooreville High School, prepares lunches for Mooreville High School students as they walk through the lunch line. According to the Mississippi Department of Human Services, more than 466,000 Mississippi children will receive federal... | null | null | null | null | null |
Chop shop investigation leads to two arrests
TUPELO • A routine traffic stop in July led to the arrest of two men on chop shop and other felony charges.
That investigation led police to search a north Tupelo residence. A second, more detailed search of the property in the 1000 block of Hilda Drive uncovered evidence th... | null | null | null | null | null |
JACKSON • The state welfare agency’s decision to cut ties with the attorney it hired to claw back millions of allegedly misspent federal dollars is already causing delays in the massive civil lawsuit.
Stephen Schelver, a lawyer with the state Attorney General’s Office, wrote an email on Tuesday to the attorneys represe... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mississippi's 36th Secretary of State Michael Watson
Get ready to vote, Mississippi
By MICHAEL WATSON Guest columnist
When I was elected, I swore an oath and was entrusted with ensuring our elections are safe and secure. During the 2022 legislative session, we were able to work with our Legislature to pass key legislat... | null | null | null | null | null |
Defensive end Jordan Davis is healthy again after suffering a torn ACL early in August camp in 2021. MSU coach Mike Leach believes Davis could make a big impact this season.
Mississippi State football players are making their own foray into the name, image and likeness space.
What dozens of Bulldogs teased Tuesday on s... | null | null | null | null | null |
obits: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Paxxtyn Tate Clark, Ripley
Archie Hubert Colvin, Oxford
Jessica Graham, New Albany
Gerald Jenkins, Tupelo
Sarah Catherine Rayburn, Pontotoc
Reginald F. Rose, Tupelo
Patsy Sheffield, Mooreville
OXFORD - Archie Hubert Colvin, 75, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at his residence in Oxf... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Veteran's Corner for August
Suicide rates among active-duty military members are currently at an all-time high since record-keeping began after 9/11 and have been increasing over the past five years at an alarmingly steady pace. In fact, some branches of the Armed Forces are experiencing the highest rate of suicide... | null | null | null | null | null |
Juice Kiffin and Ole Miss wide receiver Jonathan Mingo.
Ole Miss via Twitter
OXFORD — College football is too competitive to sweat the details of success.
Maybe the plan wasn’t what you intended. Maybe there was no plan.
If it works in your favor, and it’s not unethical or illegal just roll with it.
So it is with Lane ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Back-to-back homers power 49ers at regional
The Tupelo 49ers opened with a win in the American Legion Mid-South Regional on Wednesday.
Davis Oswalt and Jackson McCoy both homered as Tupelo knocked off Pittsburg (Kan.) 5-2 in a first-round game in Pelham, Alabama. The 49ers (33-1) will play again at 7 p.m. Thursday agai... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jenkins, Gerald
Gerald Jenkins spent most of his life in Ohio before moving to Tupelo 4 months ago to be near his daughter, Emily and son in law, Ron as his health failed. He departed this life for the greater realm from his Tupelo residence on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 just a month before his 87th birthday. Gerald was bo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rayburn, Sarah Catherine
Sarah Catherine Parker Rayburn, age 80, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. She was born April 15, 1942 to Houston Alfonso "Jack" and Beatrice Alice Collins Parker. Sarah was a graduate of East MS Community College and worked as a bookkeeper at Tupelo Auto Sales for many ye... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rose, Reginald F.
Tupelo—Reginald Francis "Reggie" Rose passed away peacefully Sunday, July 31, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 82 years old. Born in Roanoke, Virginia on June 10, 1940, Reggie was the son of Leslie F. and Odessa Eanes Rose. After his high school graduation, he earned his business degr... | null | null | null | null | null |
Senter, Sandra Lee
The lyrics to a well-written country & western song once stated, "You don't kill time, time kills you. Just think it over, you know it's true..." On Tuesday morning, August 2, 2022 at12:38 a.m., the singer-songwriter of this beautiful ballad, Sandra Lee Senter, was ushered from her worldly home in Fu... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves speaks at a press conference regarding the Rental Assistance for Mississippians Program (RAMP) established during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. The Governor announced that the state would no longer be accepting applications for the program effective A... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Mike's BBQ House
The staff at Mike’s BBQ House include, from left, Paige Roberts, Lydia Haynie, Torie Keys and Mike Keys.
Mike at work
Mike's BBQ drawing hungry diners to Blue Springs
It’s not surprising to see a thriving business decide to move to a larger market, but sometimes going in the... | null | null | null | null | null |
Melissa Thomas, Tupelo High School's new principal, sits in her office on Aug. 2, 2022. Thomas steps up to the role as the state's largest high school's first Black principal and also its first permanent female principal — both barriers she's thrilled to have broken. Now, she's eager to lead the school and its students... | null | null | null | null | null |
Alivia Roberts of Shannon waves to the crowd after being crowned Miss Washington, D.C. on June 19. The proud native of Shannon, Mississippi, currently lives and works in the nation's capital, but is looking forward to representing her current city and home state as she competes for the title of Miss America later this ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mr. Mayor’s Youth Council Caleb Roberson escorts Ms. Mayor’s Youth Council McKenzie McDonald during last week’s Blue Carpet Ball.
RAY VAN DUSEN/MONROE JOURNAL
Blue Carpet Ball focuses on youth’s potential and expectations
ABERDEEN – Members of the community danced the night away July 29 after being inspired by the pote... | null | null | null | null | null |
Members of Boy Scout Troop #39 rose to the challenge of hiking 57 miles through the Rocky Mountains during a trip last month to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
Members of the group are pictured on their hike through Philmont Scout Ranch.
ABERDEEN – Through a 12-day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico last mo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Smithville's Barker O'Brian helped lead the Noles in a few summer scrimmages.
Smithville's Clay Tacker brings more starting experience to the Noles' core group as a senior.
Smithville's Braylin Hill will be returning to the starting point guard role for the Noles in his senior year.
Noles’ hoops have high expectations ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Nettleton's Anterion Venson will return to his role as starting point guard for the third year.
Nettleton's Jamarion Ball provided the Tigers with height and shooting at the center position.
Nettleton's Zavian Dilworth was one of the leading scorers for the Tigers last year.
Tigers focused on developing bench to compli... | null | null | null | null | null |
KC Hunt pitches against Ole Miss on April 23 at Swayze Field in Oxford. Hunt was a 12th-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates but chose not to sign with the team.
Kevin Snyder/Mississippi State athletics
Mississippi State pitcher KC Hunt spurns Pirates, set to return to Starkville
KC Hunt got his chance at the Major Lea... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jimmy Long, left, laughs with Henry Dodge during Long's retirement reception at MLM Clothiers in downtown Tupelo in 2017.
Lauren Wood | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM
Jimmy Long, center, laughs as he talks to Reed Hillen, left, and Rick Maynard during Long's retirement reception at MLM Clothiers in downtown Tupelo in 2017.... | null | null | null | null | null |
Since 2002, Wagner has pleaded guilty in federal court to 10 bank robberies in seven states, from New Mexico to the Carolinas, including three in Mississippi. Wagner’s life of crime has followed a distinct pattern: He robs several banks, gets caught, serves about 10 years in prison, gets out and starts robbing banks ag... | null | null | null | null | null |
This photo shows multiple forms printed from the Internal Revenue Service web page in Zelienople, Pa., Feb. 13, 2019. The IRS is overburdened and understaffed, which means even the smallest error could delay the processing of your tax return for months. The biggest mistake is opting for paper filing, which could take l... | null | null | null | null | null |
Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Chris Stratton, right, celebrates with catcher Jacob Stallings after closing out a Pirates win over the Reds last year.
And it’s closer to his home than any previous address in his seven-year career.
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent starting pitcher Jose Quintana and Stratton, a reliever, t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mooreville High School's Class of 2023 celebrates the start of their senior year together in a parade on the first day back to school on Thursday morning.
Miles Dillard, a eighth grader at Mooreville Middle School, gets out at the drop-off line to start his first day back to school on Thursday morning.
A Mooreville Hig... | null | null | null | null | null |
Students make their way down the hallway at Lawndale Elementary School Thursday morning for their first day of school in the Tupelo Public School District.
Abby Ezell, right, helps a student find the correct classroom as classes get underway Thursday at Lawndale Elementary School and across the Tupelo Public School Dis... | null | null | null | null | null |
City Hall is shown through the entrance gate at Fairpark in downtown Tupelo in a March 3, 2022 file photo. City officials are back to the drawing broad on a project to bring four restrooms to the Fairpark after all bids came in significantly over budget.
Tupelo City Council rejects over budget Fairpark Restroom bids, a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Edwards, Monzella Dabbs "Mae"
Monzella Dabbs "Mae" Edwards, 81, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany, MS. Services will be on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 11:00 at Friendship C.M.E. Church, Fulton, MS . Visitation will be on Friday, August 5, 2022, 4:00 until 7:00 at the J.W. Por... | null | null | null | null | null |
Greene, Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold Greene, 77, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at Tishomingo Community Living Center, Iuka, MS of post polio syndrome. A lifelong resident of Tishomingo County, Tommy was born on September 6, 1944 to Semmie and Ollie Belle Greene. Being stricken with the polio virus at twenty-t... | null | null | null | null | null |
McKinney, Willie "Bay Bay"
Willie Joe McKinney "Bay Bay" was born on March 24, 1958, in Lee County to the union of A.C. McKinney and Edna Earl Richardson, and reared by his late stepmother, Shirley Mae McKinney. He graduated from Pontotoc High School and entered the workforce immediately upon graduation. He enjoyed and... | null | null | null | null | null |
Strawhorn, Jr., James H. "J.J."
James H. "J.J." Strawhorn, Jr, 22, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, in Wren, Mississippi. He was born on July 18, 2000, in Amory, MS, to James and Crystal McCrory Strawhorn. JJ grew up in a large family, having three sisters. A smart young man, he graduated from Amory High School ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Akin, Malcolm Kenneth
Malcolm Kenneth Akin, the first born of the late Malcolm Graves and Ruth J. Akin, was born on January 22, 1943, in Memphis Tennessee. He passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at his home in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The family will receive friends on Friday July 29, 2022, from 10:00 A.M. - noon ... | null | null | null | null | null |
After awaiting autopsy results for 16 months, Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask reported Thursday (Aug. 4) evening that a 33-year-old Reform, Alabama, man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a two-year-old Pontotoc County toddler.
Sheriff Mask said that Justin Tyler Atkins has been charged with ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Singer/songwriter and Tupelo native Paul Thorn hasn't had a drink in more than a year. For years, he said, he used alcohol as a way to relax both before and after shows, but he came to realize he was spending his days in a fog.
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TUPELO • Before he became a beloved singer/songwriter, Tupelo nativ... | null | null | null | null | null |
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Reggie Rose, longtime community volunteer, dies at 82
TUPELO • Longtime Lee County Master Gardener and community volunteer Reginald "Reggie" Rose died Sunday at the age of 82.
He began his career in furniture manufacturing with Action/Lane Industries, which transferred him to Tupelo whe... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this file photo, guests walk away from the Family Resource Center in Tupelo after taking a tour.
JACKSON • While Nancy New and her son Zach New were in the middle of combating allegations of misusing federal funds in a sprawling welfare scandal, their private school district tried to force a Northeast Mississippi no... | null | null | null | null | null |
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