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Downed traffic light Wednesday at Highway 45 and Barnes Crossing Road.
UPDATE: Traffic is moving on Barnes Crossing Road
Traffic is moving on Barnes Crossing Road after an 18-wheeler carrying a mobile home struck a street light pole, blocking the road.
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Oktibbeha Co. sheriff gets $35K grants
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department has received law enforcement grants totaling $35,000.
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Pontotoc utility customers to see lower rates
The Public Service Commission says the city-owned gas system was overcharging.
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This April 29, 2012 photo provided by the Greenwood, Miss., Police Department shows Dr. Arnold Smith, 70, of Greenwood. Smith and William Paul Muller, 54, of Morgan City are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and being held without bond at the Leflore County Jail for their alleged roles in a plot to kill Greenwood attorney Lee Abraham. (AP Photo/Greenwood Police Department)
Detective: Video shows murder-for-hire discussion
A Mississippi police detective has testified that a video shows an oncologist and an alleged hit man discussing a plot to kill the divorce lawyer who represented the doctor's ex-wife.
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Guntown parent arrested at school
She was charged with disorderly conduct and public profanity.
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Tate County sheriff Brad Lance, left, Lent Rice, DeSoto County sheriff s office, Jay Hale, DeSoto County district attorney s office, Panola County sheriff Dennis Darby, John Champion, DeSoto County District Attorney and DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco make their way to the county courthouse in Hernando, Miss., on Monday, May 14, 2012 for a news conference concerning two recent roadway killings in North Mississippi. Authorities believe the killer may be posing as a police officer. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Stan Carroll)
Caution urged during Miss. highway killer search
As they search for suspects in two highway killings, authorities in northwest Mississippi are urging drivers to use caution when approached by any vehicle with flashing blue lights.
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3 left in search for new Columbus schools chief
John G. Ladner, the interim superintendent of the Moss Point School District, is no longer a candidate for superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District.
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TVA: Browns Ferry not yet ready for re-inspection
TVA says its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, which has been under a federal safety warning for a year, isn't yet ready for an inspection.
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Habitual offender gets 10 years for auto theft
A Biloxi man prosecuted as a habitual offender has been sentenced to 10 years day for day for stealing a vehicle while its owner enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ten Aberdeen seniors may not graduate, 13 others said to be at risk
Ten Aberdeen High School seniors will not graduate and 13 more are at risk of not being part of the May 27 graduation ceremony.
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Joseph Sentor holds his 9-month-old daughter Marley, as his wife pins a badge onto his uniform during the North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy graduation ceremony at the Link Centre in Tupelo on Friday. (C. TODD SHERMAN | DAILY JOURNAL)
Graduation Day: TPD's newest complete rigorous training
Ten weeks ago, Tupelo's three newest police officers walked into an academy classroom.
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A van sporting The Lost Pizza Co. s logo violated Tupelo s code because it sat without moving for months, but the eatery s owner now will use it for catering deliveries in an effort to comply. (EMILY LE COZ | DAILY JOURNAL)
Eatery's antique van remains
An old van that has come to symbolize The Lost Pizza Co. can stay in the restaurant's North Gloster Street parking lot despite a warning by the city it'd have to go.
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The $11.3 million aquatic center at Veterans Park will be paid for out of a Tupelo bond issue. Construction is expected to begin later this year. (COURTESY)
Tupelo reworks aquatic center project
In the wake of the City Council's rejection Tuesday of six overpriced bids to construct Tupelo's new aquatic center, stakeholders today will re-examine the project.
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Saltillo aldermen set referendum
Residents June 12 will have the opportunity to vote on an increased property tax levy to make road improvements in the city.
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NMMC hands out Spirit awards
Four Lee County women were honored for their spirit in doing extraordinary things. The Spirit of Women awards are chosen annually by North Mississippi Medical Center from community nominations.
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The Oxford Square and nearby downtown areas have an acute shortage of parking, and the Downtown Parking Commission is working on solutions that envision a more pedestrian-friendly square. (BRUCE NEWMAN/OXFORD EAGLE)
Oxford to negotiate parking contract
After a public hearing in which the audience mostly opposed proposals for paid streetside parking, aldermen nevertheless authorized negotiating a contract to manage that effort.
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Tupelo Police Department offers citizens' academy
Anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to be a police officer has a chance to peek into the law enforcement life.
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Verandah House work to begin
City officials on Tuesday authorized solicitation for bids to begin restoration work on the historic Verandah House, a Corinth-owned National Historic Landmark.
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The $11.3 million aquatic center at Veterans Park will be paid for out of a Tupelo bond issue. Construction is expected to begin later this year. (COURTESY)
Aquatic bid process defended
Aquatic center planners responded Tuesday to criticism that they mishandled the project's bid process, which resulted in six overpriced construction proposals that ultimately were rejected.
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Mid-Southerners swept up by curling
He's been all over the country. His family is from Michigan. But Shawn Braddock didn't try curling until he moved to Olive Branch.
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Corinth split again, but this time no complaints
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JACKSON -- In 2011 when Democrats controlled the Mississippi House and attempted redistricting, their effort created a firestorm of protest in Corinth. The Corinth Board of Aldermen passe...
Bigbee Fork to vote in Monroe House district
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JACKSON --  District 20 under the new House redistricting plan includes most of northern Monroe County, a tiny fraction of southern Lee County and the tiniest southwest corner of Itawamba Count...

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Stanford receiver sues two Baton Rouge-area law firms
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The receiver for the Stanford companies has sued Adams & Reese LLP and Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP for $1.8 billion, alleging that the New Orleans and Baton Rouge law firms h...
Sunday: Snippets on Stanford trial, Davis so far
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HOUSTON, Texas – It's Week 3 on Monday for the U.S. vs R. Allen Stanford. Former CFO James M. Davis, who once lived west of Baldwyn, continues on the stand as the government's witnesss closest ...
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Super Bowl winners New York Giants get "Big Blue" rings

New York Giants Ahmad Bradshaw shows off his newly designed ring commemorating their Super Bowl victory earlier this year arrived at Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Players and coaches with the New York Giants football team gathered at Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store in New York City on Wednesday evening to receive newly designed rings commemorating their Super Bowl victory earlier this year. The white-gold rings feature the Giants' logo in diamonds set in blue enamel and encircled by 37 blue sapphires, and is engraved with the years of the Giants' four Super Bowl victories, the first in 1986. "It's every boy's dream to come to Tiffany's and get a ring. ...


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Third suspect in slaying of U.S. Marine's wife pleads not guilty
VISTA, California (Reuters) - An expectant mother has become the third suspect to plead not guilty to murder charges in the mysterious slaying of a young woman killed in California while her husband, a U.S. Marine from Camp Pendleton, was away in Afghanistan. Dorothy Grace Maraglino, who is several months pregnant, is one of three friends, including another Camp Pendleton Marine, who shared a San Diego-area home where the victim, Brittany Killgore, 22, was slain on April 13, prosecutors said. ...
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Confrontation brews in Congress over detainee law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers moved toward a confrontation over the government's power to detain suspected terrorists on Wednesday as the Republican-led House of Representatives began debate on a defense policy bill the White House has threatened to veto. Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, sought to amend the law to guarantee people arrested in the United States on terrorism charges could not be detained indefinitely without trial or transferred to military custody. ...
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Guantanamo lawyers want ex-CIA official to testify

File photo of detainees sitting in a holding area at Naval Base Guantanamo BayMIAMI (Reuters) - Defense lawyers want to force a former CIA official who supervised what they called torture of al Qaeda captives to testify in the war crimes tribunal for five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. They argue that Jose Rodriguez, former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, has information pertinent to the defense allegation that the government is using security classifications to hide evidence their clients were tortured. ...


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