Mooreville News

A trial judge erred in failing to dismiss the lawyers for condemned inmate William Wilson, and that decision eliminated the chance of a plea deal that would have spared Wilson's life, his attorneys argued Tuesday to the Mississippi Supreme Court.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for June 16 in William Wilson's appeal of his capital murder conviction for the 2005 slaying of a 2-year-old child.

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of speaking to sixth-graders at Mooreville Middle School.

Susanne Lindsey's selection as Parent of the Year for 2009 for the Lee County Public School District underscores the singular importance of parental volunteerism in shaping and supporting their children's ...

By M. Scott Morris Daily Journal TUPELO - Smiles of recognition spread across young faces as a keyboardist played the opening notes from the theme to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.' That shouldn't be ...

By M. Scott Morris Daily Journal The GumTree Museum of Art soon will bulge with the work of talented, young artists.

State police say a Vermilion Parish man and a Mississippi trucker died in a three-vehicle wreck in Red River Parish.

The Mississippi Democratic Party is advertising for a new executive director. I would rather spend a three-week vacation in the world's largest fire-ant bed.

BY GINNY MILLER Daily Journal TUPELO - It took more than 20 rounds, but Lee County got a new spelling bee champion Monday.

Principal Jimmy Weeks became Prisoner No. 779 on Friday, waiting in a cardboard cell for students at Mooreville Elementary School to read enough books to bail him out.

BY GINNA PARSONS Daily Journal PLANTERSVILLE - There's absolutely nothing new in Nell Hill's home, unless you count the food in her pantry.

Four people have been charged with breaking and entering and aggravated assault after a Christmas Eve incident.