Saltillo News

By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal SALTILLO - Water quality and FEMA flood maps were among the chief concerns of some 60 residents who gathered for Saltillo's first-of-its-kind community meeting Thursday at City ...

When an inmate is executed inside Mississippi's death chamber, those watching through observation room windows can make out their own reflections.

Before he died Wednesday evening, death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop apologized to his victim's family, thanked America and urged people to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Brenda Bishop says her son doesn't deserve to die. 'We just ask people to pray for him,' said Bishop of Guntown in Lee County.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal GREENVILLE - Dale Leo Bishop, scheduled for execution July 23 for his role in a Saltillo murder, says two recent developments in his appeals for a stay deserve the U.S. ...

A group that opposes capital punishment says Gov. Haley Barbour should grant clemency to death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop, who is scheduled to die July 23.

Photo: Dale Leo Bishop BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal TUPELO - Ten years ago in December, three men participated in the brutal beating leading to the death of 22-year-old Fulton resident Marcus Gentry - but only ...

BY SHEENA BARNETT Daily Journal TUPELO - Black permanent markers were a hot item Sunday afternoon at The Mall at Barnes Crossing.

By Erin Kourkounis NEMS Daily Journal TUPELO - Despite sporadic showers amid gray skies, hundreds gathered at Ballard Park on Friday for the annual Picnic in the Park celebration.

Literacy for all students is a major concern throughout the United States. Research indicates that too many students enter high school reading far below grade level and lacking the necessary math skills to be ...

Photo: Corie Stanford Miss Mississippi State University Corie Stanford of Saltillo and Miss Hinds County Diana Strickland won preliminary competitions in the Miss Mississippi Pageant Tuesday night in Vicksburg.

By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal SALTILLO - After weeks of controversy surrounding the top position at the Saltillo Fire Department, the city has hired its first full-time chief.

About Lane - Founded in March 1912 by John Lane, who bought a box plant in Altavista, Va.

PHOTO:C. Todd Sherman Liina Aunola twists and tumbles on the aerial cloud swing high above the floor of the BancorpSouth Arena on Thursday.

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal SALTILLO - Tensions flared at a standing-room-only meeting at City Hall on Monday where hundreds of residents gathered to confront federal and state flood-map officials.

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The government as bureaucracy met the government as the people face-to-face Monday night in Saltillo; the information and opinions shared made clearer where all parties stand on the issue of new flood plain ...

Conversations between the Tupelo City Council and the Lee County Board of Supervisors and movement toward cooperation on an expanded city-county jail and administrative space needs for the Tupelo Police ...

SALTILLO - They were there, sitting in the back, looking at their former student with a curiosity about the 28 years that had whisked quickly by.

Daily Journal reports SALTILLO - Issues related to provisional flood plain elevations for parts of Saltillo will get a second public discussion Monday in Saltillo City Hall's community room, a spokesman for ...