Tupelo News

A federal judge will allow reporters to have access to pre-sentencing letters written on behalf of former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter.

An Arizona man is in the Lee County Detention Center under $25,000 bond as a result of a traffic stop made Thursday in Tupelo led to the discovery of drugs.

Most stakeholders would agree that effectively measuring long-term care quality requires a multi-pronged effort.

A Fulton woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges related to a fatal 2008 traffic accident in Tupelo.

The city of Tupelo will celebrate Elvis Presley's 75th birthday in January with special exhibits, art displays and concerts.

An official with Magnolia Electric Power Association says the McComb-based utility has recouped about $3 million of the $5.3 million it invested in 2008 with the now-defunct Stanford Financial Group and its bank in Antigua.

I am writing this post at the Austin airport waiting for my 6 a.m. flight to Memphis.

A few days before Christmas last year, the better part of Aaron Reagan's gift budget went to burglar bars.

A Mississippi truck driver whose truck was found abandoned in Clarksville has been located by Clarksville Police.

The Tupelo Public School District announced Tuesday laptops will be provided for its teachers and every student from 6-12 grades starting next year.

Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering says the federal government is collecting significantly more than the state from Tuesday's auction of more than 900,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes.

State Auditor Stacey Pickering on Tuesday will auction off 1 million cartons of cigarettes and cigars seized by the state in April.

Henry Armstrong, the Columbus native who is considered one of the all-time greats in professional boxing, is among the 2010 inductees to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.

The Mississippi Development Authority will host a series of workshops statewide to provide information about the State Energy Program and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.

Tupelo day care operator Floristine Gladney has pleaded guilty to one count of using federal literacy program funds to pay some of her employees.

Fourteen horses have died in a fire at the Union County Sale Barn in New Albany.

State lawmakers could discuss legislation during their next session that would give police the ability to distinguish sex offenders by simply looking at their driver's license.

Historic preservation advocates have won their battle to save the century-old Spain House.

A financial analyst accused of embezzling nearly $9.5 million from two former Memphis employers in recent years was on probation for part of that period while paying off yet another embezzlement case, records show.

Mississippi officials are holding a public auction to sell about 1 million cartons of contraband cigarettes and small cigars.