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Sixty years ago this month, 11 Tupelo leaders incorporated the Community Development Foundation.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Local conventioneers hope GOP gets back on schedule soon
BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal Mike Maynard of Tupelo is missing the anticipated hoopla of his first Republican National Convention, but he understands the gathering's focus has changed to concern about ...
Tupelo Recycling:Boost in recycling after full year of curbside
Tupelo recycling stats Curbside collection has raised the city's annual output of recyclable materials: - Pre-curbside recycling yield: 10 tons/year - Post-curbside recycling yield: 924 tons/year SOURCE: City ...
Changes made to accident-prone interchange
BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal TUPELO The interchange at U.S. 78 and McCullough Boulevard, notorious for frequent automobile accidents, is getting a change in traffic flow.
Jail expansion could happen by spring
By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal TUPELO - Lee County supervisors could soon approve a plan to double - if not triple - the size of the city-county jail after getting a first glimpse at the facility's expansion ...
Hoping to meet Palin, Tupelo's Maynard gets in gear with GOP convention
BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal Sitting within an arm's length of a former president and former First Lady, Tupeloan Mike Maynard on Tuesday night said he'd finally got into the swing of things at the ...
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BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal TUPELO - For Chris Wiginton, United Blood Services is the place where everybody knows his name.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Randy Coy:Tupelo schools look to future
With construction "on schedule" and proceeding on 42 new elementary classrooms in the Tupelo Public Schools, preliminary planning for the implementation of the district's "Future Excellence Plan" is underway.
The changing face of the courthouse square
Lee County Courthouse monuments and memorials - Fountain - donated by the Tupelo Garden Club to replace a previous fountain, given approximately eight years ago - Tree - planted by the Local Camp Woodmen of the ...
By Ginna Parsons Daily Journal TUPELO - Teresa Edmondson is all about balance. Balance in her home, balance in her work, balance in her food, balance in her life.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Around the world and back for veteran
BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal TUPELO - The quest for a navy blue uniform took Thomas B. Crump from the cotton fields of Tupelo all the way to the shores of Honolulu.
'Deadbeat Dad' arrested for unpaid child support
A Tupelo man was arrested by the state Attorney General's Office on accusations he owes more than $12,000 in child support.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
PHOTO: Thomas Wells Tupelo firemen come off the roof of Boondocks Grill in downtown Tupelo following an electrical that started at the buildings meter box on Wednesday night.
Retro Television Network has entered into an agreement with New Age Media to launch RTN on WQMY Wilkes Barre, WPXT Portland , WTLH Tallahassee, WYPN Gainesville and a new station to launch in Columbus/Tupelo, ...
BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal TUPELO - The Tupelo Public School District is due $232,290 in taxes that weren't collected by the city during the district's 2007-2008 fiscal year.
Humane Society has Lab overflow and request puppy food
The Tupelo-Lee Humane Society has several Labradors and Lab Mixes at the shelter now and is in need of Purina Puppy Chow donations.
City plots greener Tupelo by 2025
BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal TUPELO - Some two dozen residents at a city-sponsored meeting Monday plotted the future of a more environmentally friendly Tupelo, one that includes bike paths and green spaces and ...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
More than tots need booster shots
BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal Teens and adults need to roll up their sleeves for a shot to protect infants from a potentially fatal disease, doctors say.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Tupelo City Council questions Pittman case
BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal TUPELO - When the parents of a hit-and-run victim complained that former Assistant Police Chief Robert Hall released the driver in 2006, Hall was demoted before he eventually ...