Tupelo News

TUPELO, Miss. -- The trade show called the Tupelo Furniture Market kicks off its 25th anniversary celebration when its spring show opens this week.

Funeral services were scheduled Saturday for a Mooreville soldier who died while on his tour of duty last week.

The Tupelo-Lee Humane Society has been responsible for enforcing the city's animal ordinances, but the nonprofit agency soon could get help from the Tupelo Police Department.

Early childhood educator Christa Rhodes helps Matthew Upton, 4, back, and Jordan Melton, 5, make hand puppets at Rabbit Patch Daycare in Tupelo on Friday.

Hank and Helen Boerner of Tupelo announce the engagement of their daughter, Hunter Boerner, to Zack Harrington, son of MG Larry and Rosie Harrington of Hattiesburg.

At least two car crashes have been reported on Highway 45 in Tupelo. The first crash is on Hwy.

Stephanie McAfee, a native of Tupelo, Miss., originally self-published her novel, "Diary of a Mad Fat Girl." It spent 12 weeks on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books List.

Former Alaska Gov. and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks during the Extraordinary Women Ministries conference at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss., on Saturday, Oct.

Plans are currently underway for the 14th annual fundraising banquet for the Women's Resource Center in Cleveland.

Representatives of the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the six surrounding sheriff's offices gathered at the Silver Moon Club in Tupelo on Thursday to share contacts, information and barbecue.

Elevation Myocardial Infarction is a heart attack in which the coronary artery is blocked by a blood clot.

The National Asphalt Pavement Association announced that APAC-Mississippi Inc., an Oldcastle Materials Co.

A bill introduced in the state Senate this week would prohibit trains from blocking streets for more than 20 minutes or else face up to $5,000 in fines.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

In 1969, he started as assistant administrator and CFO of the Tupelo hospital. Wages, who served as interim chief executive three times for the hospital system, is retiring as executive vice president for community hospitals for North Mississippi Health Services.

My hat is off to Tupelo for banning the sloppy pants and sloppy shirts. I wish more cities in Mississippi would follow suit.

Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly sided with JC Penney and Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group called on the retailer to drop the lesbian comic as its spokeswoman.

A Houston man was airlifted to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo for injuries sustained in a traffic accident Wednesday morning.

A Tupelo man was formally charged with two counts of felony burglary of a dwelling by Justice Court Judge Pat Carr Wednesday morning.

If it's February, it must be time for the winter version of Performance Network Theatre 's Fireside Festival of New Works.