Alcorn County News

The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Johnny Steve Parker, who was convicted of murder in 2007 in Alcorn County.

Harrison Childs considers Alcorn County a good place to live. "This is a place we live and raise our family and this is the type of thing we do not like to have happen here," said Childs.

The body of a Ramer woman was found in the Tushcumbia River in Alcorn County, Mississippi, around noon on Sunday, according to a release from sheriff's investigators.

CORINTH, Miss. - Authorities are investigating the death of a Tennessee woman whose body was found in the Tuscumbia River in Alcorn County.

An Oklahoma-based company appears to be on track to construct Alcorn County's new regional jail and justice center after submitting the apparent low bid for the multimillion dollar project.

Alcorn County supervisors have approved a 2.81 mill tax increase for county residents, citing the need to absorb growing costs for insurance and other expenses and to fund several new expenses.

In an emergency time wasted searching for an address could mean the difference between life and death say local emergency officials.

A Corinth veterinarian arrested last week for alleged prescription fraud had his medical license revoked because of a previous drug arrest.

A veterinarian in northeast Mississippi's Alcorn County was arrested Monday on felony drug charges.

By JOEL McNEECE Dr. Scott Wright told the Bruce Rotary Club Wednesday recycling can "change the face of our county from the visual to our way of thinking." Wright, pastor of Lewis Memorial Methodist Church in Calhoun City, and Sister Judy Sinnwell, with Excel, spoke to the club regarding their efforts to foster a countywide recycling effort.

An early morning collision on U.S. Highway 72 has claimed the life of a 34-year-old Iuka man.

41-year-old Lyndal Witt is in jail tonight, after police say he lured his ex-girlfriend to his home, then raped her.

The Alcorn County Tax Assessor's Office is making plans to upgrade county maps as part of a high-flying project required by state law.

The Alcorn County Tax Assessor's Office is making plans to upgrade county maps as part of a high-flying project required by state law.

Congressman Travis Childers announced $3,035,717 in essential community facilities projects in Alcorn and Calhoun Counties last week.

A Corinth man has pleaded guilty in connection with the shooting death of 30-year-old Tarvis Antonio Damron last October.

Efforts to construct a new regional jail and justice center in Alcorn County took a major step forward as supervisors voted to approve the final plans and begin advertising for bids for construction of the facility.

Mississippi has had 31 new swine flu cases over the past week, the state Department of Health reported to day.

Alcorn County gets into the garbage collection business on Wednesday. Supervisors voted in March to terminate the county's contract with Waste Management.

Five years after Mississippi came out from under a federal court order to bring more racial equality to the Department of Public Safety, two black troopers say they still see discrimination.