Tipton County News

One Mid-South church is serving up java with a jolt of Jesus. Millions of Americans start their day with a cup of coffee, but for members of Munford Methodist Church, the coffee comes with a spoonful of faith.

Former Oakland police chief Bob Tisdale pleaded guilty Monday in Fayette County circuit court to multiple charges stemming from two separate incidents.

Word spread quickly last week in the tiny town of Mason, after former town clerk Arnita Mitchell was indicted by a Tipton County Grand Jury for stealing nearly $100,000 from city coffers.

A Memphis man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Tenn. 54 in Tipton County this afternoon.

Tipton County deputies have arrested a woman for stealing a stash of guns from her ex-boyfriend. On November 6, 2009, deputies with the Tipton County Sheriff's Office received a call about the theft of several weapons from a home in the 7000 block of Highway 179 in Covington, Tennessee.

TIPTON CO., Tenn. - Some Tipton County burglary suspects, who prompted a multi-agency search by land and air, are now behind bars.

Atoka police are investigating the death of Millington BancorpSouth president Chris Bomprezzi after police found him dead in his home Monday night.

A Mid-South man claims an off-duty Tipton County Sheriff's deputy beat him outside the Millington IHOP restaurant on Halloween night.

From a press release : On Monday, November 2, 2009, nine citizens of Tipton County were indicted by the Tipton County Grand Jury for the Class D Felony offenses of illegal Voter Registration and/or Illegal Voting.

A Tipton County woman and her mother-in-law have both been arrested, accused of defrauding the state's low-income healthcare program.

A 26-year-old man has been indicted on murder charges by a Shelby County grand jury in the death of an 11-month-old boy left in his care The grand jury indicted Jamaal Eddie for first-degree murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated child neglect or endangerment in the death of the child, Brennan ...

In honor of National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, the Tipton County Animal Shelter will host an adoption event on Saturday, Oct.

" A Burlison man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of hiring someone to kill his mother.

Dozens of officers from several local police agencies joined the Shelby County Sheriff's Department in a massive effort to serve outstanding criminal warrants Thursday night.

Dwight Glenn Creasy has been missing since October 4, 2009. Tipton County Sheriff's Office deputies are asking for help finding him.

Memphis, TN- On October 22, 2009, Billy Harold Johnson, 50, of Burlison, Tennessee, was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson to three concurrent terms of Life in prison following his conviction by a federal jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on three counts of violating the murder ...

Testifying before a Judiciary subcommittee this morning, the director of Memphis Area Legal Services said his 20-attorney staff has had to turn down 65 percent of poor people seeking help because of a lack of resources.

If you ever feel alone, face a difficult problem, need help deciding about your future or maybe just need to have someone to talk to, stop by the June Anderson Women's Center, in Room 206 of the James Union Building.

Millington police set out across the city before dawn this morning and arrested 10 people on drug charges, the culmination of months of undercover work.

A Tipton County man convicted earlier this year of the contract-killing of his mother in 1999 was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge today.