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Four arrested on drug charges
ABERDEEN – The Monroe County Narcotics Unit arrested four people in two separate incidents Monday. A traffic stop on Highway 41 resulted in the arrest of Gayla Marie Blansett, 49, of Okolona. She was...
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Two charged in Calhoun County death
Special to the Chickasaw Journal PITTSBORO – Two Calhoun County residents have been arrested in connection with the death of Billy Covington. Frankie T. Jones, 26, of Pittsboro, was charged with...
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Woman charged with trying to sell her baby
Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo woman is facing a felony charge and up to 10 years in prison for allegedly trying to sell her son. Kathryn Herring, 31, was formally charged with offering to sell a...
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Training for the worst
(Floyd Ingram / Buy at photos.chickasawjournal.com)Police and sheriff’s deputies listen to a quick exercise assessment following Thursday’s Emergency Management Agency drill of shots fired at...
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Bruce resident arrested on counterfeit goods charge
JACKSON – The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office arrested a Bruce man and charged him with possession of counterfeit goods with the intent to sell. Henry Davis, 49, was recently arrested following...
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County has $1.8 million in unpaid fines
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal OKOLONA – To say some people in Chickasaw County need to pay their debt to society is a little bit of an understatement. The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors...
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State, Chickasaw County under burn ban
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – You can rake those leaves into as high a pile as you want, but don’t put a match to them! Mississippi is still under a state-wide burn ban and that means...
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FBI to investigate incident at Ole Miss game
Daily Journal OXFORD – The University of Mississippi Police Department has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to independently investigate an incident involving a temporary police officer and a...
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Calhoun supervisor indicted for seeking bribes
OXFORD (AP) – A Calhoun County supervisor faces federal charges that he solicited bribes from timber haulers. Earnest M. Fox of Bruce was indicted Friday on two counts of interference with commerce by...
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POLICE ROUNDUP: Supervisor indicted, principal charged, two arrested for murder
Special to the Chickasaw Journal OXFORD – A Calhoun County supervisor faces federal charges that he solicited bribes from timber haulers. Earnest M. Fox of Bruce was indicted Friday on two counts of...
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Three arrested on controlled substance charges
ABERDEEN – Monroe County narcotics agents arrested an Alabama couple and a Monroe County man over the weekend on drug charges. Christina Ann Abbott, 40, and Clinton Matthew Joshlin, 35, both of Carbon...
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Bond set at $1 million for Aberdeen man
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal Bond was set Thursday at $1 million for Charles Thompson, 40, of Aberdeen, who was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of...
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High-speed chase ends with drug charges
Downs By William Moore Daily Journal SALTILLO – A 22-year-old Saltillo woman is facing numerous felony charges after an early morning chase up U.S. Highway 45. In addition to traffic violations,...
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Man arrested in Thorn shooting, second suspect sought
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – One of two people sought for a shooting in Thorn on Thursday has been arrested and authorities hope to make a second arrest in the shooting today. Rudy...
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Search warrants lead to drug arrests
Chickasaw County Sheriff James Meyers stands with an automatic rifle, pistols, drugs, paraphenalia and cash seized in a drug arrest recently in Okolona. By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal CHICKASAW...
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$3 million worth of meth seized in Hinds County traffic stop
JACKSON (AP) – The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department says a traffic stop Wednesday resulted in one of the largest interdiction seizures of methamphetamine – reportedly valued at $3 million – in state...
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Man arrested in Thorn shooting
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – One of two people sought for a shooting in Thorn on Thursday has been arrested. Rudy Flores, 18, of Tupelo and formerly of Houston, was arrested about 2...
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EDITORIAL: Sweeping our community
This week’s Chickasaw Journal contains news about a major drug sweep on the regional level that reached into Chickasaw County. It is the first major, regional, significant bust in this community...
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Feds arrest 12 in four counties
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal CHICKASAW COUNTY – Federal, state and local authorities executed search warrents and made arrests Tuesday on people living in Chickasaw, Calhoun, Clay,...
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Voucher bills pending in education panels
By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – Parents will be eligible for up to $5,000 per year in state funds to send their children to private schools under legislation pending in both...
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