Northeast Mississippi's Latest News (2024)

TUPELO – Earlier this week, two dozen businesses were at the Cadence Bank Conference Center for a job fair, looking to interview and hire new …

TUPELO — The All-America City has taken the next step in a plan to expand the Fairpark District.

TUPELO - A jail and sheriff’s office serving an area the size of Lee County brings many services under a single umbrella. The necessity of ope…

TUPELO – Citing previous decisions by the Mississippi Supreme Court, a circuit court judge ruled against the family of a Lee County officer ki…

OXFORD – As the world looks to the moon for resources, habitation and exploration, more rules are needed to protect lunar assets, says recent …

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WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States eased in May for a second straight month, a hopeful sign that an acceleration of prices that occur…

BRANDON — A former vice president of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation has been sentenced to five years of house arrest after she pleaded gu…

TUPELO – A Tupelo man accused of shooting a woman in the leg at a west Tupelo park in the early morning hours of Wednesday has been ordered he…

TUPELO - It's been a good week for some Mississippi Lottery players in Northeast Mississippi.

JACKSON — Mississippi improved its education ranking to 30th in the nation — the state’s highest ranking ever and a significant rise from a de…

TUPELO – A Tupelo woman accused of taking part in a robbery-kidnapping in late 2021 when she was 17 will not receive jail time under a plea ag…

OXFORD – An Oxford woman has been charged with cyberstalking after allegedly sending a series of threatening text messages last month.

Speaker White wants to make it easier for Mississippi students to switch school districts

MILLPORT, Ala. — For more than 35 years, Camp Rising Sun has offered children with cancer, as well as some of their friends, the chance to for…

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JACKSON — A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick ur…

OXFORD — Mississippi woman who oversaw a drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, federal prosecutors say.

Kenneth Almons told a group of about 16 state lawmakers inside crowded Room 113 at the state Capitol earlier this year that if he could ever r…

TUPELO — Time seems to pass more slowly in a hospital, so staff at North Mississippi Medical Center recently launched a Book Blessings Library…

TUPELO – A Pontotoc man was killed Monday night in a single-car crash on a rural state highway.

TUPELO – Fairpark Grill will begin a renovation inside and out starting June 24, lasting about three weeks.

TUPELO — For many individuals across the United States, Independence Day isn’t just on July 4, but also on June 19.

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TUPELO — The city of Tupelo hosted a meeting about its comprehensive plan Tuesday night to introduce the public to the process of updating the…

JACKSON — A new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit acces…

While the state is still in a strong financial position, the downward trend in government revenue continued for May, according to a Legislativ…

TUPELO – Contour Airlines could be adding a daily flight from Tupelo to Dallas later this year, if the U.S. Department of Transportation gives…