Mississippi prison under control after inmate riot

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Authorities regained control of a privately owned prison in Mississippi on Monday after a 12-hour riot in which one guard was killed and nearly 20 other people were injured, prison officials said.
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Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:31:31 -0700

Mississippi officials: April incident may be linked to murders

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Authorities in Mississippi are checking an April incident they say may be related to two highway murders this month that have raised alarms about a killer possibly posing as a police officer. The April 2 incident - which involved a woman being pulled over by an unmarked car and did not end violently - is one of hundreds of leads that officials are following in ...
http://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-officials-april-incident-may-linked-murders-234853515.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:48:53 -0700

Police arrest suspect in Mississippi highway shootings

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for two highway killings this month, the Department of Public Safety said on Friday.
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Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:22 -0700

Man pardoned by Mississippi's Barbour charged in fatal crash

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A convicted drunk driver pardoned by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in January has been charged with driving under the influence, accused of leaving the scene of an accident that killed an 18-year-old woman. Harry Bostick, a retired IRS agent who had been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol three times previously, was freed from jail on ...
http://news.yahoo.com/man-pardoned-mississippis-barbour-charged-fatal-crash-211029074.html

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 14:10:29 -0700

Suspect in Tennessee murder, kidnap may be getting help, officials say

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Investigators involved in the manhunt for Adam Mayes, the fugitive charged with kidnapping two Tennessee girls after allegedly killing their mother and older sister, say he may be receiving outside help to evade capture. Mayes, 35, now the most wanted fugitive in the United States, has not been seen since April 30, three days after police say he killed Jo Ann Bain ...
http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-tennessee-murder-kidnap-may-getting-help-officials-205946515.html

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 13:59:46 -0700

Mississippi Trailblazers recognized

TUPELO - Mississippi leaders, innovators and elected officials and even Miss America came together in Tupelo to honor leaders in Mississippi diversity Saturday evening.
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Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 06:09:48 -0700

Two arrested in case of missing Tennessee family

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - The mother and wife of the prime suspect in the kidnapping of a Tennessee family have been also been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, officials said on Tuesday. Two members of the Tennessee family - the mother and one daughter - have been found dead and two other daughters were missing and presumed held by Adam Mayes, who remained at large and was considered ...
http://news.yahoo.com/two-arrested-case-missing-tennessee-family-192834190.html

Published: Tue, 08 May 2012 12:53:19 -0700

Bodies found in disappearance of Tennessee mother, daughters

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Authorities investigating the disappearance of a Tennessee mother and her three daughters on Sunday said they had uncovered two bodies at the Mississippi home of a suspect, but they did not identify those bodies. Officials said they could not confirm if the bodies belonged to either the mother or her daughters, because they were awaiting the results of an autopsy ...
http://news.yahoo.com/bodies-found-disappearance-tennessee-mother-daughters-015945295.html

Published: Sun, 06 May 2012 18:59:45 -0700

Tupelo chooses abstinence-only sex education class

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Tupelo Public School District has updated its sex-education policy to keep it in line with a new state law. The law, signed by then-Gov. Haley Barbour in 2011, requires all districts in the state to teach either abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex education courses.
http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=18612279

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 03:44:44 -0700

Tupelo woman charged with arson

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A $260,000 bond has been set for a 42-year-old Tupelo woman who is charged with first-degree arson and the burglary of an automobile.
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Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 03:45:17 -0700