An old scam is making the rounds again, and Tupelo police want you to know about it. Someone has been calling Tupelo and Lee County residents claiming to be with the Tupelo Police Department.
Social media helps Oxford police identify the suspects accused of vandalizing the city's newest park. Around 1 a.m., two young women reportedly vandalized the Globe Fountain at Pocket Park next to Oxford City Hall.
The suspect arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a motel in Amory is still awaiting his first court appearance.
The Clay County Sheriff's Office, State Violent Crimes Task Force, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, The Highway Patrol, agents from Alcohol Beverage Control, and the West Point Police Department teamed up for Operation Saturation.
42-year-old Tony Carter of Columbus was charged with aggravated strangulation and felony fleeing. Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said deputies were called to Fellows Road on Wednesday.
Several north Mississippians were sentenced in a Simon City Royals prison gang racketeering case. Two people from Tupelo and two people from Grenada were part of the federal guilty pleas.
Amory police made an arrest in a two-year-old homicide case after a woman was attacked. 37-year-old Darcus Neely was charged with capital murder and attempted murder.
19-year-old Joshua Brown is being charged with the murder of 21-year-old Jaylen Burns, who was shot and killed Sunday night at University Pointe Apartments.
A second indictment was handed down in connection with a Starkville shooting. Austin Hudson is facing three counts of aggravated assault.
Two people are in the Lafayette County jail facing burglary and drug charges. Oxford police were called to a report of stolen property at a business on Industrial Park Drive.
An Oxford police officer made a traffic stop in the city. Further investigation revealed that the vehicle had been reported stolen.
A man was indicted on several charges related to a shooting earlier this year. Coby Jones was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
A Jackson State University student died after being shot Sunday night around 10 p.m. Jaylen Burns was a leader on campus according to acting JSU President Elayne Hayes-Anthony.
A shooting incident led to one person being taken to the hospital and a Tupelo woman being arrested. On October 4, Tupelo police arrived at Feemster Lake Road on a shots fired call.
Back in 2021, a victim accidentally left their wallet at a business and Tupelo police said Demond Perkins used the victim's debit card.
Help from the public led Lee County deputies to a suspect accused of taking a jar of cash from a country store.
Bond was set at $100,000 for a Lee County man accused of selling meth. Lee County deputies arrested 40-year-old Timothy Hallmark of the Auburn area of Lee County.
Lee County deputies pulled a vehicle over in the Mooreville area, and during that stop, deputies reportedly found the driver of the vehicle to be in possession of methamphetamine.
Tupelo police arrested a Pontotoc man accused of exposing someone to a dangerous disease. Tuesday, TPD officers served a warrant on Joshua McGaughy.
Three men were taken to the Lowndes County Detention Center for alleged sex-related crimes.
Sheriff's deputies are still looking for 17-year-old Anthony Buchanan as a person of interest in a Clay County shooting.
