Iuka man loses post-conviction petition
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from an Iuka man sentenced to life in prison in 1998 after pleading guilty to capital rape of a child.
View ArticleByrom seeks OK to chase retrial in husband's death
JACKSON, Miss. -- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case of a woman on Mississippi's death row who is seeking a new trial in the slaying of her husband based on claims that she was...
View ArticleBobby Harrison: Taxpayers will doubly subsidize Pearl retail site
Already this month, Fitch credit rating agency has given Mississippi's bond rating a negative outlook.
View ArticleTishomingo man dies in afternoon crash
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating an afternoon, head-on collision that claimed the life of a Tishomingo County man on Mississippi Highway 25 north.
View ArticleIuka establishes Mayor's Youth Council
Iuka's recently established Mayor's Youth Council, structured to mimic city government, already has begun working on specific projects to learn more about accomplishing goals through local government.
View ArticleMississippi Farm Bureau Federation concludes 92nd annual meeting
Nearly 650 Farm Bureau members, representing the state's 82 county Farm Bureaus, took part in the three-day meeting where, in addition to the election of officers and directors, the delegates adopted...
View ArticleMississippi libraries offer much more than books
Checking out artwork in the Lee County Library makes it different from other Mississippi libraries.
View ArticleWoman dies after being struck by vehicle
County Coroner Mack Wilemon tells WTVA-TV in Tupelo that the victim has been identified as 51-year-old Debra Wilbanks.
View ArticleWoman dies after being struck by vehicle
An Iuka woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Tishomingo County while crossing Mississippi Highway 25 on foot.
View ArticleSilicon Metala s plans lift Tishomingoa s economic development despair of...
After huge back-to-back economic development failures three decades ago, Tishomingo County was described by the New York Times as "all dressed-up with nowhere to go."
View ArticleTishomingoa s despair over what could have been fades as metal fabricating grows
The 232-mile Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway gives shippers in Tishomingo County and several Mississippi counties below it direct access to Mobile and the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleIuka resident dies in U.S. Highway 72 crash
An Iuka resident died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 72 in Iuka in the early morning hours Tuesday.
View ArticleByrom death penalty case set for Feb. 21
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Feb. 21 whether to hear an appeal from a woman on Mississippi's death row who is seeking a new trial in the 1999 slaying of her husband based on claims that she was...
View ArticleSenate committee approves transfer of Yellow Creek to state
IUKA - A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation authored by Sen. Thad Cochran to authorize the transfer of property in Tishomingo County to help promote economic development in North Mississippi.
View ArticleCongress to consider Yellow Creek land transfer
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee acted Thursday on a bill proposed by Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., to transfer a 172-acre site at the Yellow Creek Port in Iuka from TVA to the state.
View ArticleOne dead in Iuka car crash
Jullie Deloris Moore, 68, of Tishomingo, was traveling west on Paul Edmondson Drive in a Ford Escort, attempting to cross Veterans Memorial Drive when she pulled in front of a Chevy 2500 King Cab truck...
View ArticleWoman injured in Friday Tishomingo shooting released from hospital
The victim in a Friday night shooting in Tishomingo and released from the hospital over the weekend has been identified as Francine Angel, 48, of Iuka.
View ArticleByrom's death penalty appeal denied
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a woman on Mississippi's death row who was seeking a new trial in the 1999 slaying of her husband based on claims that she was abused.
View ArticleMississippi death row inmate Michelle Byrom wants new trial, points finger at...
Death row inmate Michelle Byrom argues in documents filed with the Mississippi Supreme Court that she has new evidence that suggests her son killed her husband and she never sought to hire a hit man as...
View ArticleMarine to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
A Mississippi native is about to become the third Marine to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor since the beginning of the war on terror.
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