Our Opinion: Good news rings true in our region
From an academy that provides training for people in the furniture industry to a school program dedicated to making its community healthier, there was plenty of good news to share last week throughout...
View ArticleIuka attorney indicted for 2015 arsons
An attorney was arrested Thursday and charged with arson and DUI-maiming for incidents that occurred nearly two years ago. Tacey June Clark, 53, of 1938 Highway 25, Tishomingo, was officially charged...
View ArticleTishomingo County drug roundup nets 8 arrests
A series of traffic stops Tuesday and Wednesday in Tishomingo County ended with eight people jailed on felony drug charges. Tishomingo County Sheriff John Daugherty said the stops were conducted...
View ArticleBill would stiffen penalties for attacks on cops
Mississippi could double the penalties against people who intentionally harm law enforcement officers, firefighters or emergency workers, under a bill headed to the governor. Supporters said they filed...
View ArticleMississippi Heads to Lake Pickwick
The Mississippi division of the Ram Truck Open Series will hold its second event of the season on April 1st, 2017, on Lake Pickwick near Iuka, MS. The competitors will launch at JP Coleman State Park...
View ArticleLittering lands Iuka man in jail
Tishomingo County deputies stopped a vehicle on Hughway 25 on March 29 after the driver was seen throwing trash out the window. Deputies smelled the aroma of marijuana and a search uncovered marijuana,...
View ArticleMississippi Heads to Lake Pickwick
The Mississippi division of the Ram Truck Open Series will hold its second event of the season on April 1st, 2017, on Lake Pickwick near Iuka, MS. The competitors will launch at JP Coleman State Park...
View ArticleIuka man accused of running over wife
The Tishomingo Sheriff's Department responded to a 911 call of a woman hit by a vehicle on County Road 156. The victim said she and her husband were arguing and when he tried to leave, the truck tire...
View ArticleCountry girl: Iuka native takes her songs to Nashville
"He thought I was going to be an African-American girl from the city. He was like, 'Wow, she's a country girl,'" the 28-year-old Boyd said.
View ArticleBurnsville man charged with felony child abuse
Brandon Todd Hicks, of 4 County Road 206, Burnsville, was in the Tishomingo County Jail on an aggravated domestic violence charge by the Burnsville Police Department. After he was questioned about the...
View ArticleMonday traffic stops lead to drug arrests
Deputies and the Belmont Police Department were conducting a safety checkpoint in the Valley Road and County Road 993 area. Justin Drake Elrod pulled up and had a suspended driver's license.
View ArticleThings to do and see
The 39th annual Hollis Long/Archie Lee Memorial Ole Tyme Music Gathering will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8 at Tishomingo State Park. 438-6914.
View ArticleThree arrested in Tishomingo County burglary ring
Tishomingo County Sheriff John Daugherty said over the last couple of months, there have been several burglaries reported in the Eastport-Snowden area. Since March, all terrain vehicles and firearms...
View ArticleCrime reports: Saturday, May 13, 2017
The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Friday at 11 a.m. Derrick Brown, 31, of Guntown, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's...
View Article3 sentenced to prison for looting Mississippi Indian mound
WTVA-TV reports that the three are among seven people recently convicted of removing artifacts in 2014 from the Doskie Indian Mound on federal property in northeastern Mississippi. Thirty-four-year-old...
View ArticleAuthorities: Man fatally shoots self at Mississippi hospital
Tishomingo County coroner Mack Wilemon told news outlets that 64-year-old Gary Lomenick died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Saturday around 2 p.m. Wilemon says Iuka police had responded...
View ArticleMan arrested for threatening Mississippi courthouse shooting
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View ArticleThe Lady in Blue: Capt. Anita Mitchell
It is very unusual to find a black woman wearing a police uniform in a small department in the South - unless you are in Iuka. Not only has Anita Mitchell been wearing a badge in the Tishomingo County...
View ArticleOrbital ATK expanding in Iuka
"As a worldwide leader in the aerospace and defense industries, Orbital ATK once again puts Mississippi on the global stage, demonstrating our hard work to provide a business environment where...
View ArticleOrbital ATK to expand its Iuka, Mississippi facility
The company plans to begin production on the new composite launch vehicle structures and aerospace components in the third quarter of 2017 and fill the 50 jobs by the end of 2018. The Atlas V boat tail...
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