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$1 million bond set for knife welding hood

On Monday, Feb. 22, the Lee County Sheriff’s Department and the Lee County Coroner held a press conference about a stabbing which took place in the Pratts Community.

Plantersville educator loves politics and helping others

Chevelle Champ came about her vocation and her avocation naturally. The case manager for the special education department at Plantersville Middle School comes from a family of educators: “Every school I attended had one of my aunts who taught. Three were special ed teachers,” said Champ, a N…

Tupelo Public Schools name parent of the year

Time is a valuable commodity for Mary Frances Massey. The Tupelo native works a number of jobs yet still finds time to help out at her daughter’s school, the Early Childhood Education Center. In fact, her volunteer efforts there have landed her the title of Tupelo Public Schools’ Parent of t…

Sports

Top fisher

Boater Christopher Whitehead of Tupelo, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 33 pounds, 1 ounce to win thePhoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Mississippi Division Super-Tournament at Pickwick Lake.

Mooreville wins 1946 championship

The team that was trailing Cleveland by 2 points with but 10 seconds to go in the big, final game and with Cleveland in possession of the ball, but won the game and the state title by a score of 37 to 36. The girl that did it with a successful free throw and a field goal just as the game end…