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“Looking at everything, I don't think this is going to be a premeditated death”

BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal FULTON - Kristi Dawn Sansone, the woman accused in the death of her newborn baby, is free on a $1 million bond. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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“We don't want to rule anything out”

BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau Transportation leaders are ready to proceed with a grassroots campaign to build support for improving Mississippi's highway system, the leader of a highway ... via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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“We do not know what precipitated the investigation, but we are confident that the quality of care we provide at Sanctuary Hospice House is the best available both from our professional staff members and our volunteers”

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal TUPELO - Two people have been indicted in connection with the state attorney general's investigation of the Sanctuary Hospice House. via Djournal.com

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Edward Corrie, 41, of Tupelo, the man charged in an early Saturday morning murder at a Plantersville bar, turned himself in to the Lee County Sheriff's Department at 10 a.m. today. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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“They've been an ongoing joke for years because they're like playing in a parking lot.”

ALCORN COUNTY The Alliance names new president - CORINTH - Corinth and Alcorn County chose a new economic development chief this week, naming Tupelo native Gary Chandler new president of The Alliance. via Djournal.com

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“Just bring them back in the same condition you find them”

ALCORN COUNTY Feb. 15 scholarship deadline approaching CORINTH - Graduating high school seniors, students currently attending college or medical school and older students returning to college or medical school ... via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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“I want to get kids more involved in a variety of things”

ALCORN COUNTY Quebecor announces bankruptcy filing CORINTH - Employees of Quebecor World may have only a brief reprieve after officials announced last week that a bankruptcy filing will not affect operations at ... via Djournal.com

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The following weather-related closings have been reported to the Action News 5 Newsroom: All Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools basketball games scheduled for Friday night have been canceled. via WMC

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“All of this was to help Scruggs in his lawsuit.”

Booneville lawyer Joey Langston has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, according to sealed documents in federal court in Oxford. via Hattiesburg American

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