Ashland News

By Mack Spencer Monitor-Herald CALHOUN CITY - Bill Renick attributes much of Mississippi's recent industrial recruitment success to one thing.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal NEW ALBANY - A Union County grand jury claims Janet Killough Barreto and Ramon Barreto, whose 2-year-old adopted daughter died at the hands of her teenage stepsister, also ...

Jul. 10--RIPLEY -- Journal Publishing Co., publisher of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, has acquired the Southern Sentinel in Ripley and the Southern Advocate in Ashland.

Journal Publishing Company., publisher of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, has bought the Southern Sentinel in Ripley and the Southern Advocate in Ashland.

ALCORN COUNTY Humane Society shelter director resigns CORINTH - The Corinth-Alcorn Humane Society began operating under new leadership last week with the resignation of animal shelter Director Michael Boston.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal NEW ALBANY - Charges of manslaughter by culpable negligence have been added to Janet and Ramon Barreto's charges related to the death of their 2-year-old daughter last month.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal A relatively quiet judicial campaign season is on summer-simmer as fundraising picks up for the non-party elections.

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal NEW ALBANY - Seventeen-year-old Marainna Torres has been charged with capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old adopted sister, Enna Barreto, Union County Justice Court ...

Finding a way to pay for the construction of more than 1,200 miles of four-lane highways in Mississippi will be the goal of a grassroots group that put together a statewide organization in Hattiesburg on ...

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal NEW ALBANY - Federal authorities have their own questions about the death of a 2-year-old Guatemalan-born girl last month.

Union County authorities say additional charges are possible in a case that began with the death of a 2-year-old Guatemalan girl.

“This is the largest investment Ashland is making in all of North America. This is where Ashland has decided to put its home money”

Chemicals maker Ashland Inc. has announced a $12 million expansion of its Valvoline blending plant in Hernando in north Mississippi. via The Mississippi Press

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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