Saltillo News

By Erin Kourkounis NEMS Daily Journal TUPELO - Despite sporadic showers amid gray skies, hundreds gathered at Ballard Park on Friday for the annual Picnic in the Park celebration.

Literacy for all students is a major concern throughout the United States. Research indicates that too many students enter high school reading far below grade level and lacking the necessary math skills to be ...

Photo: Corie Stanford Miss Mississippi State University Corie Stanford of Saltillo and Miss Hinds County Diana Strickland won preliminary competitions in the Miss Mississippi Pageant Tuesday night in Vicksburg.

By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal SALTILLO - After weeks of controversy surrounding the top position at the Saltillo Fire Department, the city has hired its first full-time chief.

About Lane - Founded in March 1912 by John Lane, who bought a box plant in Altavista, Va.

PHOTO:C. Todd Sherman Liina Aunola twists and tumbles on the aerial cloud swing high above the floor of the BancorpSouth Arena on Thursday.

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal SALTILLO - Tensions flared at a standing-room-only meeting at City Hall on Monday where hundreds of residents gathered to confront federal and state flood-map officials.

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The government as bureaucracy met the government as the people face-to-face Monday night in Saltillo; the information and opinions shared made clearer where all parties stand on the issue of new flood plain ...

Conversations between the Tupelo City Council and the Lee County Board of Supervisors and movement toward cooperation on an expanded city-county jail and administrative space needs for the Tupelo Police ...

SALTILLO - They were there, sitting in the back, looking at their former student with a curiosity about the 28 years that had whisked quickly by.

Daily Journal reports SALTILLO - Issues related to provisional flood plain elevations for parts of Saltillo will get a second public discussion Monday in Saltillo City Hall's community room, a spokesman for ...

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal SALTILLO - Firefighters here on Monday denounced what they say is a move by the city to force Fire Chief Rob Woods out of a job.

A Saltillo man was killed in a one-car accident on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Northwest Alabama on Wednesday.

Controversy and disagreement spurred by new flood plain maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for portions of Saltillo need the clarity of additional, direct public discussions involving property ...

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal SALTILLO - Residents and business owners will spend tens of thousands of dollars to keep their properties from becoming part of a new federal flood plain.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal TUPELO - Mississippi's next legalized execution could be Dale Leo Bishop, convicted of capital murder in the 1998 death of Mark Gentry in Saltillo.

“I think this year is a good example of a group of artists helping each other. It says a lot about the festival and the community.”

PHOTO: Deste Lee Mackenzie Butler of Saltillo performs during the 2008 Showcase of Winners as part of he 37th annual GumTree Festival in downtown Tupelo. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

BY SHEENA BARNETT Daily Journal TUPELO - A storm-weary Northeast Mississippi endured yet another round of thunderstorms Saturday night. via Djournal.com

Severe weather and tornadoes moved through several North Mississippi counties on May 8 causing damage to property and infrastructure. via Insurance Journal West