Tupelo News

Buy at photos.djournal.com Meridian native Rodney Pearson has owned pet stores in Starkville, Oxford, New Albany and now Tupelo with Gone Fishin' exotic pet store on Main Street.

One of Mississippi's greatest economic development achievements was the 1987 highway program, which changed the transportation landscape in Northeast Mississippi and helped power the jobs-creation successes of the last two and a half decades.

The Department of Human Services and Tupelo residents will kick off Child Abuse Awareness Month with an afternoon of fun, food and education in Fairpark on April 3. "We want to get the public to come out and bring awareness to child abuse in an community-oriented way, saying, 'Hey, our community supports kids,'" said Shelia Nabors, community ... (more)

The man told troopers that he lost $3,500 in the scam, allegedly stemming from Tupelo, Miss., according to a news release from police.

If no buyer steps forward to purchase Sanderson Plumbing Products by the end of April the Columbus business will shutdown.

Hello there, peeps. So, I've overslept the last two days, which I blame on a combination of the time change and these melatonin pills my wife is having me take to help me sleep better.

The man behind hit singles like "Your Love Amazes Me," "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" and "I Think About It All the Time" has a gig in Tupelo next week.

The Senate leadership had proposed essentially level funding the Adequate Education Program, plus $65 million for its teacher pay raise proposal.

A Lafayette County grand jury has indicted three men on capital murder charges in the death of a University of Mississippi graduate student in December.

The House passed Senate Bill 2571 Tuesday, repealing a 2012 law saying public schools can start class no earlier than August's third Monday.

Buy at photos.djournal.com Sue Scruggs explains her design for the NOleput festival logo Tuesday afternoon during a press conference at Fairpark.

A bill providing Mississippi's 82 sheriffs a pay raise is heading for Gov. Phil Bryant's desk unless the Senate changes its mind, and legislation honoring two Tupelo police officers - one killed and the other injured - in a December bank robbery remains alive in the process.

The 27-year-old Tupelo resident was arraigned last Tuesday on the charges stemming from an Aug. 2 accident in which police say the vehicle he was driving struck Betty Montgomery, killing her.

Buy at photos.djournal.com Tupelo's Department of Public Works demolished a house at 205 Nanney Dr., a foreclosed property, last week.

TUPELO, Miss. -- Visitors on the Natchez Trace Parkway spent nearly $126 million in 2012, supporting more than 1,550 jobs, a new National Park Service report shows.

Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Program received a major shot in the arm last week with a "notice to proceed" issued by the Mississippi Department of Transportation for construction of a $105 million bridge and "diamond' interchange over U.S. 78 at Coley Road bear Belden.

OK, it's a bit corny. But give it its due: "Center of Positivity" - the new Tupelo promotional theme from the Convention and Visitors Bureau - captures an important community trait that has distinguished Tupelo through the years.

Buy at photos.djournal.com Maury Giachelli, 28, has appreciated good cigars since his college days.

With help from a Tulsa, Okla., company, the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new slogan: "Center of Positivity."

"Son of God," from the producers of last year's hit miniseries "The Bible," garnered praise from Christian media groups upon its release last week.