Tupelo News

More and more frequently, people must seek government permission just to start a business or work in a legal occupation of their choosing.

As Easter draws near, some churches in the area are taking their passion to the stage with all manner of free dramas, musicals and productions.

Debra Worthy was in Tupelo when her son called to tell her about the shooting happening just outside his front door.

Tupelo Public School District Superintendent Gearl Loden says the local high school football field will be called Renasant Field once new blue turf is installed this summer.

The bank will pay $140,000 over 10 years for the naming rights. The rights include Renasant Bank's logo on the field's 25-yard lines.

Whether a face-to-face meeting for Mississippi's northern district public service commissioner and the Tennessee Valley Authority's chief executive officer will lead to more autonomy for local power association boards remained unclear Wednesday.

A verbal argument inside a vehicle Wednesday ended with three people dead in the center of a small northeast Mississippi town.

File Crowd members look over an AH-64D Apache in the hangar of the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 in 2011.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has planned a "regional dialogue" at The Link Centre in Tupelo on April 22 to discuss "mobility" issues - more precisely defined as various kinds of bus service that might be needed in the area.

Alvie Dow "Bunt" Griggs Jr., 85, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo.

Last week, Silver Airways filed termination notice that it is pulling out of Greenville, Hattiesburg, Meridian, and Tupelo.

TV in Tupelo reports Alan W. Crisostomo of Saltillo entered the plea Monday in U. S. District Court in Aberdeen.

For the first time, the Mississippi Ethics Commission has issued an opinion that text messages about government business are public records.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Monday that the commission's first opinion on the matter was unanimous.

While Silver Airways has announced it is ending commercial air service in Tupelo , officials with the Tupelo Regional Airport think a replacement carrier could be in place as early as August.

Preston Hooper and Carlos Campbell were both 7 years old when they started dancing.

A hula hoop is a simple thing, a ring made of plastic that spins in rhythm with a body's motion.

Micheal Adolph Armstrong, 44, died Thursday, April 3, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center.

The Diversified Auctions warehouse in Clinton is stocked and according to the man that runs the show, Adam Pollock, they will sell just about anything.

The state's business community heard about plans to grow the state's creative economy and was told to be creative in growing its own businesses Thursday during the annual meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council.