Tupelo News

The Union County Board of Supervisors had no progress to report Monday in finding an approved facility to house mental patients from the community but Chancery Clerk Annette Hickey said they are continuing to talk with various agencies in hope of finding a solution.

TUPELO, Mississippi - Dallas-based Dickey's Barbecue Pit opens its new store at 11 a.m. Thursday in Tupelo's Barnes Shopping Center, 3946 N. Gloster St., Suite F. "We have barbecue options in Tupelo, but not the Texas-style barbecue Dickey's Barbecue offers," said Jason Ellis, co-owner with Marty Ballard, said in a news release.

Award-winning producer and journalist Christopher Redner interviewed renowned guitarist Phil Keaggy about working with legendary vocalist Bryan Duncan .

When you make an equity investment, you're buying a share of that company's future earnings.

The new 10-mile stretch of road that connects Tupelo to Batesville was scheduled to open Monday, but Mississippi Department of Transportation officials said Sunday that recent heavy rainfall has pushed back the date.

The Holly Springs mansion that became a popular Elvis Presley museum will reopen to the public during Elvis Presley week with a memorial for owner Paul MacLeod.

A Christian radio host believes President Obama is exploiting the crash of MH17 for the benefit of the gay agenda.

Lee County Sheriff's Department deputies keep watch on women inmates in the exercise yard, June 27, 2014 in Tupelo, Miss.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 17--The North Lee County Water Association's members/customers should thank members of the board of directors who asserted themselves and insisted on having an open meeting today in spite of an email from board president Terry Anderson canceling the scheduled meeting, citing concerns about an open meetings law.

In this Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, Paul MacLeod, an Elvis fanatic and owner of the antebellum home and private Elvis Presley museum he calls "Graceland Too," in Holly Springs, Miss., left, shows off some of the Elvis related newspaper clippings he has collected over the years to Oxford residents Callie Blackwell, second from left, her husband, ... (more)

When the emergency room at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, Mississippi, closes in early September, the number of ER's in Chickasaw County will go down to zero.

The Union County Supervisors are continuing to try to find an acceptable way to deal with residents of the community suffering from mental illness.

Mississippi Department of Transportation officials plan to cut a ribbon Tuesday to mark the "completion" of the new Mississippi Highway 6 /U.S. Highway 278.

Even though William T. Sherman was in Georgia, the whereabouts of Nathan Bedford Forrest was always on his mind.

Ruth Crotty, a volunteer with the group, tells us she is ready to help rebuild. "Well our churches mission statement is to love God, love people, and go serve and by doing this we're showing that we love God and that we love people, and we want to serve them," said Crotty.

A North Carolina group plans a meeting Saturday in Iuka to call on local residents to press state regulators to hold a hearing on what it believes is health risks connected to a silicon metal plant under construction in Tishomingo County.

The Union County Board of Supervisors is working to get funds to provide better quarters for the Union County Extension Office at the fairgrounds.

Elvis Presley is shown with his Gibson J-200 guitar in a 1957 MGM studio publicity photo.

Today, 60 years ago, rock 'n' roll was born, when Elvis Presley walked into Memphis' Sun Studios and recorded "That's Alright, Mama."

Will Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party army sue to overturn Thad Cochran's Senate victory? - On Monday night, Grant Sowell pulled into a Tupelo, Mississippi, Chick-fil-A and braced himself for the Tea Party meeting.