Itawamba County News

ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. a ' Highway upgrades have reached the halfway point in Itawamba County, from the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the Alabama line, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Severe storms in north Mississippi brought down trees and power lines this evening, but no injuries have been reported so far, say state emergency officials.

A volunteer diver with the Itawamba County Dive Team died while searching for the body of a teenager in the Buttahatchie River.

A volunteer diver with the Itawamba County Dive Team died today while searching for the body of a teenager in the Buttahatchie River.

By the age of 20, Tammy Wynette was divorced with three children, and working two jobs.

A line of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rains and flash flood warnings to Mississippi and Louisiana Sunday, but there were no reports of major damage.

Reading, watching or listening to national news sources leaves one with the impression that the newspaper industry is in a severe crisis.

LOWNDES COUNTY Columbus teen sent home on 'American Idol' - COLUMBUS - Jasmine Murray was sent home on Wednesday's "American Idol." Murray, 17, performed on the singing competition Tuesday as a part of the ...

An underage drinking sting resulted in a Lee County store clerk being charged with selling beer to a minor.

Three people arrested two years ago in the abduction of a baby in Itawamba County have been sentenced on various charges in the case.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal FULTON - Jennifer and Matthew Erickson will not have to live in fear of phone calls or any other kinds of contacts from the people who broke into their home in July 2007 and ...

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal FULTON - Jamie Diane Kiefer and two others will be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty this week to charges related to abducting Kiefer's own child.

JACKSON - The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld David Welde's 2007 capital murder conviction in Itawamba County in the death of 25-year-old Donald Warnie Gilliard II.

Charles Miles of Fulton has entered a guilty plea to reduced charges of kidnapping and manslaughter stemming from a 2005 fatal shooting.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of convicted murderer Edsel Carl Burton.

The trial of Jamie Kiefer, indicted on charges that she kidnapped her biological child, has been delayed possibly until February.

An 11-year-old Tupelo boy who went missing Monday was found around 7 p.m. Caleb Williams, 11, is safe and was not hurt.

By BRENDA OWEN Pontotoc Progress Among the 10,000-plus tour busses expected to roll into Washington, D. C. for next week's presidential inauguration ceremony will be an enthusiastic group from Pontotoc County.

BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - State Sen. Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, recalls meeting with a group of parents of handicapped children and making a commitment not to vote for a specific ...

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal Cases in the 2008 headlines are set for trial during 2009, whether in circuit courts or the U.S. District Court in north Mississippi.