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Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — The last of four known suspects in a recent shooting here has been apprehended, Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson announced Saturday afternoon.
He said Amarion Fletcher, 16, of 311 Jefferson Ave., Clarksdale, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on a $350,000 bond.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — The last of four known suspects in a recent shooting here has been apprehended, Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson announced Saturday afternoon.
He said Amarion Fletcher, 16, of 311 Jefferson Ave., Clarksdale, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on a $350,000 bond.
Demarion Partee, 18, of Tutwiler, was walking on West Street April 20 between 8 and 9 p.m. when a white SUV pulled up and stopped, four males got out and two allegedly opened fire on Partee, Thompson has said. Partee was shot twice in the head.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 month 3 weeks ago
A group (sounder) of wild hogs in Greene County is being conditioned and baited for trapping. (Photo submitted)
JACKSON – Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson has announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) today began accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP).
By Kelly Shannon - Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on
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A group (sounder) of wild hogs in Greene County is being conditioned and baited for trapping. (Photo submitted)
JACKSON – Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson has announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) today began accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP).
By Kelly Shannon - Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on
1 month 3 weeks ago
JACKSON — A Mississippi Lottery player woke up $2 million richer after a big win in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, thanks to a ticket purchased at Doc’s Quick Stop Exxon in Byhalia.
By Savannah Tirey - Mississippi Lottery Commission on
1 month 3 weeks ago
JACKSON — A Mississippi Lottery player woke up $2 million richer after a big win in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, thanks to a ticket purchased at Doc’s Quick Stop Exxon in Byhalia.
By Savannah Tirey - Mississippi Lottery Commission on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Myrna Colley-Lee, left, of Charleston, is presented with a plaque proclaiming her a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an event held April 25 at the Charleston Arts Center. The festivities were sponsored by the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE) and the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation. Pictured with Colley-Lee is presenter Dana Clolinger, executive director of CARE.
Myrna Colley-Lee, of Charleston, was honored as a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an April 25 reception held at the Charleston Arts Center.
The event was cosponsored by the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation and the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE).
Colley-Lee was presented a key to the city of Charleston by event organizer, CARE Executive Director Dana Clolinger, and lauded for her personal accomplishments and contributions to the community spanning decades.
By Dana Clolinger and Clay McFerrin on
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Myrna Colley-Lee, left, of Charleston, is presented with a plaque proclaiming her a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an event held April 25 at the Charleston Arts Center. The festivities were sponsored by the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE) and the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation. Pictured with Colley-Lee is presenter Dana Clolinger, executive director of CARE.
Myrna Colley-Lee, of Charleston, was honored as a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an April 25 reception held at the Charleston Arts Center.
The event was cosponsored by the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation and the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE).
Colley-Lee was presented a key to the city of Charleston by event organizer, CARE Executive Director Dana Clolinger, and lauded for her personal accomplishments and contributions to the community spanning decades.
By Dana Clolinger and Clay McFerrin on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Every congressional incumbent in the Magnolia State continues to far outpace their opponents, with little prospects of that changing down the stretch to the General Election.
Quarterly campaign finance reports were due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission last week as this year’s Mississippi midterm races hit another gear with less than seven months to go until the November General Election.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Every congressional incumbent in the Magnolia State continues to far outpace their opponents, with little prospects of that changing down the stretch to the General Election.
Quarterly campaign finance reports were due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission last week as this year’s Mississippi midterm races hit another gear with less than seven months to go until the November General Election.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Every congressional incumbent in the Magnolia State continues to far outpace their opponents, with little prospects of that changing down the stretch to the General Election.
Quarterly campaign finance reports were due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission last week as this year’s Mississippi midterm races hit another gear with less than seven months to go until the November General Election.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
State leaders gathered Tuesday in Pearl to unveil the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s new 146,0000 square foot headquarters.
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
State leaders gathered Tuesday in Pearl to unveil the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s new 146,0000 square foot headquarters.
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
State leaders gathered Tuesday in Pearl to unveil the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s new 146,0000 square foot headquarters.
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Robert St. John says over ten years of hosting Yonderlust tour strangers become familiar and familiarity becomes friendship.
Most of the people I pick up at the Florence airport have never met each other. By the end of the week, some of them will be friends for life. That part I didn’t plan. None of it was on the itinerary.
By Robert St. John on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Robert St. John says over ten years of hosting Yonderlust tour strangers become familiar and familiarity becomes friendship.
Most of the people I pick up at the Florence airport have never met each other. By the end of the week, some of them will be friends for life. That part I didn’t plan. None of it was on the itinerary.
By Robert St. John on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Robert St. John says over ten years of hosting Yonderlust tour strangers become familiar and familiarity becomes friendship.
Most of the people I pick up at the Florence airport have never met each other. By the end of the week, some of them will be friends for life. That part I didn’t plan. None of it was on the itinerary.
By Robert St. John on
1 month 3 weeks ago
One of the first lines of defense for those considering suicide is the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Mississippi has the highest in-state answer rate nationwide.
Mississippi’s efforts in suicide prevention are ramping up through 988 call centers and crisis intervention training and conferences.
Recently, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health announced the launch of a Mississippi Crisis Intervention Team Leadership Class along with the agency hosting a Crisis Response Conference entitled “Strengthening Crisis Care.”
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
One of the first lines of defense for those considering suicide is the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Mississippi has the highest in-state answer rate nationwide.
Mississippi’s efforts in suicide prevention are ramping up through 988 call centers and crisis intervention training and conferences.
Recently, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health announced the launch of a Mississippi Crisis Intervention Team Leadership Class along with the agency hosting a Crisis Response Conference entitled “Strengthening Crisis Care.”
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
