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Enid native Ewel Scott is pictured outside the Yalobusha County Courthouse in Coffeeville on May 11, 2020. (Photo by John Beshears/The Coffeeville Courier)

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Manhunt ongoing in Enid area
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Mon,08/11/25-5:56PM , 28,325 Reads
UPDATE (8:50 p.m., Aug. 11): Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly has released the following statement: “The search efforts have been suspended for tonight but we will still be in the area patrolling. I would like to thank everyone who assisted today and remind everyone to please remove your keys and lock any vehicles that you own.
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Truck driver sentenced for transporting a minor across the Southeast
By Emma Davidson - Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi
Thu,08/07/25-1:45PM , 238 Reads
ABERDEEN — A South Carolina man was sentenced today to over 17 years in prison for transporting a minor from North Carolina to Louisiana and through Mississippi with the intent for the minor to engage in sexual conduct.
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Sam Seymore is pictured Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in a mugshot furnished by the Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office.

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Fugitive Sam Seymore arrested at home after hiding in attic
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Tue,08/05/25-10:06PM , 7,255 Reads 11,051 Statewide
A tense 6½-hour standoff between a determined fugitive holed up in his attic and 40 entrenched lawmen surrounding his home came to a sudden end Monday night when Sam Seymore reportedly fell through the ceiling and then tried to make a run for it.
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A Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and a Pafford ambulance post about 75 yards north of a home on Mississippi Highway 35 South where lawmen took fugitive Sam Seymore into custody after a multi-hour standoff Monday night. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)

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Fugitive Sam Seymore arrested late Monday
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Mon,08/04/25-11:13PM , 13,218 Reads
A multi-hour standoff at a home on Mississippi Highway 35, about 12 miles south of Charleston, resulted in the arrest of fugitive Sam Seymore Monday night.
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