A Spring Hill community woman has been found safe in the town of Oakland.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said Laura Gale Smith, 58, was found on Spruce Street in the Yalobusha County town after having been reported missing some seven hours earlier with concerns about the threat of self-harm.
"She is safe and an ambulance was called to check her out," Fly noted in a message just before 1 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff said Smith was found about 12:15 a.m. in a house that had been checked earlier Thursday evening.
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Original post, 10:26 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, 2026:
Officials tonight are attempting to locate a female resident of the Spring Hill community in Tallahatchie County who has gone missing and may be a danger to herself, and they are asking for the public's help.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said officials were notified shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday that Laura Gale Smith, 58, had "made threats that she might harm herself."
Fly said the last contact any family members had with Smith came around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Officials have reached out to acquaintances and searched locations in the area that she is known to frequent, but without success.
Smith is believed to be in a 2005 Toyota Corolla, gray in color, the sheriff explained.
"She's not believed to be armed and not believed to be dangerous to anyone else," Fly noted.
If anyone has seen Smith or knows of her whereabouts, they are asked to contact the Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office at 662-647-5511 or 662-647-3700.
