Entries by NEMiss.News

Lee County Corrections Officers Attacked

Tupelo- On January 18, corrections officers working at the Lee County Jail were attacked. 20 year old Quartaveous K. Lyles was charged with 2 counts of simple assault on an officer. Correctional officers were alerted to inmates causing problems in a holding cell. When officers attempted to remove one inmate, another inmate blocked the door. […]

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FYI Weekend Travelers: Landslide in Choctow Co. closes highway

Choctaw County MS. – TRAFFIC ADVISORY: MDOT TRAFFIC ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Land slide closes State Route 9 Choctaw County WHO: The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). WHAT: Emergency highway closure. WHEN: Beginning Friday, February 21. WHERE: State Route 9 between Ackerman and Eupora approximately 6 miles north of State Route 12 in Choctaw County. […]

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Pontotoc thriller writer Carl Purdon’s books blend Merle Haggard, Mark Twain

PONTOTOC MS— Carl Purdon is a Pontotoc-born and reared writer who overcame severe shyness, self-doubt, and procrastination to get where he is. A life-long resident of Pontotoc County, he’s the author of six entertaining, realistic contemporary suspense fiction thrillers, all in a rural setting Pontotoc folks will immediately identify with. Critics have said he’s an […]

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Lee County deputies arrest teen in school threat

Tupelo MS-Wednesday morning a post was made via social media concerning a threat to area schools. The threat did not specify any individual or school, as was believed to be an isolated instance. The suspect, a 14 year old male was arrested and is now in custody at the Lee County Sheriff’s office. The  Sheriff’s […]

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MS Economic Council (MEC) 2020 Tour: Tupelo, MS

Tupelo MS – Community leaders from northeast Mississippi heard a presentation Friday morning, February 14, by the president of the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC). MEC President Scott Waller spoke to the group gathered at the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum in Tupelo. His appearance in Tupelo was part of the “MEC 2020 Tour to Focus on Building […]

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Coronavirus: What you need to know right now

New Albany MS – Much is being written about coronavirus, some of it quite confusing, as often happens in a fast-moving event. What are some of the important points everyone should know about this new public health menace?  NEMiss.news brings its readers a distillation of some pertinent facts and events. One take-away? Do not trust […]

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Museum Moments program to address “Being Prepared”

Being Prepared is the topic of Museum Moments on Thursday, February 20, 12 noon at the Union County Heritage Museum. Union County Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton will detail the community’s effort at emergency preparedness and advise on how families should be prepared. Those who remember the 1994 Ice Storm understand what the importance of […]

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NEMISS.NEWS serves northeast Mississippi

Northeast MS – During the past five years, this website has built a base of over 20,000 regular readers, most of them in northeast Mississippi. Effective today, Saturday, February 15, 2020, it has a new domain name: NEMISS.NEWS. Since October, 2014, and until today, the domain name had been NANEWSWEB.COM. The focus of the website […]

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