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ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Aberdeen Ward 2 Alderwoman Lady Garth is suing the city, claiming the mayor and one of her fellow Alderman are holding their seats illegally. “It’s all a nasty conspiracy,” she says. “They feel as if they can circumvent the law.”. Alderwoman Garth...

TUPELO • Three men have been charged with coming to Lee County to steal catalytic converters. Tupelo police were called to Popeye’s at 1701 South Gloster Street on Thursday, June 16, at 1:30 a.m. for a suspicious vehicle call. Officers responded, and then located and detained three suspects. Police say the search of the vehicle revealed burglary tools and stolen catalytic converters.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - WTVA's job fair on June 21 gave people opportunities make connections with companies as they search for the next step in their careers. Watch the interviews in the video above.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Three men face charges in Tupelo after police officers found them with burglary tools and stolen catalytic converters. The three men were found shortly after midnight on June 16 parked at the Popeye's restaurant on South Gloster Street, according to a Tupelo Police Department news release.

HOUSTON, Miss. (WTVA) - Emergency personnel in Chickasaw County gathered Tuesday to go over emergency scenarios like active-shooters. A training presentation was shown at the Floy Dyer Manor in Houston. Several entities participated, including the Chickasaw County School District and Trace Regional Hospital. EMA Director Linda Griffin said the county...

VERONA, Miss. (WTVA) - A fire destroyed a warehouse Sunday afternoon in Verona. The warehouse on Raymond Avenue is a total loss. Marty Pettit, the owner of the Kingfisher Lodge a well-known wedding venue, used the warehouse to store chairs, tables and other supplies. No one was hurt, but Pettit...

Tupelo, Miss. – Former Itawamba Community College women’s soccer player Morgan Mitchell of Amory was appointed to the US Merchant Marine Academy from Mississippi’s First Congressional District by Representative Trent Kelly during a recent ceremony. Mitchell plans to continue her soccer career at the Academy. The Mariners’...

Elvis has left the building, but maybe you don’t have to. Elvis Presley’s childhood home in Tupelo, Mississippi — which was left abandoned and, at one point, was expected to be torn down — is set to hit the auction block in August, The Post can report. This is the only childhood home of the King of Rock and Roll that has ever come to market. The starting auction price will be set between $30,000 to $50,000. The three-bedroom, 1,260-square-foot home, which once held the address 605 Kelly Street in East Tupelo, first went up for auction in 2020....

A Mississippi man who was involved in a head-on collision earlier this month has died from the injuries he received in the accident. William Elbert Tallent, Jr., 53, of Bigbee, died several days after a June 17 motor vehicle accident in Smithville. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Tallent was...

CHICKASAW COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Chickasaw County emergency responders, law enforcement, and hospital staff are working to make sure they’re on the same page if the worst should happen. Over 50 people, including school officials, law enforcement, and medical professionals came together to discuss what to do in...

AMORY, Miss. (WCBI)-An Amory man dies from his injuries in a car crash. Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley said 53-year-old Willam Elbert Tallent, Jr. of the Bigbee Community died Saturday morning. Gurley said the incident happened back on June 17th on Highway 25 North in Smithville. Tallent was traveling north...

TUPELO • Lee County School District officials plan to redraw district lines after census data revealed significant population changes in its current districts. The Lee County School Board will hold a public hearing at 5 p.m. on Thursday at the school district office to discuss proposed changes to its voting map. District officials will present the maps along with census data during the meeting.

TUPELO • Toni Caldwell has seen the thrill of the victory and the agony of defeat with her beloved Ole Miss baseball program through the years, but this time she was richly rewarded. "I had no doubt," she said of the Rebels' bringing home the national championship for the...

When the Hatley Tigers take the field this fall, they won’t be the same team they were a year ago. First-year head coach Seth Lee is making sure of that. “It’s a completely clean slate,” Lee said. “It’s a new coaching staff. We’re starting completely over. And that’s kind of what we wanted to do coming in.”

According to the Monroe County Coroner, at about 11:20 a.m., Robert Grays, a resident of West Point and employee of Falcon Construction, was working on a paving project in the area of Davidson Line Road and Highway 45 when he was struck by a co-worker operating a Bobcat tractor. Grays...

To commemorate Ole Miss baseball's first national championship, our Tuesday, June 28, print edition will include an insert featuring our Monday e-edition-only front page. Print subscribers will have the insert already included with their paper. Any non-subscribers who would like to purchase a copy can do so through the following:

Elvis Presley’s net worth is thanks to his prodigious talent and hard work (and, many would argue, from the backs of Black artists). Born in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935, he grew up “within a close-knit, working class family, consisting of his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who all live near one another in Tupelo,” according to the official website of Presley’s home, Graceland. “There is little money, but [Presley’s parents] Vernon and Gladys do their best to provide for their son, who is the center of their lives.”