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TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — The Tupelo Police Department made a public appeal Wednesday asking where officers could find a woman missing since her release from the Lee County jail July 7. Peggie Gray Norris, 67, stands 5-feet-5-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. Someone last saw her wearing a pink...

One of New Albany’s oldest businesses has new owners.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - A tractor trailer caught fire Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17 in north Tupelo. The incident happened on Interstate 22 near McCullough Boulevard. The driver was not injured, according to Tupelo police.

Ashland Blue Devils are bringing a team with experience this year. “Ashland’s experienced team returns this year except for two seniors,” said Coach Christopher Suggs. “The team looks to bounce back stronger after a rough 2021 season.”. Coach Suggs said he wants to build his team nucleus.

NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol says its driver's license office in New Albany is temporarily closed until further notice. MHP made the announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 16. MHP did not provide a reason for the closure.

New Albany, Miss. (WCBI)- New Albany football is looking to turn the page this season and get back on track. In 2021, the Bulldogs weren’t where they were used to being and head coach Cody Stubblefield thinks his team learned a lot about themselves because of it. Last season...

RIPLEY – At his concert at Dixie Theatre on Aug. 6, blues guitarist and singer Little Joe Ayers was honored by Ripley Main Street Association with a painting in his likeness, which will hang in the award-winning Mississippi Hill Country Blues Alley.

After a great season with a not so great ending. This team feels like a state championship is pending. I'm not speculating, just speaking straight facts. Let's get in the trenches with the Baldwyn Bearcats.

CORINTH, Miss. (WTVA) - A man is charged with first-degree murder in Corinth. Robert Walker of Corinth is accused of shooting and killing Demetrius Atkins. According to police, the shooting happened Sunday night at approximately 10:40. Atkins was found on a back porch along Sara Lane. A motive is being...

RIPLEY – The Ripley Arts Council/Dixie Theatre will host Comedian Drew Davis on Saturday.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Lee County Tax Collector Leroy Belk announced his retirement Monday morning, Aug. 15 during a supervisors meeting. He told supervisors he’s resigning at the end of the month for other potential job opportunities. Deputy Tax Collector Crystal Heatherly will serve as interim until the next...

Two people were injured, and two people were taken into custody after a shooting in a North Mississippi park. A news release from the Tupelo Police Department reports that at approximately 6:30 pm on Monday, officers were called to Theron Nickels Park on Mitchell Road for a shooting. Officers located...

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. (WTVA) - Raheem Morrison has joined the women’s basketball staff at Blue Mountain College as an assistant coach. The Memphis, Tennessee, native had been a head coach and assistant at Memphis Home Educators Association for six years. He also spent time as head coach at Tipton...

TUPELO – In 2019, Tom Dunn was managing the Applebee's in Tupelo, and two of his right-hand people were bartenders Michelle Raper and Darby Dabbs.

TUPELO – After a renovation and cleanup, the former Turner Dairy Foods building on Eason Boulevard will become a distribution center for Advanced Building Products.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - A Tupelo shooting is leaving several people concerned about an uptick in gun violence. The Tupelo Police Department is investigating a Monday evening shooting, Aug. 15 at Theron Nichols Park. One teenager was shot and was taken to the hospital. A bullet grazed another teenager. Police...

NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WTVA) - New Albany High School was put on a soft lockdown Monday morning, Aug. 15. According to the school district, the lockdown lasted 15 minutes. "No students or staff members were ever in danger," the district posted on social media. "This was done strictly as a precaution as law enforcement investigated areas near the school."

TUPELO – When Rhonda Armstrong Gibson was in sixth grade, she became her parents' helper in the kitchen.

The operator of five Wing Stop franchise locations in Mississippi faces fines and was ordered to pay back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found several violations. Boss Wings Enterprises LLC in Southaven operates Wing Stop locations in Clarksdale, Tupelo, Starkville, Olive Branch and Oxford. The Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division investigation found that franchise employees had to pay for their uniforms, safety training, background checks and cash register shortages that caused some employees' average hourly rates to fall below the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

JACKSON – A Northeast Mississippi attorney is attempting a legal maneuver to force more scrutiny onto a decision by Gov. Tate Reeves and the state welfare agency to cut ties with Brad Pigott, the attorney who was until July attempting to retrieve millions in allegedly misspent and wasted federal aid dollars for the poor.