Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Good work, Tyler Edmonds. He called me to report he made 93 on his EMT final exam and will consider his next career move. Tyler, as many remember, was 15 when he was convicted of murdering his stepsister’s husband in Oktibbeha County and was sentenced to life in prison. Full Story »

A Mantachie man has been charged for allegedly having 13 meth labs in his home.According to Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson, Scotty Adams, 30, of 60 Fennel Road, Mantachie, was arrested early Tuesday morning and has been charged with the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine. Full Story »

ST. LOUIS — Four Missouri men were sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for crimes uncovered earlier this year during a federal dogfighting crackdown in seven states. Full Story »

OXFORD — Former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter has been ordered to report to a federal prison in McCreary, Ky., on Jan. 4 to begin serving an 18-month sentence for obstruction of justice. Full Story »

West Point’s Main Street bridge is back, for now, The Commercial Dispatch newspaper in Columbus reports. The city reopened the stretch of road on the east side of the intersection of Main Street and Highway 45 Alternate to cars and light trucks Friday. Full Story »

TUPELO - As Tupelo High School students receive their new laptops next year, the school itself will undergo a facelift. THS will get new classrooms, modern common spaces and upgraded art facilities as part of a $4.9 million renovation that will begin during the summer. Full Story »

OXFORD — Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson has suggested the city discontinue paying two of six police officers now assigned to the public schools. The school district now pays for four officers and the city two. Full Story »

JACKSON — The Mississippi Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of culpable-negligence manslaughter in a 2005 wreck that killed a woman in Itawamba County. Full Story »

TUPELO - Albert "Al" Lozano always has been a good employee at Comfort Inn in Tupelo, but his employer says he really stands out because he goes out of his way to help guests at the hotel. Full Story »

TUPELO - A Tupelo detective and firefighter were honored Tuesday for going beyond the call of duty. Firefighter Adam Holt and Detective Len Schaefer received the Exchange Club awards for Officer of the Year and Firefighter of the Year at the group's meeting at Harvey's restaurant. Full Story »

Tips from Mexico to Connecticut are coming on the whereabouts of Janet and Ramon Baretto of Union County. The couple jumped bail in May before a circuit court hearing for Janet on a charge she tampered with a potential witness. Full Story »

PONTOTOC - While the state's furniture industry didn't get what it wanted last year, leaders say they haven't stopped trying. And next week, they'll host a very important guest - Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who's expected to run for governor in 2011. Full Story »

TUPELO - While the Tupelo Airport Authority declined to say why it fired airport Executive Director Terry Anderson on Tuesday, their reason was clearly spelled out last week during an executive session: It had lost confidence in Anderson. Full Story »

The Tupelo Airport Authority has dismissed Terry Anderson as the executive director, Anderson said. The Tupelo Airport Authority met Tuesday night for its regular board meeting. The members voted to go into executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Full Story »

TUPELO - The second suspect in a Nov. 9 robbery in Corinth has died in a Tupelo hospital from injuries he suffered while fleeing police. Asa Warren, 25, of Tuscumbia, Ala., died Friday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, said Capt. Ralph Dance of the Corinth Police Department. Full Story »

TUPELO - SeaPort Airlines, whose parent company is based in Portland, Ore., said Tuesday that it had submitted a bid to provide air service in Tupelo. Full Story »

JACKSON - Attorney General Jim Hood says he has created the nation's first Intellectual Property Theft Task Force because the sale of counterfeit products hurts both the economy and consumers. Full Story »

OXFORD - Meetings with the Ole Miss administration on Tuesday morning were "a listening deal," not ones in which demands were made by either side, Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt said later in the day. Full Story »

OXFORD – Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt says he has no interest in the opening at the University of Kansas, a day after a newspaper report linked him to the job. Full Story »

JACKSON — The 14-member Legislative Budget Committee, which includes Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and Speaker Billy McCoy, have reached a budget agreement, various sources confirm. Full Story »

ARLINGTON, Tenn. — The mayor of a suburban Memphis city apologized for a statement he made on his Facebook page that President Barack Obama deliberately timed his speech last week about the war in Afghanistan to block the airing of the "Peanuts" Christmas television special. Full Story »

COTTON PLANT - There's nothing remarkable about the brown brick store that sits just inside the Tippah County line on Highway 15. Unless you ask the people inside. Full Story »

JACKSON — Mississippi's state mental hospital has treated numerous felons over the years, and there's no reason for state officials to disregard a federal judge's order to send death row inmate James Billot there, his lawyers argue. Full Story »

“I recognize that there is a lot of interest in the community concerning deliberations of the Tupelo Airport Authority surrounding the employment of the Airport Director, Mr. Terry Anderson. Full Story »

OCOEE, Fla. — A hospital spokesman says Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in stable condition after an early morning 911 call from his home. Health Central Hospital spokesman Dan Yates says Barbro Holmberg was admitted early Tuesday suffering from stomach pain. She is the mother of Woods' wife, Elin. Full Story »