New Hope class meets Trump during Tupelo rally
When New Hope Middle School seventh grader Lariyon Beckwith told his teacher, Liza Miley, he wanted to meet the president, she didn’t really expect it to happen.
10 young writers receive $50,000 Whiting Awards
Vietnamese poet Ocean Vuong and fiction writer Catherine Lacey, a native of Tupelo, are among this year’s 10 recipients of the Whiting Awards, $50,000 prizes given to young writers of exceptional promise.
Tupelo civic leader Jack Reed Sr. dies at 91
Jack Reed Sr., a Tupelo businessman who spoke out against Mississippi’s segregationist culture and was a longtime advocate for public schools before losing a race for governor in 1987, has died.
Two arrested for looting in Lee County
Bond has been set at $50,000 each for two men arrested and charged for looting at Lee County residences in the storm aftermath.
Police ask to give sick leave to wounded officer
Tupelo police want to donate unused sick leave to the officer who was wounded during a deadly bank robbery.
Tupelo city gov’t reducing its overtime spending
In the past three years, Tupelo city government has significantly cut the amount of money it’s spending on overtime.