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River Valley musicians will take the stage Wednesday, Dec. 15 at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a part of the Arkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

TUPELO • A majority of the City Council appears poised to confirm FBI agent John Quaka as the next police chief of the All America City.

TUPELO • Two of the citys former police chiefs – one of whom was fired from the job – will have a hand in selecting Tupelos next top cop.

TUPELO • City officials on Tuesday agreed to let an outside consulting firm conduct an assessment of the Development Services Department to see if the services it provides adequately meet

EDITORS NOTE: This story is the third in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.

TUPELO • Incumbent Ward 3 Councilman Travis Beard, who is currently running for re-election, filed his required ethics form past the statutory deadline, skirting a provision of the state’s ethics laws. State law requires candidates running for public office to file a statement of economic interest with the State Ethics Commission within 15 days after the qualifying period ends. The qualifying deadline was Feb. 5, which means the deadline for candidates to submit their economic inte...

Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM  The flag used by Tupelo municipal government will fly at City Hall until a new state flag is adopted. TUPELO • Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how they’ve spent their campaign dollars, violating the state’s campaign finance laws. State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contest...

TUPELO • Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how they’ve spent their campaign dollars, violating the state’s campaign finance laws. State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contested primary election to submit campaign finance forms to the municipal clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on March 30. In the city’s Ward 3 Republi...

TUPELO • Officials in Tupelo on Tuesday night voted to move forward with plans to relocate the city’s oldest fire station by building a new station in a residential neighborhood. The Tupelo City Council unanimously voted to award roughly $1.8 million to Hooker Construction in Thaxton to construct the new station, which will be built on the corner of Blair Street and Clayton Avenue in the Gravlee neighborhood area. Rud Robison, principal architect for PryroMorrow, is the primary archit...

TUPELO • Around a dozen candidates running for Tupelo municipal office have missed a deadline to properly disclose sources of their income and other financial interests, running afoul of state ethics laws. Mississippi requires candidates for public office to file a statement of economic interest with the State Ethics Commission within 15 days after the qualifying period ends. The qualifying deadline was Feb. 5, which means the deadline for candidates to submit their economic interest forms...