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An investigation of a stolen dog led to a much larger probe of dog trafficking and an underground puppy chop shop in Florida.

Now, jump ahead thousands of years to Homer’s  Iliad—traditionally dated to the eighth century BCE—where the priest Chryses, harshly dismissed by Agamemnon, goes “in silence along the shore of the loud-roaring ( polufloisboio) sea.” Polu- is a common Greek and English prefix (as in polyglot). But  -floisboio is not so common, and much more remarkable: It strikes the ear like, well, a crashing wave—or a lackluster imitation of one. This noun from ancient Greek,  polufloisbos (here, in the nominative case), is onomatopoeic: a word that somehow imitates or suggests the sound ...

TUPELO • Three city council races are headed to runoffs, with challengers trying to oust incumbents in Ward 6 and Ward 7 and two fresh-faces to local politics vying for an open seat in Ward 1. In Ward 1, Amanda Angle and Chad Mims will meet in an April 27 runoff. Ward 6 Councilman Mike Bryan will face challenger Janet Gaston. Ward 7 Councilman Willie Jennings will face challenger Rosezlia “Rosie” Jones. After Republican primary results were tabulated, nearly-complete but still uncertified results showed that in Ward 1, Mims nearly won the four-person field outright with a...

TUPELO • Voters in the All America City will cast ballots today that will shape the next four years of municipal leadership. Tupelo will see contested primaries in Tuesday’s elections for mayor, as well as a number of city elections. Few races will be settled by primaries, however. In the mayoral race, for example, Todd Jordan and Markel Whittington are competing for the Republican nominee, with the winner set to face Democrat Victor Fleitas in a June 8 general election. Whittington is an incumbent City Council member and local businessman seeking the city’s top elected posi...

TUPELO • Four candidates are competing in the Republican primary for the Tupelo City Council’s Ward 1 seat, an open race that has drawn a competitive field of candidates The current councilman representing that ward, Markel Whittington, is running for mayor. That means no incumbent candidate will appear on the ballot. The candidates – Amanda Angle, Eric Hampton, Megan Kessler and Chad Mims – will face off in the Republican primary, which occurs on April 6. If no single candidate receives a share of the vote that exceeds 50%, a runoff will occur between the top two vote-get...