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TUPELO • Absent any action by state authorities or federal agencies to restrict the herbal product called kratom, a coalition of local parents and law enforcement officials is again asking
TUPELO ⢠A former Verona police officer has been waiting four years for the Lee County town to resolve her sexual harassment lawsuit and a separate workers' compensation claim. Stephanie Goree Moffett filed a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claim in late 2016, alleging that former Verona Police Chief J.B. Long sexually harassed her. She said the city tried to settle the ensuing federal lawsuit by offering her just $1,000. Moffett was attacked by a suspect in February 2017, leaving her with more than $200,000 in medical bills. She said the city only took care of a little m...
TUPELO • Officials at the Lee County Adult Jail are still agreeing to house the city of Tupelo’s prisoners, even though they are now under no legal obligation to accept
TUPELO • Officials at the Lee County Adult Jail are still agreeing to house the city of Tupelo’s prisoners, even though they are now under no legal obligation to accept
TUPELO ⢠Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson says his department will not enforce any executive orders intended to limit the escalating spread of COVID-19 throughout the state even as the Tupelo Police Department makes plans to ramp up enforcement of existing safety measures. Johnson told the Daily Journal in a telephone interview that he has ordered Lee County sheriffâs deputies not to issue citations or arrest people for failing to follow executive orders issued by state or local officials mandating masks or limiting public gatherings. Gov. Tate Reeves has placed Lee County â alon...