Two men arrested, charged with kidnapping

By Danza Johnson
TUPELO – Two Attala County men are being held in the Lee County Jail on $1 million bonds in connection with a Thursday kidnapping. Leonard Brown, 23, of Silas and Manuel March, 18, of West were arrested by Tupelo police officers after they allegedly kidnapped Brown’s sister-in-law and her 5-month-old baby from an [...]

Report: Car found near London park

Report: Car found near London park connected to bomb investigation
LONDON (AP) – A suspicious vehicle found near London’s Hyde Park is connected to a car bomb defused earlier by British police, Sky News TV reported Friday.
Police closed Park Lane, on Hyde Park’s eastern side, to investigate a suspicious vehicle and set up a 200-meter (650-feet) [...]

Hill music gets royal treatment … more wrestler news

The music made in the rolling hills of North Mississippi is getting royal treatment this weekend. The Hill Country Picnic is gearing up for round two Friday and Saturday in Potts Camp. Festival founder and bluesman Kenny Brown created the Hill Country Picnic last year and said the 2006 festival was so successful the picnic [...]

Father files suit in Selmer crash

The Associated Press
SELMER — The father of a teenager who was killed when a drag-racing car crashed into a crowd is suing the driver and organizers of the charity event.
Six people were killed and 23 were hospitalized with injuries on June 16.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in McNairy County Circuit Court, the father of 15-year-old [...]

Snakes in the pool!

People are not the only things heading for the pool in hot weather.
Here’s a look from Danza Johnson from today’s newspaper at Hot, dry weather stirs up reptiles.
Have you seen more snakes lately?

Getting started on the news …

Good morning! It’s a little late, but we’re ready to get started on the news of the day.
This photo by Deste Lee of the Daily Journal jumped out at us from today’s paper. Jatavia Jacobs, 7, from front, Mary Catherine Miller, 7, Emma Counts, 9, Autumn Long, 5, Jaiza Ford, 6, Marasia Harris, 6, and [...]

TVA officials say drought shouldn’t affect power rates

The Associated Press 
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The lack of rainfall and lower water levels in East Tennessee won’t affect this year’s power rates, Tennessee Valley Authority officials say.
The five-month period from January to May was the driest in 118 years, said David Bowling, manager of TVA’s river forecast center.
He said the portion of East Tennessee upstream [...]

Doctor said he met wrestler day of the killings

Benoit’s doctor said he met with the wrestler day of the killings
By GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) – Professional wrestler Chris Benoit met with his personal physician hours before he allegedly killed his wife and son and then hanged himself in his basement, the doctor said Wednesday.
“He was in my office on Friday to stop [...]

Cheney’s office, White House subpoenaed

A couple of stories out of Washington at this hour …
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s office Wednesday for documents relating to President Bush’s warrant-free eavesdropping program.
Also named in subpoenas signed by committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., were the Justice Department and the National Security [...]

Civil Rights Summit at Ole Miss

Noted historian John Hope Franklin, who served on President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race, is the keynote speaker today at the annual Civil Rights Education Summit at Ole Miss. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium of Scruggs Hall on University Avenue.
Here’s more on the summit 2007 Civil Rights Education Summit