Convicted murderer on way to life in prison

TUPELO – A 22-year search for justice in the 1985 deaths of a Tishomingo County couple concluded Friday with the sentencing of their grandson.
Judge Thomas Gardner sentenced Keir D. Sanders, 43, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his conviction of murdering his grandmother, Elma Crawford.
In the death of his grandfather, W.D. [...]

Fed appeals court nixes party registration, voter ID ruling

By JACK ELLIOTT JR.
The Associated Press
JACKSON – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a ruling that would have forced Mississippians to register by political party and to show photo identification at the polls to be able to vote.
U.S. District Judge Allen Pepper in Mississippi ruled last year that the state should [...]

Saltillo man in accident indentified …

Gueary Reed, 72, has been identified as the Saltillo man who died in the accident on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Northwest Alabama. (See post below for details) His wife, Joe Reed, survived the accident. The accident is still under investigation.

Saltillo man dies in Trace crash …

A Mississippi man drowned Tuesday when his car left the Natchez Trace Parkway near Central and went into a creek of rushing water, according to timesdaily.com.
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Time to get a bike?

Seems like folks in Oxford are thinking so in response to high gas prices …
TheDMOnline – Oxford Bicycle sales increase.

Sanders guilty on one count, not guilty on other

The jury in the murder trial of Kier D. Sanders returned a split verdict after five hours of deliberation Friday.
Click here for Lena Mitchell’s story in today’s Daily Journal.

Another Sanders trial update …

The case was turned over to the jury about 3 p.m. for deliberations. If Sanders is found not guilty by reason of insanity, the jury must determine if he is a threat to society and should be committed to a mental institution. If convicted, under Mississippi law Sanders will be sentenced to two terms of [...]

Sanders trial update …

Kier D. Sanders, 43, is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his grandparents – W.D. and Elma Crawford. The body of W.D. Crawford was found Dec. 29, 1985, at the couple’s Tishomingo County home at Pickwick Lake. He had suffered shotgun wounds, but died from bludgeoning with a hammer.
His retrial is [...]

More on yesterday’s power outage …

From today’s Daily Journal …
BY DANZA JOHNSON
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Hundreds of residents and businesses were in the dark for more than an hour during a sudden thunderstorm in South Tupelo on Thursday.
Tupelo Water and Light Manager Johnny Timmons said a direct hit of lighting at the southwest substation on Cliff Gookin Boulevard caused the outages.
“The [...]

Some Power outages reported in South Lee County area …

Some storms moving through Tupelo and Lee County. We are hearing reports of power outages in the South Lee County area. We’ll let you know as we know more. … Hearing power is back in a lot of areas if not all.