Scruggs Case
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the "King of Torts" behind legal settlements that extracted billions of dollars from the tobacco and asbestos industries, among others, pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge. He faces up to five years in prison, and the Mississippi State Bar has filed a petition to disbar him. Read coverage of this case from the Daily Journal newspaper.
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Major
Thoroughfare Program - One of a Kind
A two-day series by the Daily Journal's
Emily Le Coz on the city's road improvement program. Phase IV of the
program goes before the voters today.
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Senate
Committee Report on Hurricane Katrina
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee's report detailing the failures following Hurricane Katrina.
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Tupelo
Tornado - 70th Anniversary
A four-day series marking the 70th
anniversary of the April 5, 1936 tornado that devastated Tupelo.
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How
to make a newspaper kite
Want to make your own kite for
Saturday’s Family Kite Flying Day? Click the headline and follow the
steps.
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Bramlett's
Return
An eight-day serialization in the Daily
Journal of an original work of fiction by Tupelo author John Armistead.
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Tupelo's
Housing Gap
A series of stories on shortage of
affordable housing in Tupelo.
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Your
Turn
Daily Journal readers speak out on
various topics in the reader response polls published in the paper.
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Blog
Center
A community of Web blogs, including one
by djournal.com.
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Audio
Vault
Audio clips from previously published
Daily Journal articles.
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Memories
of VJ Day
Northeast Mississippians recall the day
when Japan surrendered, marking the end of World War II.
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Nonprofits
series
Monthly series on various non-profit
agencies in Northeast Mississippi.
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Edgar
Ray Killen Trial
Daily Journal coverage of the 2005 trial
of Killen, who was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of three
civil rights workers in 1964 near Philadelphia, Miss.
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Bridges
and Barriers
The Daily Journal's award-winning series
on the region's growing Hispanic community. Published Sept. 26-Oct. 3,
2004.
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Inside
the AFA
The Daily Journal's series by Sandi P.
Beason on the Tupelo-based American Family Association.
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Pushing
Boundries
A six-part series by the Daily Journal's
Leesha Faulkner on Tupelo's proposed annexation pending in Chancery
Court. Tupelo is trying to expand its boundaries by 10.25 square miles,
an area that includes about 2,500 people. (Published Nov. 14-19, 2004)
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Starkville
projects win $100,000
The Boys & Girls Club of Oktibbeha
County/Starkville and the Oktibbeha County Humane Shelter shared
the $100,000 prize in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal's
"Need $100,000?" contest.
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The
Toll of Crystal Meth
A three-day series on the effects of crystal meth in Northeast Mississippi.
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Legalized Gambling: Win, Lose or
Draw?
A three-day series on the benefits and
drawbacks of
legalize gambling in North Mississippi - from the bingo halls of Tupelo
to the casinos in Tunica.
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Living Will Information
Information from North Mississippi
Medical Center on how to prepare your living will. (.pdf file)
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Tupelo/Lee County Maps
Printable, downloadable Tupelo/ Lee County
election maps of Justice Court, Supervisor, state House of
Representative and state Senate districts.
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Saving Okolona
A two-day series by Sandi P. Beason of the
Daily Journal staff on the effort by Okolona and Chickasaw County
residents to overcome problems and make improvements to the city and
county.
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Parade Magazine
PARADE
Magazine is the most widely read magazine in
America with a circulation of more than 36 million. PARADE is carried by more than 335 Sunday newspapers,
including the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, and reaches 75 million Americans
every week.
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Money
and Justice
A 4-day series on the issues and
controversy surrounding Mississippi's civil justice system. |
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Kidscoop
Full of educational puzzles, games and
fun for young readers ages 5-16. Brought
to you by the Daily Journal's Newspaper & Education.
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