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Missing Spring Hill community woman found safe
By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,01/15/26-10:48PM , 357 Reads 10,676 Statewide
A Spring Hill community woman has been found safe in the town of Oakland.

Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said Laura Gale Smith, 58, was found on Spruce Street in the Yalobusha County town after having been reported missing some seven hours earlier with concerns about the threat of self-harm.
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Former local substitute teacher sentenced for sexual battery, child exploitation
By CLAY MCFERRIN
Fri,11/07/25-1:28PM , 1,432 Reads 3,203 Statewide
A former substitute teacher in the West Tallahatchie School District has been sentenced on federal and state charges of sexual battery and child exploitation involving a 15-year-old student at the school where she taught.
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Flanked by Tallahatchie County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Williams II, left, and Panola County Sheriff Shane Phelps, right, fugitive Ewel "Bubba" Scott arrives outside the Tallahatchie County Jail in Charleston on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)

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'Ghost' Ewel Scott captured, ordeal recounted
By CLAY MCFERRIN
Fri,08/15/25-12:28AM , 1,643 Reads 9,785 Statewide
Local fugitive Ewel "Bubba" Scott, who had evaded capture during an intensive multi-day, multi-agency manhunt, ran out of luck and time and was arrested Thursday.
He also apparently had run out of steam.
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Sam Seymore is pictured Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in a mugshot furnished by the Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office.

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Fugitive Sam Seymore arrested at home after hiding in attic
By CLAY MCFERRIN
Tue,08/05/25-10:28PM , 1,315 Reads 10,679 Statewide
A tense 6½-hour standoff between a determined fugitive holed up in his attic and 40 entrenched lawmen surrounding his home came to a sudden end Monday night when Sam Seymore reportedly fell through the ceiling and then tried to make a run for it.
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