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Tuesday’s action by Tupelo’s City Council to create a police advisory board completes months of discussion on that topic.
Conversations about such a board emerged in the aftermath of June’s shooting death of Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert by a Tupelo Police officer. Shumpert’s death exposed a rift in the community, and protesters began to call for more accountability from the city’s police force.

Scarlett Johansson appears in a scene from “Ghost in the Shell.” (Jasin Boland/Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures via AP)

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TUPELO – Tupelo Police are investigating a death on West Jackson Street this morning.
Law enforcement is on the scene, and West Jackson is blocked off from Park Street to Clayton Avenue. No more details have been released at this time.
More information will be posted when it is made available.

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Tupelo High School is hosting the MHSAA State Concert Evaluation this week, bringing bands from across the northern region of Mississippi to Tupelo.

Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco limited Texas to two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

In today’s headlines, we discuss state revenue collections going up, a World War II vet being honored, and Komen grants. In sports, Smithville’s football coach took a new job.