Caleb McCluskey

TUPELO — Lee County residents got their first look at elected officials' plans for the construction of a new 504-bed jail that, if built, would replace the aging and insufficient Lee County Adult Detention Center.

Barbara George begins rolling a several renderings of the proposed new Lee County Jail at a public meeting Monday at the Cadence Conference Center.

In this file photo taken Feb. 27, 2024, volunteers from six area fire departments and the U.S.

Felonies The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Felonies The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Tuesday at 11 a.m.

TUPELO — It's been three years since the inception of what Matt Robinson calls the “premier skateboard and art festival in the Deep South,” and the creator of Tupelo's annual

This September 2023 file photo shows the Lee County Board of Supervisors building in downtown Tupelo.

Felonies The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Thursday at 11 a.m.

A sign and barricades warn of the closure of the bridge connecting the Carr Vista Road community to Raymond Avenue on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Verona, Miss.

In this file photo taken Sept. 7, 2022, a construction worker marks his measurements for trusses going onto a house being built on High Line Drive in Tupelo in the Butler Park subdivision.