Pedestrian hit, killed on Highway 45 in Tupelo

Jan. 29—TUPELO — Police are still searching for the person responsible for a hit-and-run along Highway 45 in Tupelo that killed a pedestrian on Saturday night. Police were called out to Highway 45 just north of Eason Boulevard on Jan. 27 around 9 p.m. for a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. Once there, officers located a deceased male, later identified by Lee County Coroner as …