Mississippi News

Rankin County, Miss., sheriff's deputies under investigation for possible civil rights violations are now also being accused of sexual assault.

FEMA and the state of Mississippi want to hire nearly 20 people for short-term jobs that will aid in tornado recovery after the March 24-25 storms.

LaRita Cooper-Stokes, who shared a city council dynasty with her husband and was the first Black female Hinds County judge, died Monday morning.

Ocean Springs, Miss., police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left one dead and six injured at a restaurant during a Cinco de Mayo party.

Confederate monuments remain "politically charged" across Mississippi. But a recent forum at the Two Museums in Jackson tried to tackle the topic.

One person has died after five people were shot at a Cinco de Mayo party in Ocean Springs.

A federal civil rights complaint says Mississippi is intentionally creating hurdles for Jackson to receive enough money for water system repairs.

A water-contact advisory is still in effect for a section of the Pearl River due to Jackson's wastewater woes.

The Mississippi National Day of Prayer event was held at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss. on May 4, 2023.

Law enforcement officers have arrested and charged a man in a shooting that wounded a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper.

Suit lists 13 separate constitutional violations and alleges Jones County Sheriff's Department "has a history of ... "constitutional violations."

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he will release all of his text messages related to a welfare fraud investigation.

The blunt force injuries to Tyre Nichols' head left him with hemorrhaging in his brain, caused from the brain smashing into the inside of his skull.

A Sharkey County resident who had been hospitalized since the EF-4 tornado ripped through the area has died.

The Army Corps and EPA have reached a preferred approach to solve persistent flooding in the Yazoo Backwater Area, officials announcement Thursday.

Concerns and complaints from Pelahatchie Bay residents have led to a special hunt to reduce the large alligator population in the area.

The last of four inmates who escaped the Raymond Detention Center on April 22 is in custody as of Thursday morning, according to a Tweet from Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.

A federal judge has denied bond for a Mississippi man who the FBI said threatened to kill U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on April 26.

Tyre Nichols' death has been ruled a homicide, attorneys for the family said Wednesday. The full report has not been publicly released.

The Hattiesburg Zoo took delivery of Kipling in 2018 from the Dallas Zoo, where he was part of a breeding program designed to sustain the species.