The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

Passes are parabolas, "you've got to be a sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low" was hyperbole.

Even though Jackson, Mississippi, police knew they had killed 37-year-old Dexter Wade, they didn't inform his mother and allowed him to be buried in a penal farm.

In November 2023, voters will elect five of the 105 state financial officerships (SFOs) nationwide (4.8%). Two auditor positions (Kentucky and Mississippi) and three treasurer positions (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi) are on the ballot. Republicans currently hold all five positions.

A massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the New Orleans metropolitan area. The most visible emergency response is the provision of bottled water, with authorities distributing huge quantities of single-serving plastic water…

Welcome to the Tuesday, October 24, Brew. 

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is working with federal and local law enforcement agencies to investigate a shooting that happened near the Mississippi home of U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance this year heading into the Nov. 7 general election

Capitol Police and state law enforcement agencies are investigating a shooting Sunday near the Mississippi home of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

When the father of her children died suddenly, the US National Book award-winning author’s world fell apart. Three years on, she talks about grief, starting over and how she wrote her searing new novel about slavery

Items will chart Elvis' humble beginnings in Mississippi to his fame as a musician in the 1950s