The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Emergency services have been dispatched to De Soto, Mississippi, after multiple train cars containing lithium and batteries are reportedly floating in the water

The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement.

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was at the centre of Emmett Till's kidnapping and brutal lynching, has died in Louisiana after a battle with cancer. Till's family demanded justice after recovering an old arrest warrant but now the 88-year-old will never face persecution.

Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the home in Mississippi hours after a body was recovered. Dylan Arrington, 22, perished inside the home, authorities said.

Four prisoners went missing from the Raymond Detention Center at the weekend. Now, one is dead, one is captured and two are still at large. Graeme Massie and Rachel Sharp report

Fugitive Dylan Arrington confirmed dead in Leake County house fire after allegedly shooting dead Pastor Anthony Watts who stopped to try to help him

Four prisoners went missing from the Raymond Detention Center at the weekend – one is dead but three remain on the run, while a Good Samaritan who stopped to help one of them was shot and killed. Graeme Massie reports

Security guard at concert claimed singer was so drunk he ‘couldn’t walk’

Pastor Anthony Watts killed after stopping to help suspect who crashed stolen motorcycle