The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood with their ethereal, harmonized song, it’s one of the great joys of the season. It’s also a minor miracle. These small creatures have just flown more than 1,850 miles (3,000 kilometers), all the…

A new documentary explores how the legend of one of the league’s greatest quarterbacks endures, despite the multiple scandals that have engulfed him

BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own words…

In Mississippi, Sinatra Jordan spent 940 days in jail without a trial after being accused of shooting at Capitol Police… The post Brickbat: 940 Days in the Hole appeared first on Reason.com.

All-Star outfielder Chet Lemon passes away at 70. The Mississippi native played for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.

A Mississippi man, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, was apprehended after allegedly ramming his car into Jennifer Aniston's Los Angeles property gate, claiming the actress was his wife.

Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likely

Prosecutors say a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years then crashed his vehicle through the front gate of her home has been charged with felony stalking and felony vandalism

Ryan Coogler’s smash hit horror focuses on the opening of a juke joint, a one-time mainstay in Black southern culture