Mississippi

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in c...
1:46 28 February 2022

Mississippi man accused of killing 8 tears up during trial

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — Testimony from a Mississippi woman whose son and nephew were two of the eight victims killed in a...
6:48 20 February 2022

Soggy neighborhoods under flash-flood warning in Mississippi

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging...
17:03 18 February 2022

Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital

JACKSON, Miss. — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in ...
21:05 17 February 2022

Floods put Mississippi capital in ‘precarious situation’

JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi's capital city and more rain on the way this week, th...
1:11 17 February 2022

Mississippi braces for flooding amid cresting river

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday amid predictions that a river running in the area around the stat...
20:27 15 February 2022

Torrential rains leave swollen rivers, downed trees in South

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides ...
21:52 13 February 2022

Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle

GOLDEN POND, Ky. — Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound...
6:12 12 February 2022

Rains flood roads, swell rivers across the Deep South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Roads were flooded and rivers were rising across the Deep South on Tuesday after a day of heavy rains that once again threatened a ...
18:57 11 February 2022

Mississippi inmate death toll rises amid emergency extension

JACKSON, Miss. — Another Mississippi inmate died Monday, the same day the governor extended an emergency order allowing the state to quickly spend mon...
2:36 11 February 2022

Storms sweep over Deep South with rain, wind, floods; 1 dead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A powerful winter storm raked the Deep South on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed one person and injured severa...
19:00 6 February 2022

Top heavy: Handful of elite programs hoard most top recruits

McKinnley Jackson, a huge and talented defensive tackle from Mississippi, was one of the few five-star recruits whose college choice was a mystery com...
21:18 5 February 2022

Mississippi inmate tries to hang self in cell, attorney says

JACKSON, Miss. — An inmate tried to hang himself at a troubled Mississippi prison and was taken down by a state trooper, an attorney said in court pap...
3:49 2 February 2022

Pressure building on rural north Mississippi dam

STARKVILLE, Miss. — A rain-swollen lake in rural north Mississippi rose at least a foot overnight, keeping heavy pressure on a dam that is in danger o...
17:57 15 January 2022

Mississippi State hires Mike Leach away from Washington St

Mississippi State hired Washington State's Mike Leach as its new head coach Thursday, bringing one of the nation's quirkiest and most successful coach...
19:27 9 January 2022

Mississippi moms question state as they bury slain inmates

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Manslaughter isn't supposed to be a death sentence. Nor is burglary. Nor is armed robbery, selling cocaine or stealing a vehicle.
0:29 9 January 2022

Moon river: Rocket part ferried on the mighty Mississippi

NEW ORLEANS — With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a huge component of a new rocket system was wheeled slowly ...
21:24 8 January 2022

Foretold ‘uprising’ hits cash-starved Mississippi prisons

JACKSON, Miss. — The leader of Mississippi’s underfunded prison system was pleading with lawmakers for money to hire more guards and pay them better i...
23:48 6 January 2022

1 of 2 escapees from troubled Mississippi prison in custody

One of two prisoners believed to have escaped from one of several Mississippi prisons recently rocked by violence is back in custody, authorities said...
9:02 5 January 2022

Mississippi says two inmates escaped from troubled prison

Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that has lef...
21:48 4 January 2022

Mississippi State fires coach Joe Moorhead after 2 seasons

Mississippi State fired Joe Moorhead after just two seasons Friday, making the unusual decision to dismiss a coach after a bowl game.
16:36 3 January 2022

4th death in Mississippi prisons; judge says other prison OK

JACKSON, Miss. — Another Mississippi inmate has died at the hands of a fellow inmate, bringing the death toll to four amid disturbances over the past ...
22:47 2 January 2022

Mississippi opens qualifying time for federal candidates

JACKSON, Miss. — Candidates for federal offices can start filing qualifying papers on Thursday in Mississippi.
13:01 1 January 2022

Louisville beats Mississippi State 38-28 at Music City Bowl

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Micale Cunningham threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 more, and Louisville capped coach Scott Satterfield's debut...
0:43 31 December 2022

Pothole Christmas tree inspires pastor to write holiday song

McCOMB, Miss. — A scraggly metal Christmas tree planted in a pothole has inspired a Mississippi minister to pen a holiday song.
20:29 24 December 2021

Elizabeth Spencer, ‘Light In the Piazza’ author, dies at 98

NEW YORK — Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novel...
16:03 24 December 2021

SUNDAYS AFTER: Survivor makes use of pain through activism

JACKSON, Miss. — Mark Belenchia didn’t stay quiet.
8:12 19 December 2021

Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

LOUISVILLE, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was released from custody Monda...
23:05 16 December 2021

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi's ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those s...
2:11 14 December 2021

Board considers plan on moving Ole Miss Confederate monument

JACKSON, Miss. — State officials are considering the University of Mississippi's proposal to move a Confederate soldier monument from a central spot o...
6:07 6 December 2021