Man killed after hot asphalt poured on him in dump truck accident
A man in Mississippi was killed after hot asphalt was poured on him at a construction site earlier this week.
Mississippi bus crash kills 7, injures dozens; tire failure blamed
A bus crash in Mississippi on Saturday morning resulted in seven fatalities and left dozens injured after the vehicle overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina in Warren County.
Escaped Mississippi murder suspect arrested at Chicago restaurant after hours-long standoff with police
A murder suspect who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse was arrested at a restaurant on Chicago's Near West Side, blocks from the Democratic National Convention, after an hours-long standoff with police.
Mother sues after 10-year-old son arrested for public urination
A Mississippi mother has filed a $2 million federal lawsuit against police and city leaders, alleging her 10-year-old son was unjustly arrested for public urination.
Mississippi mother accused of murdering son, hiding body behind false wall
Jerri Lynn Isreal, a 66-year-old Mississippi mother, has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of her son, John Allen Gaither. The arrest follows a welfare concern call in December regarding a possible missing person
Aderrien Murry: Video shows officer shoot 11-year-old boy who called police for help
Newly released video from a Mississippi officer’s body-worn camera shows the moment he shot Aderrien Murry, an 11-year-old boy who had called 911 for help.
Mississippi man in custody for brutal rape, murder, and arson of 73-year-old woman
In a disturbing incident in Forest, Mississippi, Sammy Patrick has been apprehended by the Scott County Sheriff's office for the alleged brutal murder, rape, and arson of a 73-year-old woman, Dee Eady.
Truck driver plows through national cemetery, damaging veterans' headstones
A truck driver, possibly experiencing a medical emergency, crashed into a national cemetery, damaging 10 headstones of deceased veterans along with other structures.
Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official.
Video shows lightning strike tree at Mississippi home, splitting it in half
A shocking video captured at a Mississippi home shows the moment when a bolt of lightning hit a tree and split it in half.
Mississippi restaurant shooting leaves 1 dead, at least 6 injured
The shooting happened in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, during a Cinco de Mayo party.
Carolyn Bryant Donham: Woman at center of Emmett Till's 1955 lynching dies at 88
The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.
Mississippi must allow religious exemption for childhood vaccines, judge orders
Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.
Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by deadly tornado
Last week's tornado destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork and the nearby town of Silver City. The death toll in Mississippi stood at 21. One person died in Alabama, as well.
Mississippi tornado: At least 25 killed, Biden declares emergency for storm-battered towns
President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S. At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama.
FOX Corporation donates $1M to Red Cross relief efforts after Mississippi tornado
Donations will help support communities needing critical resources, including water and housing assistance.
Recovery from deadly Mississippi tornado tough for low-income residents
Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the U.S., and the majority-Black Delta where the massive tornado struck has long been one of the poorest parts of the state.
Mississippi tornado: Biden declares emergency for storm-battered towns
“They said you need to take cover, but it happened so fast a lot of people didn’t even get a chance to take cover."
Wife accused of murdering husband on Facebook Live
Authorities in Mississippi believe the couple got into an argument that turned physical.
Tornadoes in Mississippi kill more than 2 dozen, injure dozens more
Dozens more are injured and at least four people are missing, Mississippi officials said.