Lawmakers refused to increase an infamous prison’s funding. Then, chaos erupted Understaffed, underfunded and plagued by gang violence, inmates in Mississippi’s Parchman prison have been living in ...

A 3-year-old Mississippi boy is in critical condition after officials believe he was attacked by a dog or coyote after wandering away from his house Wednesday night. WDAM News in Hattiesburg reports ...

A Mississippi man has been charged with second-degree murder after he turned himself in to authorities after he reportedly shot a man in the abdomen. Officials with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s ...

A former Mississippi high school teacher was sentenced Thursday after being convicted of sexual battery charges involving a student. Amber Turnage was sentenced to 15 years with five years suspended ...

Barring a last minute reprieve, the state of Mississippi is set to execute Richard Jordan this evening. Attorneys representing the 79-year-old, the state’s oldest and longest serving inmate on death ...

A new solar farm in the state has the potential to create 200 construction jobs and bring millions of dollars in revenue for one rural Mississippi county and its school system, officials say. WTVA in ...

A 36-year-old Mississippi truck driver was killed in a crash in Alabama. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports that JoColby M. Holder, 36, of Hattiesburg, was killed in a wreck on Alabama 21, 15 ...

A 21-year-old Mississippi worker was killed when he was accidentally run over by a piece of machinery Tuesday morning. Officials from the Clay County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as ...

A woman tragically fell to her death from the top of the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Natchez on Sunday evening. The Natchez Democrat reports that Adams County Coroner James Lee said he ...

The possibility of passenger rail service for Vicksburg took one more step Tuesday with an interlocal agreement between the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Warren County Board of Supervisors to ...

It wasn’t until after their summer trip to Yellowstone National Park, that a Mississippi family said they witnessed a live cougar Wednesday morning. The Freeman family, from Natchez, was driving down ...

On Friday night, in a small town in Mississippi, love shined brightly on a dimly lit football field when a homecoming queen removed her tiara and showed the world how to love. Senior Nyla Covington ...