By JAY REEVES By her own telling, Mississippi authorities provided Carolyn Bryant Donham with preferential treatment rather than prosecution after her encounter with Emmett Till led to the lynching of the Black teenager in the summer of 1955. Instead of arresting Donham…
The Mississippi Aquarium wrapped up its outreach program for the summer with some stellar numbers. Over the course of the summer, Aquarium officials traveled more than 5,500 miles in June…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss (AP) — An incident involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and three Black men is under investigation after a viral video showed the officer putting a handcuffed man into a chokehold and wrestling him into a…
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 1955, file photo, J.W. Milam, left, his wife, second from left, Roy Bryant, far right, and his wife, Carolyn Bryant, sit together in a courtroom in Sumner, Miss. Bryant and…
BELDEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life. Bandit, a 20-pound (9.1-kilogram) cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt…
CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Heavy rain caused flash flooding in central Mississippi Tuesday, trapping some people in homes and offices. WLBT-TV reported fire department crews used boats to get people out of homes in Canton, about 26 miles (42 kilometers) north of…
Attorney General Lynn Fitch said today that Mississippi is joining a nationwide task force to investigate and take legal action against companies…
Starting Monday, free at-home COVID-19 tests will be available at all Mississippi county health departments. Each family can receive eight tests (four packages) of BinaxNOW antigen rapid self-tests per month. No doctor’s note or documentation of any kind is necessary.…
According to a new court filing, former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant instructed his wife’s friend, whose nonprofit was receiving millions from the welfare department, to pay Brett Favre…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing Tuesday to consider a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a death row inmate will not be allowed to seek additional DNA testing on crime scene evidence from the shooting deaths of two college students…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has set a Tuesday hearing in a lawsuit by state’s only abortion clinic, which seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. A temporary restraining order would allow the…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Several new laws take effect in Mississippi on Friday, which is also the first day of the new state budget year. TEACHER PAY In the new budget year, teachers will receive raises…
By JAY REEVES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has taken a step to activate a law that will ban most abortions in the state. The 2007 state law says the Mississippi attorney general must publish an administrative notice if…
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A police officer killed on duty in Mississippi earlier this month is being remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as a person willing to serve any community where he worked. A memorial service was held Thursday in…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of beating his mother to death with a hammer has been arrested. Sam Brown, a spokesperson for the Jackson Police Department, said it happened Wednesday at a home in Mississippi’s capital city. Police…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution by directing $10 million in pandemic relief money to private schools, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a parents’ group that supports public schools. The…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has again tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Monday. His communications director, Phillip Waller, said Wicker took a required test and received a positive result. “He will be…
MERIDIAN, Miss. — A police officer has died along with one other person after an officer-involved shooting Thursday in an eastern Mississippi city, authorities said, adding a suspect was being sought. Officer Kennis Croom and a pregnant female victim died…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two incumbent congressmen in Mississippi won party primaries Tuesday. Another, 4th District Republican Steven Palazzo, advanced to a June 28 runoff. 1ST DISTRICT Republican Rep. Trent Kelly defeated Mark D. Strauss in north…
Republican incumbent Steven Palazzo will face a challenger for the GOP nomination in a runoff for the 4th Congressional District seat scheduled for June 28. Palazzo, who has been in office since defeating Gene Taylor in 2010, eased into the…
A threat made regarding violence at the Wingfield High School graduation has ended with a 19-year-old in jail, charged with making a terroristic threat. The state Department of Public Safety said in a press release that officers with the…
Wednesday is the first day that people who plan to take advantage of the state's medical marijuana program can apply for the program. The Mississippi Department of Health will have applications online for patients, medical practitioners, facilities and services related…