A man suspected of killing or wounding people in Mississippi, New Mexico, and Kansas has been sentenced in Kansas. Alex Deaton was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution for shooting a Pratt…
This afternoon a mistrial was declared in the case of a Mississippi man charged with burning a woman to death. Jurors initially said they found Quinton Tellis not guilty of capital murder in the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers. However,…
A sickness is causing U.S. Senator Thad Cochran to postpone his trip to Washington D.C. Brad White, chief of staff to Senator Cochran, says the senator developed a urinary tract infection in a statement that says in part: “after a…
The man charged with burning a Mississippi woman to death told an FBI agent he was miles away buying a debit card when she was set on fire. That agent, Dustin Blount, testified Thursday in the trial of Quinton Tellis…
A doctor says 19-year-old Jessica Chambers who was found alive with severe burns in Mississippi, but later died from her injuries suffered so much damage to her mouth, throat and chest that she would have had trouble clearly saying words.…
A new chief federal prosecutor for the southern half of Mississippi has taken office. Mike Hurst was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan. Hurst, the unsuccessful 2015 Republican nominee…
The trial of a man charged with burning a 19-year-old Mississippi woman to death nearly three years ago is set to begin today. Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of 29-year-old Quentin Tellis in Batesville, Mississippi about 50…
Mississippi residents could vote on a state lawmaker’s plan that would raise taxes and fees to pay for renovations to roads and bridges. On Monday, Mississippi Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall announced the bill Republican State Senator Dean Kirby…
The controversial house bill HB 1523 is now in effect across Mississippi. The measure went into effect after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lower federal court ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional. HB 1523 specifically allows…
Tomorrow marks the day of the enactment of House Bill 1523 in the state of Mississippi. For the LGBTQ community, this could be a problem. News 25’s Tanner Stewart has our story. What has been known as the most sweeping…
Jury selection is set to start in the case of a Mississippi teen who was set on fire and left to die. A badly-burned Jessica Chambers was found alongside her car in northern Mississippi in December 2014. The 19-year-old died…
A Mississippi Delta ophthalmologist is being charged with defrauding the state-federal Medicaid program. Dr. Harold Peltan, a 50-year-old Cleveland resident, was indicted on 17 counts on fraud Tuesday in Bolivar County. Attorney General Jim Hood says Peltan turned in fake…
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving Mississippi more time to respond to a lawsuit that challenges the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The court says Monday that attorneys for Governor Phil Bryant have until October 18th to respond.…
Both inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison are back in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says 41-year-old James R. Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young were both. The two men escaped late Sunday or early Monday from the Mississippi…
A jailbreak in Mississippi ends with the escapees busting back in and being busted by police. All because they wanted a side hustle behind bars. Three of the accused escapees yesterday denied on camera hopping a fence at the county…
The search is still on for two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The two prisoners went missing late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Forty-one year-old James Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young should be considered…
A police officer in Columbus is resigning after video from his body camera showed him berating a black motorist during a traffic stop and saying he could shoot into the car if the man failed to keep hands on the…
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will carefully consider whether to declare an extreme emergency in the state’s second largest school district. The State Board of Education voted Thursday to recommend that Bryant make the declaration about Jackson Public…
According to the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, preliminary calculations by Mississippi Department of Education underfunded the MAEP formula by more than $732,000. In a letter addressed to legislative leaders and Governor Phil Bryant, State Auditor Stacey Pickering outlined…
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health reports four new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the state total to 45 this year. The new cases were reported in Calhoun, Clay, and Lee counties. So far this year, cases…
The Mississippi Department of Education says students fared better in the second year of a new standardized test than they did in the first, especially in math. The results released are from last spring’s Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, the second…
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant won’t call legislators back to the capitol to consider removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. The Legislative Black Caucus says Bryant should set a special session because white supremacists marched…
Six new cases of West Nile Virus bring the state’s total this year to 25. State Health Department officials say the death toll remains at one. The new cases were in Clay, Forrest, Hinds, Leake, Lowndes, and Rankin counties. Hinds…
Mississippi police say they’ve found a three-year-old boy who was taken with a car and he’s unharmed. The search began at midday Monday after Sharon Knight told police that a 17-year-old she identified as Mike sped away in her car…