1 dead after small plane crashes in northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was killed Wednesday when the aircraft crashed in northwest Arkansas, authorities said. The pilot has been identified as former…
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Mississippi Rep. Banks charged with felony false tax return
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS A longtime Mississippi lawmaker has been charged with willfully making a false statement on a tax return for allegedly failing to report more than $500,000 of income from the 2018 sale of real estate. Democratic Rep.…
Mississippians to get money from TurboTax settlement
Almost 38,000 Mississippians who used Intuit's TurboTax and paid for services that should have been free will receive checks from a settlement with the company. Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced that consumers will begin receiving checks this month from…
Suspect in Laurel shooting arrested in Stone County
A man wanted in a shooting at Howard Industries in Laurel this morning has been arrested. Laurel Police Chief Tommy Cox said the suspect, Keith Hinton, was arrested at a home on Wire Road near Perkinston in Stone County. Mississippi…
Man arrested in shooting that wounded Mississippi trooper
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officers Thursday arrested and charged a man in a shooting that wounded a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper earlier this week. Stanley Self Jr., 24, was arrested by U.S. marshals at an apartment complex in…
FULL VIDEO: Former Governor Phil Bryant releasing texts and e-mails
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday released what he said were all of his text and email messages related to a welfare fraud investigation — including money…
Governor Reeves touts tax cuts, teacher pay raise, jobs
RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves told supporters at one of his first large-scale campaign events Wednesday that he has fulfilled promises to cut taxes, increase teacher pay and promote job development. The Republican said Mississippi, with 3 million residents,…
Sheriff: Last of 4 escaped Mississippi prisoners found
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — The last of four inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison was found Thursday morning at a home not far from the detention center, the sheriff announced. Corey Harrison, 22, was taken into custody at…
Escaped Mississippi prisoner found dead in New Orleans
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday. A security guard patrolling the truck stop Sunday…
MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Bolivar County
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving Mississippi Highway Patrol. A trooper was shot in the arm by the subject and received non-life-threatening injuries during the incident on Highway 61 in Bolivar County. The shooting happened…
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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…
Escaped inmate barricades himself in Leake County home, sets it on fire
A man who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center over the weekend barricaded himself in a home on Conway Road in Leake County before shooting a deputy and setting the home on fire. Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson said in…
Mississippi jail escapee a suspect in killing, carjacking
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson, authorities said Tuesday. Anthony Watts, 61, was shot and killed Monday night…
Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest…
Police: Man charged with murder after lighting group on fire
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of setting several people on fire, including himself, at a Mississippi home is now facing charges of murder after two of the victims died as a result of his alleged actions, police said.…
Former pro wrestler indicted in Mississippi welfare fraud case
A federal indictment unsealed Thursday accusing a former pro wrestler of misappropriating state welfare funds. Ted DiBiase Jr., 40, of Madison, along with co-conspirators John Davis, Christi Webb, Nancy New and others, allegedly obtained federal funds including The Emergency Food…
Insurance losses from Mississippi tornado nearing $100M
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number, the state insurance department announced Tuesday. The…
House bills signed by Governor Reeves
Governor Tate Reeves announced he signed House Bill 1715, directing an additional $74 million to improve the state's rural water infrastructure. The money will be allocated to the Department of Health to help fund…
State Supreme Court says defendants must have attorney before indictment
The state Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant must have an attorney, whether hired or appointed, before that person is indicted. The revision to the Mississippi Rules of Criminal Procedure was adopted Thursday during the court's session in Jackson.…
Mississippi Power steps up to help employee's family, friends in Rolling Fork
When Mississippi Power learned an employee had family in Rolling Fork in need of help, they did not hesitate to lend a hand. Mississippi Power lineman Chris Boston, a native of Rolling Fork,…
Officials: Mississippi getting designated burn center again
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After the October closure of Mississippi’s only accredited burn center threatened to upend access to care, the state’s next designated burn center will be housed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, the state…
No evidence man shot at Mississippi church reached for gun
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — Evidence shows a reserve sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man at a Mississippi church punched the victim in the face and chased him into a parking lot before shooting him and kicking him in the head,…
Mississippi deputy fatally shoots man, MBI says
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in south Mississippi on Sunday shot and killed a person who approached the deputy’s parked vehicle while holding a weapon, a state agency said. A news release from the Mississippi Department of Public…
Threatened fish gets 524 miles of habitat in Mississippi
More than 500 river miles have been designated critical habitat for a threatened fish species once found in Louisiana and Mississippi but now known only in part of its historic Mississippi range. The Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S.…
