Mississippi

A series of tornadoes tore across the center of the country, leaving dozens dead and a wide path of destruction.

18 people were captured overall, but two had immigration court dates and work authorization and were released

A Mississippi nurse says she shot her husband in self-defense when he attacked her over a social media friend request.

An alarming video captured the moment Mississippi's Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann collapsed on stage while presiding over the state senate Wednesday morning.

A previously fired Mississippi police officer who was filmed making racist remarks to a group of Hispanic men has been brought aboard by another department.

Republican-led states have introduced different initiatives to help with deportation efforts

A Mississippi lawmaker has introduced the satirical "Contraception Begins at Erection Act," proposing fines for ejaculation without intent to fertilize.

A man has been sentenced to two months in federal prison for using a drone to deliver marijuana to an inmate at a federal correctional facility in Mississippi.

A Mississippi couple were found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide weeks after the wife praised their "civil separation" on TikTok.

A convicted murderer was recaptured a day after he escaped from a Mississippi prison on Christmas Eve.

Mississippi authorities are searching for Drew Johnson, a convicted murderer who broke free from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.

A divorce settlement hearing ended in a fatal shooting outside a Mississippi courthouse Tuesday, when a victim of domestic violence allegedly shot her estranged husband.

A Mississippi traffic stop exposed a multi-state operation involving the theft of recyclable cooking grease.

Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr. was accused of killing Jimmy "Jay" Lee while they were both students at the University of Mississippi in 2022.

North Dakota voted for a woman to represent it in the House of Representatives for the first time on Tuesday.

A Mississippi man died after accidentally being buried under hot asphalt, officials say.

Doctors had to use Tripp Pender's leg vein to save his arm after he accidentally shot himself.

An escaped inmate and the prison employee who helped him flee are back in police custody facing felony charges, according to a report.

Fatal victims have been identified, and bus company Autobuses Regiomontanos is under investigation.

Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare.

A man was arrested for repeatedly hitting his girlfriend with a broom.

A man has been accused of shooting and killing his cousin after a heated argument reportedly ensued between them over a bicycle in Yazoo County, Mississippi on Monday, Sept. 5. 

A military veteran pleaded guilty to faking his own death to duck out on sexual abuse charges filed against him in Mississippi.

A 57-year-old former paramedic from Mississippi was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Corey D. Brewer, a Mississippi man who allegedly killed a woman outside of an Amazon warehouse, has also been shot and killed after a police shootout.

A Mississippi teenager has been accused of shooting his mother's fiance to death just hours after he graduated from high school on Saturday, May 21.

A Mississippi couple has been arrested after they reportedly locked their grandchildren inside a dog cage as punishment on Wednesday, March. 9.

The police found the remains of a Mississippi woman on Sunday through a map provided by an inmate prior to his execution.

A man who murdered his wife and raped his stepdaughter in Mississippi is the first death row inmate to be executed since 2012.

A teen reportedly carjacked a lady Lyft driver and forced her to crawl into the woods before shooting her seven times.