Mississippi

A Mississippi sheriff says a lone gunman man killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather at multiple locations in a small, rural town near the Tennessee state line.

Valentine’s Day can bring out the pettiness in people, and police in Mississippi are here for it.

Since 2002, there have only been three reported fin whale strandings in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two police officers in coastal Mississippi were shot and killed early Wednesday by a woman who they had talked to for nearly 30 minutes in a motel parking lot, authorities said. The woman also died.

Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach has died at 61 after being hospitalized with a heart condition.

Current Mississippi State football coach and former Washington State University coach Mike Leach was hospitalized in critical condition Monday, the day after what the university called "a personal health issue" at his home in Starkville forced him to be airlifted to a medical facility in Jackson.

Police say an argument over a game led one golfer to bite the nose off another in the parking lot of a casino.

Nearly the entire workforce of the Mississippi-based company got a memo informing them not to come to work the next day.

Video footage showed one of the former Mississippi daycare employees wearing a mask similar to the "Scream" movies and yelling at children who didn't "clean up" or "act good."

A historic flood was just the start of an unimaginable crisis.

Cory Wayne Patterson stole a plane from the Tupelo Regional Airport, took off, called 911 and then threatened to crash the aircraft.

The water crisis affects the city's 150,000 residents — many of whom were unable to take showers or flush toilets — plus an estimated 30,000 who come into the city to work at businesses without water pressure.

A military veteran pleaded guilty to faking his own death to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi.

After destructive hurricanes, an oil spill, and other traumatic events, it appears sea turtles are coming back to the Mississippi coast.

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Airbnb said it removed the listing and others that have reportedly included former slave quarters in the U.S.

Melioidosis, or Whitmore’s disease, can cause a variety of symptoms and can infect any organ, including the brain.

The 16-year-old jumped into the river after a vehicle crashed into the water.