Man sentenced to 40 years in murder of Ole Miss student

A man pleaded guilty to murder and tampering charges and was sentenced to 40 years in the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate who was a prominent figure in the LGBTQ community.

• Dec 2

Last escaped monkey captured in Mississippi after being spotted by resident

Last week, a truck carrying 21 monkeys overturned on a Mississippi roadway.

• Nov 6

Explosion at Mississippi plant sends large plume of yellow smoke into the air

An explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant caused an ammonia leak, forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said, and sent a giant plume of yellowish smoke into the air.

• Nov 6

Another escaped monkey fatally shot in Mississippi; 1 still missing

Someone shot the monkey after seeing it cross the highway about a mile from the scene of the crash, the sheriff said.

• Nov 5

Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey, fearing for her children's safety

Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other residents had been warned about diseases that the escaped monkeys carried, although authorities later said they were pathogen-free.

• Nov 2

Mississippi officers charged in bribery scheme

The FBI has announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current and former Mississippi and Tennessee police officers, in a drug-related bribery probe. CBS News' Anna Schecter has the details.

• Oct 31
• 03:08

JD Vance, Erika Kirk speak at Ole Miss

Vice President JD Vance spoke at a Turning Point USA event alongside CEO Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, at Ole Miss on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes has the details.

• Oct 29
• 02:54

Monkeys escape after truck overturns on Mississippi highway, 3 still missing

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department said all but three of the rhesus monkeys who escaped have since been killed.

• Oct 29

Three monkeys still on the loose after escape

In Mississippi, three rhesus monkeys are still on the loose after the truck carrying them overturned on a highway in Mississippi. Kati Weis has the latest.

• Oct 29
• 01:14

Monkeys still missing after truck escape

Three monkeys are still on the loose after escaping from an overturned truck on a Mississippi highway on Tuesday. CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has more.

• Oct 29
• 03:59

Mississippi executes man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.

• Oct 15

5 arrests made following mass shooting that killed 6 in Mississippi, FBI says

Five people have been arrested, three of them on murder charges, in a weekend shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, officials said.

• Oct 14

At least 8 killed in two separate shootings in Mississippi, officials say

The shootings in Leland and Heidelberg happened while people attended high school homecoming games.

• Oct 13

911 emergency lines restored in Mississippi, still down in parts of Louisiana

911 systems across Mississippi and Louisiana were down Thursday afternoon, affecting emergency services.

• Sep 25

Suspect in Mississippi shootings in custody

A suspect is in custody in connection with a series of shootings in Tate County, Mississippi, police said. The Associated Press reports six people were killed. CBS News' Errol Barnett and Elaine Quijano have more on the breaking news.

• Feb 17, 2023
• 00:45

Hurricane Katrina in photos, 20 years later: "We're the land they forgot about"

While Hurricane Katrina's toll didn't become clear for days, the storm ultimately led to nearly 1,400 deaths, according to the National Hurricane Center.

• Aug 29

20 years after Katrina, Mississippi town still waits for FEMA funding to rebuild

FEMA still owes Biloxi, Mississippi, $34 million to finish work planned about 20 years ago, the city's mayor says.

• Aug 28

Mississippi town still rebuilding after Katrina

While the damage and destruction left by Katrina in 2005 changed New Orleans forever, the sea surge and powerful winds also left a lasting blow to other parts of the Gulf Coast, including the Mississippi city of Biloxi. Two decades later, they're still trying to rebuild. Kati Weis reports.

• Aug 28
• 02:57

70 years since of Emmett Till's death marked with train from Chicago to Mississippi

The commemoration of 70 years since Emmett Till's death is being marked by family, friends and officials Wednesday as they repeated the fateful train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955.

• Aug 28

Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant deaths

Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the state Department of Health.

• Aug 25

1 dead in shooting at shipyard that builds Navy vessels, officials say

Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, and the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi.

• Aug 22

Behind the infant mortality crisis in Mississippi

Mississippi has declared a health emergency over the rising infant mortality rate, which last year reached the highest level since 2013 and nearly double the national average. Dr. Celine Gounder has more.

• Aug 22
• 02:10

Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

• Jun 25

Emmett Till monument at risk under Trump plan

There are more than 100 national monuments across the country, but for the first time in nearly a century, parts of these historic areas are eligible to be sold to private buyers. Kati Weis reports.

• Jun 19
• 02:56

Calls for prison reform in Mississippi

Over the last 10 days, five inmates were killed in different Mississippi state prisons. At one troubled site called Parchman Farm, two violent inmates escaped last week, but have since been caught. Mark Strassman reports on the situation in Parchman Farm and the claims that gangs, not the guards, run the facility.

• Jan 7, 2020
• 03:34

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