Emmett Till honored 60 years after his slaying

Church services and movie screening honor black Chicago teenager who was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi

• Aug 27, 2015

Mississippi State: Student made threats that led to alert

University issues all-clear after sending alert that person carrying gun had been reported on campus

• Aug 27, 2015

Katrina 10 years later: Mississippi

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi coast - signs of resilience and struggle

• Aug 27, 2015
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Federal judge halts executions in Mississippi

Mississippi is one of a number of states facing legal challenges to lethal injections; state trying to appeal judge's order

• Aug 25, 2015

Trent Lott endorses John Kasich for president

The former Senate Republican leader praises the Ohio governor's record on the budget and his national security experience

• Aug 25, 2015

Families of alleged ISIS honeymooners stunned

Officials say the 20-year-old policeman's daughter and would-be bride of the son of a local imam hatched their plot to travel to Syria

• Aug 11, 2015

Backfire, not gunfire? Man arrested near Camp Shelby says he didn't shoot

Son of man driving pickup says officials were overreacting after soldiers reported hearing gunfire near Mississippi military site

• Aug 6, 2015

Man arrested for gunshot noises reported near Mississippi military site

Gunshots or a truck backfiring? Mississippi officials have taken into custody a man they say made sounds believed to be gunshots near a military base

• Aug 5, 2015

Shots fired again near Mississippi military site

Camp Shelby soldiers report gunfire two days in a row and officials say suspected shooter is a white male in a red pickup truck

• Aug 5, 2015

Sheriff: 2 men fire at soldiers at Camp Shelby in Miss.

Authorities searching for two men who fired gunshots from a vehicle at soldiers at military facility

• Aug 4, 2015

Defendant fatally shot outside Mississippi courthouse

Suspect arrested after shooting outside Madison County's criminal courthouse in Canton; motive unknown

• Aug 3, 2015

Autopsy: No foul play in death of Miss. mom

Police say no charges will be filed after an autopsy found 29-year-old Jessica Hewitt died of an accidental drug overdose

• Jul 30, 2015

Swarming bugs force crews to plow bridge in Iowa

Ankle-deep mayflies covered a Mississippi River bridge connecting Iowa to Illinois

• Jul 23, 2015

D.A.: Police misconduct unlikely in death of detained man

Mississippi prosecutor says police did nothing criminally wrong when they restrained a man who later died

• Jul 22, 2015

Witness: Mississippi police "hogtied" man before he died

Tennessee man died two hours after being detained by police following a report he may have been overdosing on LSD

• Jul 21, 2015

Black, Miss. Confederate symbol supporter dies in wreck

Passenger says Anthony Hervey crashed when another car pulled alongside and began yelling at them; Harvey often seen waving a Rebel flag

• Jul 20, 2015

Miss. horse trainer dies at police hands, sparking protests

A crowd of demonstrators demanded justice after a 25-year-old black man died after an encounter with a white officer

• Jul 19, 2015

Missing Mississippi boy, 8, found safe

Two women who were found with the boy have been taken into custody

• Jul 15, 2015

Search for two inmates continues after Miss. jail break

Four prisoners escaped from Hinds County jail early Monday, two are still on the run

• Jul 15, 2015

Amber Alert issued for missing 8-year-old Miss. boy

Authorities say the boy may be with two women; both are wanted for kidnapping

• Jul 15, 2015

4 prisoners escape from Miss. jail, 2 still at large

The prisoners were discovered missing after a bed check early Monday morning

• Jul 14, 2015

3 charged with murder of man found near Miss. casino

Louisiana man was last seen in December, found dead in April

• Jul 13, 2015

Confederate flag rally draws thousands, sparks gunfire in Florida

Shots fired during event to back decision to return flag to a display outside government complex in Ocala

• Jul 13, 2015

Dad wanted in murders of wife, kids believed dead

Police say Stephen Hutcheson fatally shot his wife and children -- 14 and 12 -- and then spent a weekend with his girlfriend doing cocaine

• Jul 6, 2015

Police ID body found by ghost hunters at old hospital

Two men were arrested after a group of people exploring the abandoned Kuhn Memorial State Hospital found Sharon Wilson's murdered body

• Jun 30, 2015

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