A Mississippi police chief was fired following reports of racist text messages and amid continuing scrutiny of a police shooting that killed a 1-year-old boy.
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer known for her genre-bending contralto voice, has died at 70.
Smoke is seen billowing from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi after a chemical fire broke out.
A new Mississippi law added sexual battery of a child under 12 to the list of crimes eligible for the death penalty.
The hanging death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune in Jackson, Mississippi, has raised questions as police investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
Three people have been charged for making threats to a judge, a witness and local officials tied to the investigation of Nolan Well’s death.
A Mississippi sheriff's incident report obtained by Fox News Digital says the 17-year-old accused of killing an elderly couple in their Mendenhall home was already suspected in numerous burglaries and…
A former Mississippi educator is in custody after authorities reported she had sexual relations with a student.
The family of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi 18-year-old found dead after a July 4 boat trip, say they've uncovered disturbing details as they try to figure out what happened.
A semitrailer reportedly carrying 11,000 pounds of Kit Kat bars overturned on a Mississippi interstate on Memorial Day.