Woman who was shot in the head during pursuit sues Mississippi’s Capitol Police

A woman who was shot in the head while she was a passenger in a car fleeing from police has filed a federal lawsuit against a state-run department in Mississippi’s capital city.

Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms

The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and has asked for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family’s attorney announced Tuesday.

Coca-Cola recalls: Sprite, Fanta Orange, Diet Coke pulled from store shelves in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi

Some 2,000 Sprite, Fanta Orange, and Diet Coke 12-packs have been recalled from stores in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Here's what you need to know.

Truck driver plows through national cemetery, damaging veterans' headstones

A truck driver, possibly experiencing a medical emergency, crashed into a national cemetery, damaging 10 headstones of deceased veterans along with other structures.

A 802 pound record-breaking alligator was just captured in this state

An alligator the size of an adult male grizzly bear was captured by four Mississippi men — breaking the record for the longest alligator harvested in the state.

Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official.

Carolyn Bryant Donham: Woman at center of Emmett Till's 1955 lynching dies at 88

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.

Mississippi must allow religious exemption for childhood vaccines, judge orders

Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.

Police: Mississippi man hides gun in Taco Bell quesadilla during traffic stop

A man in Mississippi thought he could get away with hiding a gun in his Taco Bell quesadilla during a traffic stop. Needless to say, it didn't end well for him or his meal.