Five-legged lamb gets second chance after Mississippi woman opens home and heart for rehabilitation
"It’s the most rewarding thing to give up your time to get an animal the opportunity to live," Natalie Renot said.
Mother sues after 10-year-old son arrested for public urination
A Mississippi mother has filed a $2 million federal lawsuit against police and city leaders, alleging her 10-year-old son was unjustly arrested for public urination.
Mississippi mother accused of murdering son, hiding body behind false wall
Jerri Lynn Isreal, a 66-year-old Mississippi mother, has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of her son, John Allen Gaither. The arrest follows a welfare concern call in December regarding a possible missing person
215 bodies found in Jackson, Mississippi exposed
An alarming situation has unfolded in Jackson, Mississippi, where 215 bodies were discovered buried in unmarked graves behind a state jail.
Mississippi man in custody for brutal rape, murder, and arson of 73-year-old woman
In a disturbing incident in Forest, Mississippi, Sammy Patrick has been apprehended by the Scott County Sheriff's office for the alleged brutal murder, rape, and arson of a 73-year-old woman, Dee Eady.
Jackson State student from Chicago shot and killed in Mississippi
A Jackson State University student who was from Chicago was fatally shot Sunday at an apartment complex in Mississippi.
Michael Oher's adoption revelation faces pushback from Tuohy family members
The Tennessee family that claimed to have adopted ex-NFL player Michael Oher spoke out after Oher filed a petition to end the conservatorship on Monday.
For Emmett Till's family, national monument declaration cements his inclusion in American story
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will be located across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi and will be federally protected places.
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.
Video shows lightning strike tree at Mississippi home, splitting it in half
A shocking video captured at a Mississippi home shows the moment when a bolt of lightning hit a tree and split it in half.
Trans girl in Mississippi misses graduation after being told to dress like boy
School officials told her to dress like a boy ,and a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision.
Olympic gold medal winner, track star Tori Bowie dead at 32
Tori Bowie won three medals at the 2016 Olympic games and helped the U.S. women's relay team win a gold medal at the 2017 world championships in London.
After 10 years in shelter, Happy finds forever home: ‘A bright spot in our lives’
Happy, a 14-year-old husky, had spent most of his life in the shelter, but Angela Boisseau gave him a chance and adopted him.
2 high schoolers killed, 4 others hurt in shooting at house party in Mississippi
A 19-year-old man has been charged with killing two teens and wounding four others in a shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
After death of Emmett Till’s accuser, Chicago-area cousin fears no one will be held accountable
Till traveled from Chicago to visit relatives in Mississippi in August 1955. Donham — then named Carolyn Bryant — accused him of wolf-whistling at her in a grocery store. This week she died at age 88. Till's cousin now says it is likely no on will be held accountable for his death.
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.
Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by deadly tornado
Last week's tornado destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork and the nearby town of Silver City. The death toll in Mississippi stood at 21. One person died in Alabama, as well.
Mississippi woman accused of murdering husband on Facebook Live
The incident was captured on Facebook Live. Kadejah Michelle Brown has been charged with murder.
How you can help survivors of Mississippi, Alabama tornadoes
The storms killed more than two dozen people and left hundreds of people homeless.
Father shields 1-week-old baby as Mississippi tornado destroys home
The father shielded his two children, one of which was one-week-old, as the tornado hit their Winona, Mississippi, home. The father says that this home has been within their family for four decades.