Illinois National Guard Airman killed in off-duty vehicle crash in Mississippi

Senior Airman Taylor Labrier, of Fairview Heights, was in Mississippi when he was involved in a vehicle crash that killed him and another civilian driver.

Memorial to mark what would have been Emmett Till's 80th birthday; Chicago teen was lynched in 1955

His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket funeral so that people would have to confront the brutality of racism. Photos from the funeral were seen by newspaper and magazine readers across the country.

New book inspires kids to find their magic
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"The Magic Happy Chair," written by Justine Fedak and Chris Walker, was created from unlikely circumstances.

Russian man suspected in killing of American student arraigned on murder charges

A court in Russia has arraigned a suspect on murder charges in the death of an American woman studying at a local university. The body of 34-year-old Catherine Serou was found Saturday in the woods area near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, 250 miles east of Moscow.

Jackson State holds special graduation for class of 1970, 51 years after deadly police shooting on campus

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and state police officers that killed two people and injured 12 others on the campus of a historically Black college.

Multiple twisters touch down in Alabama, Mississippi as wave of tornadoes moves through South

A significant tornado outbreak in the South on Wednesday is expected to continue with numerous strong, potentially violent tornadoes likely to impact the region into Thursday.

New bipartisan push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday, March 14, and lasts through November 7, but some senators are pushing to stop moving clocks back and forth twice a year.

Democratic congressman from Mississippi sues Trump over Capitol riot

A Democratic congressman has sued Donald Trump, alleging Trump incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. It’s believed to be the first suit filed by a member of Congress in an expected wave of litigation over the riot.

Republican-controlled Senate in Mississippi votes to ban transgender athletes on female teams

There was little discussion before senators passed Senate Bill 2536 in a late-night session earlier this week to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ or women’s sports in the state's schools and universities.

Mississippi raises new flag over state capitol

Mississippi hoisted a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem on Monday, just over six months after legislators retired the last state banner in the U.S. that included the divisive rebel symbol.

Man, woman charged after 2-year-old boy abandoned at Goodwill

The child was allegedly kidnapped and abandoned at a Goodwill in Mississippi after his mother refused to work as a prostitute in Tennessee, according to the FBI and a complaint filed in federal court.

Boy, 2, abandoned at Mississippi Goodwill drop-off with extra clothes, note identified, suspect arrested

Mississippi police on Monday said a healthy 2-year-old boy who was abandoned with a change of clothes and a note that said, “child abandoned…no phone number for mom” at a Goodwill drop-off has been identified and a suspect was arrested.