The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Joshua Zimmerman, who escaped from a Mississippi jail, was arrested in Chicago near the DNC. Facing charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, and murder ...

A federal appeals court says it is ending a dispute over whether the state or the city will control the airport board in Mississippi’s capital of Jackson

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson city council member have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in a case that has already forced the resignation of another city council member

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city says he has been indicted in an alleged bribery operation, and he said it is a “political prosecution” to hurt his 2025 campaign for reelection

North Dakota voted for a woman to represent it in the House of Representatives for the first time on Tuesday.

A Mississippi man died after accidentally being buried under hot asphalt, officials say.

In the state with a conservative majority in power, many of the project’s proposed policies are making life difficult, with ‘cruelty the point’, say activists

Sanders was denied bond during his initial court appearance by a Jackson County Court judge

An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge found unconstitutional conditions and “a stunning array of assaults, as well as deaths.”