The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

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

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was at the centre of Emmett Till's kidnapping and brutal lynching, has died in Louisiana after a battle with cancer. Till's family demanded justice after recovering an old arrest warrant but now the 88-year-old will never face persecution.

Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the home in Mississippi hours after a body was recovered. Dylan Arrington, 22, perished inside the home, authorities said.

Four prisoners went missing from the Raymond Detention Center at the weekend. Now, one is dead, one is captured and two are still at large. Graeme Massie and Rachel Sharp report

Fugitive Dylan Arrington confirmed dead in Leake County house fire after allegedly shooting dead Pastor Anthony Watts who stopped to try to help him

Four prisoners went missing from the Raymond Detention Center at the weekend – one is dead but three remain on the run, while a Good Samaritan who stopped to help one of them was shot and killed. Graeme Massie reports

Security guard at concert claimed singer was so drunk he ‘couldn’t walk’

Pastor Anthony Watts killed after stopping to help suspect who crashed stolen motorcycle

Authorities are still hunting for four inmates, including one suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck, who escaped from a Mississippi jail that has been under federal scrutiny

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Authorities in Mississippi say a man who escaped from a jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson