November 3, 2017 Former mayor 'paddles' man he claims was breaking into his truck A former mayor in Mississippi literally took justice into his own hands by paddling a robbery suspect at his home earlier this week.
October 26, 2017 Mississippi 8th-graders need their parents' permission to read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ A Mississippi school district is backtracking after it pulled “To Kill a Mockingbird” from its curriculum earlier this month, saying eighth grade students will be allowed to read it as long as they have permission from their parents.
October 16, 2017 Mistrial declared in burning-death trial of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers The judge declared a mistrial in the Jessica Chambers murder case Monday evening after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision over the fate of Quinton Tellis, who is charged in the 2014 burning death of the 19-year-old Mississippi woman.
October 16, 2017 Mississippi school district pulls 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because it 'makes people uncomfortable' Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was removed from a Mississippi’s school district’s lesson plan because it the book’s language made some people feel uneasy.
October 12, 2017 Parents of former high school student file lawsuit after teacher allegedly suggests their son, who is black, be hanged The parents of a former black high school student in Mississippi are suing a school district after a substitute teacher allegedly said their son should be hanged.
October 10, 2017 Prosecutors describe Jessica Chambers' gruesome burning death in detail The man accused of killing 19-year-old Jessica Chambers burned her alive in her car after he mistakenly thought he had suffocated her, the prosecution alleged in its opening statement Tuesday.
October 9, 2017 Murder trial begins in gruesome burning death of former Mississippi cheerleader Jessica Chambers Quinton Tellis, 29, has been charged with the murder of Jessica Chambers on Dec. 6, 2014 and faces life in prison without parole if convicted. Tellis has pleaded not guilty.
October 8, 2017 Hurricane Nate unleashes flooding, power outages on Gulf Coast The South may have been mostly spared yet another catastrophic storm, but not before Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
October 8, 2017 Nate makes 2nd landfall in Mississippi, weakens while spreading heavy rainfall inland Hurricane Nate weakened early Sunday after making its second landfall along Mississippi's Gulf Coast, downgrading to a tropical storm.
October 4, 2017 Hurricane Maria victims airlifted to mainland hospitals from US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Evacuees from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are being transported to mainland hospitals to receive care for critical medical conditions caused or impacted by Hurricane Maria.
