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June 25, 2016

Mississippi authorities: 2nd of 2 escaped prisoners caught

Mississippi authorities say they have captured the second of two murder suspects who had previously escaped from a detention center in Raymond.

June 22, 2016

3 inmates escape from county jail in Mississippi

A search is underway in Mississippi for three inmates who escaped from a county jail southeast of Jackson.

June 21, 2016

'Mississippi Burning' civil rights case closed 52 years later, prosecutor says

One day short of the 52nd anniversary of three civil rights workers' disappearance during Mississippi's "Freedom Summer," state and federal prosecutors said Monday that the investigation into the slayings is over.

June 21, 2016

Police: Man steals frozen chicken, takes off on bicycle

Police in Mississippi are investigating a break-in at a fast food restaurant where frozen chicken was taken.

June 21, 2016

Woman pleads guilty to stripper's death, dismemberment

A woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday in the stabbing death of a Bourbon Street dancer whose dismembered body washed up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

June 20, 2016

Court demands new look at race of jurors in 3 convictions

The U.S. Supreme Court says lower courts in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi must re-examine three death penalty convictions for evidence of racial prejudice in jury selection.

June 17, 2016

At least 17 Mississippi inmates sickened by botulism after drinking prison alcohol

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly investigating a botulism outbreak after 17 Mississippi inmates became sick after drinking homemade alcohol.

June 14, 2016

DIVIDED AMERICA: Evangelicals feel alienated, anxious

Pastor Richie Clendenen stepped away from the pulpit, microphone in hand.

June 14, 2016

Protesters want to nix Confederate sign on Mississippi flag

The Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is a vestige of slavery, and Congress should erase it.

June 13, 2016

Police fatally shoot man suspected of killing ex-girlfriend

Authorities say police in northern Mississippi fatally shot a man who was suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend.