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June 11, 2016

Ole Miss adding slavery info to plaque by Confederate statue

The University of Mississippi will revise a plaque beside a Confederate monument on its Oxford campus to add more information about the Civil War and slavery.

June 11, 2016

2nd body of 2 missing workers found in gravel pit

The second body of two men missing in a landslide at a gravel pit in southern Mississippi has been found.

June 9, 2016

Mississippi police identify shooter in road rage on I-20

An attempted-murder warrant has been issued for a 29-year-old Mississippi man following what police are calling a road-rage shooting on an interstate highway.

June 9, 2016

Body of 1 of 2 men missing in gravel pit landslide recovered

The body of one of two men missing in a landslide at a gravel pit in southern Mississippi was found early Thursday morning, state officials said.

June 6, 2016

Hope fading in search for men trapped under gravel, mud after landslide

Rescuers are running out of time in the desperate effort to find two men buried beneath gravel and mud after a Friday landslide at a Mississippi gravel pit.

June 6, 2016

AP: Patchy reporting undercuts national hate crimes count

The knock on the door, strong and quick, jolted Barbara Hicks Collins awake.

May 30, 2016

Plane lands on Interstate 10 in Mississippi

The pilot of a single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on Interstate 10 in south Mississippi's Jackson County on Monday, safely bringing the plane down and guiding it off the highwayas traffic behind him slowed to make room.

May 26, 2016

State judge in 'Mississippi Burning' trial dies at age 84

The state judge who presided over the "Mississippi Burning" trial in 2005 has died.

May 24, 2016

Mississippi man being released from jail in daughter's death

A Mississippi man is being released without bond following his arrest last week when his 8-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car.

May 23, 2016

Attorney: Charge to be reduced in Mississippi hot-car death

A defense attorney says he expects a Mississippi prosecutor to reduce the second-degree murder charge against a man arrested last week when his 8-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car.