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January 4, 2024

Bomb threats prompt evacuations of government buildings in several states, but no explosives found

Several officials in multiple states received bomb threats via email, prompting evacuations across the United States; no explosives were found.

January 2, 2024

Mississippi Legislature begins new term as GOP overhauls House leadership

Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature began its annual session Tuesday, with its leadership boasting its first shakeup in over a decade.

January 2, 2024

Woman dead after deer smashes through windshield on Mississippi highway

Amanda Taylor, 23, died Tuesday in Claiborne County, Mississippi, after a deer broke through the windshield of the Nissan Maxima she was a passenger in.

January 2, 2024

Mayoral candidate shot dead with AR-15 by brother-in-law in likely self-defense case: police

A recent mayoral candidate in Soso, Mississippi, Jason Marshall, was fatally shot when he showed up before dawn at his estranged wife's home, breaking a court order, police say.

December 20, 2023

Former Jackson, Mississippi city employee gets probation for art grant wire fraud scheme

Former Jackson, Mississippi constituent service manager Keyshia Sanders has been sentenced to five years probation for defrauding an art grant program of tens of thousands of dollars.

December 20, 2023

On this day in history, December 20, 1957, Elvis drafted by US Army while awaiting Christmas at Graceland

Elvis Presley was drafted by the U.S. Army on Dec. 20, 1957, at age 22. He was getting ready to celebrate Christmas at Graceland when he picked up his draft notice in person.

December 16, 2023

Navy vet defends beheading Iowa capitol's satanic Baphomet statue: 'Christian civil disobedience'

Navy veteran Michael Cassidy allegedly beheaded a statue of Baphomet, a satanic occult figure, inside the Iowa capitol this week and told "Jesse Watters Primetime" his experience.

December 12, 2023

Mississippi families discover missing relatives 'thrown away like trash' in pauper's field: report

At least three people were buried in a Mississippi pauper field without families being notified, even while family members were actively looking for their loved ones.

December 10, 2023

Family of missing Mississippi corrections officer brawls with estranged husband's family in courthouse: video

Five arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, courthouse brawl between families of missing corrections officer Tasha Coleman and her estranged, abusive husband.

December 8, 2023

Mississippi man killed after shooting at police

Shaqwan Cribbs, 22, of Amory, Mississippi, was fatally shot by police Wednesday evening after he opened fire on officers who confronted him.