JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff says a man was beaten and shot two weeks after calling authorities to report a cross burning in his yard, and investigators are trying to determine whether the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a horrifying act of revenge for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, militants with the Islamic State extremist group have beheaded American journalist James Foley — and are threatening to kill another hostage, U.S. […]
By NIGEL DUARA and JIM SUHR FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson early Monday, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets following a week of […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday ordered a federal medical examiner to perform another autopsy on the body of a black Missouri teenager whose fatal shooting by a white police […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A fugitive Mississippi couple who was charged in their daughter’s death, then went on the run for five years was arrested in Oregon, federal officials said Wednesday. Janet and Ramon Barreto […]
The Associated Press Here are some news and notes around Mississippi: — In Jackson, police have made another arrest in a homicide that is almost a year old. Police said Haneefah Muhammad, 34, was arrested […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Investigators believe drugs were the motive behind a drive-by shooting that killed a man and a teenager and wounded five other people, New Orleans’ police chief said Monday. Two victims were […]
HAMMOND, Louisiana (AP) — Two people were in custody, one in Louisiana and one in Mississippi Monday, after Louisiana State Police said troopers found nearly 300 pounds of marijuana in the back of a man’s […]
CANTON, Mississippi (AP) — Madison County authorities say a man accused of shooting and critically injuring his daughter was later shot and killed after threatening officers with a gun. WAPT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1uH3PZ1 ) the incident began […]
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi (AP) — The police chief in Southaven says one of his officers is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Chief Tom Long says the officer was shot after pulling over a […]
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