Mississippi

Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the U.S., and the majority-Black Delta where the massive tornado struck has long been one of the poorest parts of the state.

“They said you need to take cover, but it happened so fast a lot of people didn’t even get a chance to take cover."

Authorities in Mississippi believe the couple got into an argument that turned physical.

Dozens more are injured and at least four people are missing, Mississippi officials said.

The ump called strike three on what was clearly a ball after the batter questioned him on a previous pitch.

A Mississippi sheriff says a lone gunman man killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather at multiple locations in a small, rural town near the Tennessee state line.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the US a 'C-' overall for its drinking water systems.

The helmets were just one of many tributes to Leach's legacy.

Two police officers in coastal Mississippi were shot and killed early Wednesday by a woman who they had talked to for nearly 30 minutes in a motel parking lot, authorities said. The woman also died.

In June, a Mississippi jury convicted him of sexual battery and child abuse charges. Scott's accuser testified Scott sexually assaulted her in 2016 and 2017.

Nearly the entire workforce of the Mississippi-based company got a memo informing them not to come to work the next day.

The 9-foot bronze statue of Emmett Till coming to Greenwood, Mississippi, is not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen over accusations that he flirted with a white woman.

Video footage showed one of the former Mississippi daycare employees wearing a mask similar to the "Scream" movies and yelling at children who didn't "clean up" or "act good."

A historic flood was just the start of an unimaginable crisis.

Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.

Cory Wayne Patterson stole a plane from the Tupelo Regional Airport, took off, called 911 and then threatened to crash the aircraft.

“As soon as I saw it, I didn’t give it a thought. I just told my husband, I said, ‘We need to bring some water.'"

The water crisis affects the city's 150,000 residents — many of whom were unable to take showers or flush toilets — plus an estimated 30,000 who come into the city to work at businesses without water pressure.