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Christa Pike’s attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution ...

Oxford store clerk Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and his 18-year-old son Islam Yahya Mosleh face federal charges for selling kratom tied to two Ole Miss students’ deaths.

Mississippi’s brain drain may be curbed by assigning new hires a project, with AI handling some routine preparation while an ...

The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation award to the “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” project supports research and 12 new tour ...

As autumn begins to take hold in north Mississippi, leaves are falling onto roads still littered with tree limbs and other debris from last winter’s torment.

A golf cart bought by former Hinds DA Jody Owens could be part of a state audit looking into the finances of the district ...

A Republican-dominated committee listened to speakers who shared their views on whether Mississippi should redraw its electoral maps, a move that could reshape the state’s political representation ...

Civil rights icon Brenda Travis was jailed at 15 for sitting at an all-white lunch counter in McComb and leading protests.

I cover criminal justice, courts, and legal issues in Mississippi. My reporting examines how systems operate and the real-world impacts they have on people — from those who are incarcerated or ...