The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Tornadoes damaged homes, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi. Two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama.

One tornado watch remains in effect for parts of Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

Early reports of tornado damage overnight in Mississippi and Alabama suggest twisters wrecked numerous homes, destroyed a fire station and ripped the roof off an apartment complex

Residents in several towns in Louisiana and Mississippi took cover when tornado sirens blared Tuesday

Weather forecasters are warning of the potential for strong thunderstorms and tornadoes across a wide swath of the South Wednesday, including across Mississippi, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

The federal government filed a proposal Tuesday to appoint a third-party manager for the troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer

Some "strong tornadoes" are possible, particularly in Mississippi, the NWS warns.

The former NFL quarterback said last month that he did not know that the money he received was designated for welfare recipients.

A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. An attorney for Favre filed papers Monday…

‘The company has been forced to make the difficult decision to terminate the employment of all its employees,’ United Furniture Industries says in message to staff