A Mississippi mother allegedly backed out of a tragic suicide pact with her 10-year-old daughter, allowing the young girl to overdose on pills alone before fleeing, according to police.
A Mississippi man turned himself in to authorities on Thursday after allegedly hitting his mother in the head with a cast iron pan in an argument about baseball cards.
After a week-long trial, Mississippi teenager Carly Gregg has been found guilty of first degree murder, guilty of attempted murder and guilty of tampering with evidence.
The initiative began in mid-January; however, no statistics have been released as to how many alleged criminals had been captured under the new program.
Mississipi Governor Phil Bryant signed a state senate bill to defund Planned Parenthood to stop state funding to its abortion clinic. Governor Bryant expressed his happiness as he signed the bill on Tuesday.
More than 300 people marched from the state Capitol to the governor's mansion in Jackson, the capital city, bidding to keep up pressure on Gov. Phil Bryant and other Mississippi leaders who support the controversial law.
After Caitlyn Jenner posted a video of her going inside a women's bathroom at Trump Hotel and claimed nobody got molested during her visit, Ted Cruz has hit back on the former Olympian. Cruz noted that he will continue to support bathroom bills.
Dozens of Methodist leaders in Mississippi are objecting the state's new religious objections law. They claim that the laws violate their religious principles.
Ted Cruz, slammed the GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's stance on the controversial bathroom bill saying even if the real estate mogul dressed up as Hillary Clinton, he should still be not using the girl's restroom.
US companies' executives have signed a letter urging the Mississippi governor to repeal the recently passed law that is deemed discriminatory to LGBT people.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed executive orders to prohibit discrimination by state contractors against the LGBT community. This is a stark contrast to other states passing laws against the community in the past days.
Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Mississippi Senators overpoweringly favoured "God-given right" of self-defense. The State Senate even voted 36-14, allowing armed security in churches.
