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A Sharkey County resident who had been hospitalized since the EF-4 tornado ripped through the area has died.

Tyre Nichols' death has been ruled a homicide, attorneys for the family said Wednesday. The full report has not been publicly released.

The last of four inmates who escaped the Raymond Detention Center on April 22 is in custody as of Thursday morning, according to a Tweet from Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.

A federal judge has denied bond for a Mississippi man who the FBI said threatened to kill U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on April 26.

The Army Corps and EPA have reached a preferred approach to solve persistent flooding in the Yazoo Backwater Area, officials announcement Thursday.

Concerns and complaints from Pelahatchie Bay residents have led to a special hunt to reduce the large alligator population in the area.

A judge has approved a request to set aside federal money for new billing software and other services for Jackson's troubled water system.

One person is dead and three injured in an "active shooter situation" inside a building in Midtown Atlanta, police said Wednesday.

A 15-year-old male from Mississippi has been arrested in the death of a 16-year-old girl and her fetus, police said.

Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens' record, has died.