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Isaias becomes first hurricane of 2026 Atlantic season, threatens Gulf Coast
Hurricane Isaias developed late Wednesday as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026, taking aim at the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle.
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Friends of Nolan Wells sue NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation
Owens sued over September Instagram post that suggested trio tampered with evidence in death of Mississippi teen. Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Mississippi t…
Healthcare
Tropical depression in Gulf predicted to be Atlantic season's first hurricane
First hurricane of the season has not formed this late since 1905 as scientists say possible US landfall on SaturdayTropical Depression Nine has been predicted…
Commodities
Westwin to build $502M nickel refinery in Mississippi
Westwin Elements plans to invest $502 million over five years to build a commercial-scale high-purity nickel refinery in Mississippi, as the U.S. seeks to expa…
Healthcare
Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month. Federal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two Universi…
Macro
Feds charge shop clerk, son with selling illegal kratom after 2 Ole Miss deaths
Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom pr…
Geopolitics
Hundreds gather in Mississippi to protest Republican redistricting: 'This fight is familiar territory'
Dozens of residents testify to legislature's redistricting committee in heated hearing, the last of eight Hundreds of people gathered across from the Mississip…
Healthcare
Ole Miss vape store clerks jailed, facing federal drug charges
Bank records linked two University of Mississippi students to Oxford vape shop purchases before their deaths, according to a newly unsealed DEA affidavit.
Political climate has so soured for GOP, even Mississippi Democrats are hopeful
A Democrat hasn't won a Senate race in the state since 1982, but a young district attorney has a message for party officials and donors: "If we try, we win the…
Consumer
Vape store clerk near Ole Miss campus warned buyer 'people were dying' from kratom pills, affidavit says
A vape store clerk allegedly warned that "people were dying" from kratom sold at the Oxford, Mississippi, shop where an Ole Miss student bought products.
Macro
Judge sets $5m bond for third suspect in killing of Black woman hung from tree in Mississippi
Police said Tasia Fortune, 29, was killed before her body was placed in the tree, and the scene was 'staged'A Mississippi judge set a $5m bond on Monday for a…
Technology
Mississippi authorities work to expedite toxicology reports for Ole Miss student deaths
Mississippi authorities worked to expedite toxicology reports for two University of Mississippi students who were found dead on Monday in separate incidents. I…
Rumors swirl after 2 Ole Miss students found dead in separate locations with packaged kratom
Two University of Mississippi students were found dead in separate locations, each with packaged kratom, police said. Jason Allen has the latest.
Nolan Wells' family unsatisfied with grand jury finding no cause for criminal charges
A grand jury found no cause for criminal charges in the death of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old college football player from Mississippi who died during a boating…
Healthcare
2 Ole Miss students found dead with packaged kratom in their rooms, police say
Two students have been found dead at the University of Mississippi. They were found at separate locations, but with the same easy-to-find drug. Jason Allen rep…
Technology
Mississippi grand jury decides not to charge anyone in death of Nolan Wells
Jury report says 'no credible evidence' points to criminal conduct related to death of Mississippi teen after boat outing with friends on 4 JulyA grand jury ma…
Grand jury finds no criminal wrongdoing in Nolan Wells' death, declines to indict anyone
A grand jury has declined to charge anyone in connection with the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells. CBS News' Skyler Henry has more details.
No criminal charges in death of black Mississippi teenager, grand jury says
Nolan Wells' family had raised alarm that he ended up dead "after going out on a boat with three young white men".
Mississippi grand jury declines to indict anyone in death of 18-year-old who vanished in coastal waters
A 23-member Jackson County grand jury heard from 43 witnesses and found Nolan Wells' death on Horn Island was consistent with drowning, not foul play.
Grand Jury Delivers Blow To Racial Accusations In Black Teenager's Death
A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, whose body was found after a July 4 boating trip off the Mississipp…
Consumer
Arrest rips apart media narrative on death of Black woman found hanging from Mississippi tree
Jarques Ratliff faces a murder charge in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother found hanging from a tree behind a Jackson, Mississippi home.
Mississippi police say more arrests to come in death of woman found hanging from tree
Officials still investigating death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman, a day after man's arrest in relation to killing. Mississippi police said on Saturday they…
Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi
Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.
Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree
Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocide. Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arres…
Mother demands answers, weeks after black woman found hanging from Mississippi tree
Her demands for information about what happened to Tasia Fortune have been echoed by shocked locals.
US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case
Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights A US appellate court has decided that the fed…
Consumer
Police chief in Mississippi town where 1-year-old was killed has been fired
Senatobia, where white officer shot and killed Kohen Wiley, terminates chief who reportedly used racist slurs in texts. Late Tuesday, the city of Senatobia, Mi…
Transport
Massive chemical fire erupts at electrical transformer plant in Mississippi, forcing evacuation
A paint booth fire near an explosive tanker truck triggered a massive blaze at Howard Industries in Laurel, Mississippi, forcing evacuations.
Industrials
People detained at Mississippi ICE facility sickened by gas leak and denied medical care
Facility also had no air conditioning for two days amid extreme heat, according to one of the people detained. People detained at an overcrowded federal immigr…
Macro
Illegal immigrants among 70 arrested in Mississippi child exploitation crackdown: Feds
Operation Muddy Waters netted 70 arrests across Mississippi, targeting child exploitation offenders and illegal immigrants who allegedly abused minors.
