A month after admitting he killed a former Ole Miss student in July 2022, a Grenada man has begun serving his 40-year ...

The winter storm that pushed through the state Saturday and Sunday temporarily knocked out power at the Mississippi State ...

The outage was caused by the extreme cold and icy conditions across the state.

Power crews responded to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Sunday. According to the Mississippi Department of ...

Dateline examines the disappearance and murder of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, the evidence that led to Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr.

The Marshall Project examined reports of scarce food and water and interrupted access to medical care during a day-long power ...

Winter storms have left many incarcerated people without heat, reliable electricity, food, water, and medical care, exacerbating existing health risks and increasing mortality rates and suicide levels ...

Hezekiah Watkins— the youngest Freedom Rider—is still here to share his harrowing journey from a death row cell to the history books.

Winter storm Fern may be gone but conditions remain dangerous in Mississippi and more than 150,000 are without power.

Hezekiah Watkins was just 13 years old when he was arrested in Jackson in 1961 along with dozens of other civil rights activists. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2026, Watkins received an official ...

Gerard Edic joined The Greenwood Commonwealth in July as our new reporter covering stories of public safety, including connections to gun violence, poverty, health and education systems. His news ...