Hinds County officials are “strongly discouraging” all outdoor burning, citing the “extremely dry conditions that have led to ...

Hinds County Emergency Management discouraged all outdoor burning. On January 2, 2026, officials said extremely dry ...

The burning of sugar cane fields in West Baton Rouge Parish, a common farming practice, are sending ash into the skies in ...

Jackson County fire officials said about six small fires are burning in the Pascagoula River area. On Tuesday night, first ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the “Natchez Burning” trilogy and other works, has died. He was 65. Iles died Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer ...

FILE - New York Times best-selling author Greg Iles of Natchez, Miss., states the need for a change of the Mississippi state flag during the seventh annual Statehood Day celebration Thursday, Dec. 10, ...

JSO Lt. Marc Crawford fired multiple shots into a semi-truck following a crash where he was found to be at fault. 1 minute ago Off-duty JSO lieutenant who fired 4 times at truck driver during ...

Though best known for comedy, he also played serious roles, including a sinister sheriff in “Mississippi Burning.” The director Alan Rudolph cast him in nine films. By Richard Sandomir Gailard Sartain ...

Beloved character actor Gailard Sartain, known for “Hee Haw,” “Mississippi Burning” and “Fried Green Tomatoes,” has died at age 78. The Church Studio in Oklahoma, where he was a visitor and his wife ...