Mississippi News

Aggregated Mississippi News Articles

• Cross-country travelers passing through Minnesota pull off life-saving Mississippi River rescue
  
  An East Coast couple driving through the Winona area saw a vehicle roll down an embankment and into the river. One of them plunged into the water after it while the other called 911.
  Star Tribune - Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:01:49 GMT.
• Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate's final words revealed as he is executed for 1976 murder
  
  Mississippi executed Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's longest-serving death row inmate, nearly 50 years after he kidnapped and murdered Edwina Marter in a 1976 ransom scheme.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:30:02 +0100.
• Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate
  
  Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
  CBS News.  Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:37:26 -0400.
• Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder
  
  After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.
  Fox News.  Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:58:24 -0400.
• Mom Arrives at Day Care to Screams of Her 9-Month-Old, Hospital's Test Reveals Sick Contaminant
  
  A mother discovered her baby had meth in his system after picking him up from a day care in Yazoo City, Mississippi. ...
  Ole Braatelien.  Western Journal.  Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:21 +0000.
• Former college basketball player Cameron Woodall, 26, dies in Mississippi after ATV crash
  
  Former Grambling State men's basketball player Cameron Woodall died in Mississippi over the weekend after being involved in an ATV crash.
  Fox News.  Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:04:15 -0400.
• Mississippi State baseball hires Omaha native Brian O'Connor
  
  O'Connor is now the program's 19th head coach.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:57:00 GMT.
• Blues legends got their start in this town - now it's inspired hit film Sinners
  
  Clarksdale, Mississippi, is where some of the biggest legends in Blues music got their start.
  BBC News.  Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:33:15 GMT.
• The Mississippi town behind the box office hit Sinners
  
  Ryan Coogler presented his smash-hit Sinners in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which served as inspiration for his genre-defying movie.
  BBC News.  Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:33:15 GMT.
• Baylor Football Player, 18, Killed in His Hometown: 'We Are Heartbroken'
  
  A college football player died in his Mississippi hometown early Wednesday morning after being shot multiple times. ...
  Ole Braatelien.  Western Journal.  Thu, 29 May 2025 22:14:21 +0000.
• Delta Air Lines' 100th year takes flight
  
  In 1925, what would become Delta Air Lines started as the world's first aerial crop-dusting operation in the Mississippi Delta region. ...
  CBS News.  Sun, 25 May 2025 09:50:00 -0400.
• Mississippi senior racks up millions of dollars in scholarship offers
  
  In Mississippi, a high school is celebrating one of its seniors who has millions of dollars in scholarship offers.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Sun, 25 May 2025 11:34:00 GMT.

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