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Louis Brent Ladner, 41, of Kiln, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 92 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent... Read More.

A Mississippi prosecutor has tried and failed six times to send Curtis Flowers to the death chamber, with the latest trial conviction and death sentence overturned on Friday because of racial bias in jury selection. Now, that same prosecutor must decide whether to... Read More.

Three legends in the music industry will serve as judges for the 2019 Boswell Media Mississippi Songwriter of the Year competition. Mississippi native Charlie Ross and Muscle Shoals musician/historian Johnny Belew will return to judge the show for the third straight year. They will be... Read More.

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a series of overdoses in northeast Mississippi that led to two deaths. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said Tuesday that two people had died and three more were hospitalized after taking illegal drugs containing fentanyl. The Mississippi Bureau of... Read More.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump is issuing a federal disaster declaration authorizing aid to eight Mississippi counties following storms and flooding in April. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says Trump signed the declaration Thursday. Governments and certain nonprofit groups are eligible to be repaid... Read More.

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor’s efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a... Read More.