A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

A Georgia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to coerce a Mississippi minor to send sexually explicit ...

Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder ...

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Several new Mississippi laws are in effect as of July 1, 2025. These are laws that were passed during ...

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson last week voted along with 79 other House Democrats seeking articles of impeachment against ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - A former Panola County employee who used a county road department fuel card to put gas in his ...

A former Panola County Road Department employee pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of public funds. State Auditor Shad ...

It’s been less than a week since the last death at Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman, occurred, and yet another inmate has lost his life. According to the Mississippi ...

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

The 2025 tornado season is the most active in the United States in more than a decade, with more preliminary tornado reports ...