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Mississippi’s outgoing prisons chief said Friday that at least some of the five killings of inmates since Sunday stem from gang violence, as guards struggle to maintain control of restive inmates. “These are trying times for the Mississippi Department of Corrections,” Commissioner Pelicia Hall said in a statement hours after an inmate was found stabbed […]

The U.S. Marshals Service and Mississippi Crime Stoppers are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to the capture of escaped inmate Dillion Williams.

Another Mississippi inmate has died at the hands of a fellow inmate, bringing the death toll to four in disturbances over the past week in the state prison system.

Mississippi will get a new leader for its prison system in 2020.

Mississippi residents’ lives in 2019 were disrupted by a large-scale immigration raid and prolonged flooding in the Delta. People mourned the deaths of two longtime elected officials, and voters chose a new governor.

Mississippi’s outgoing governor vowed Saturday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks. “We will sustain our efforts to fight for America’s unborn children,” Republican Phil Bryant wrote on Twitter. “Mississippi will continue this mission to the United States Supreme Court.” The call came a day after a […]

Mississippi legislative leaders are recommending that the state spend slightly less money on state government services during the coming fiscal year.

The leader of Mississippi’s long-scrutinized foster care agency is retiring next month shortly after a new governor takes office.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov.-elect Tate Reeves said Friday that the family of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer exemplifies the service of U.S. military veterans. Reeves spoke at an early Veterans Day ceremony at the adjoining Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. He said that when President Donald […]

A former Mississippi Republican Party chairman will lead the transition team for Gov.-elect Tate Reeves.

Mississippi voters handed Republicans continued control of the governor’s office and victories in six other statewide races, as they also decided a host of legislative and local offices. Here’s a look at the key races on Mississippi ballots: