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A Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, was evacuated on Saturday morning after the pilot of an aircraft threatened to crash into the store, the Tupelo Police Department said Saturday morning.

A pilot in a plane circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, on Saturday morning — and who allegedly told police he would to crash into a Walmart — landed the aircraft “intact” in a field a few hours later, according to local authorities.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s capital city is struggling with the near collapse of its water system, prompting emergency declarations from President Joe Biden and Gov. Tate Reeves. Jackson has dangerously low water pressure this week, and many of the city’s 150,000 residents have been without water flowing from their faucets. Problems started days after […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Water pressure continued to improve in Mississippi’s capital city Friday as repairs continued at a long-troubled water plant, but some in the city of 150,000 still had little or no water flowing from taps, officials said. And there was a new concern: Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said success in increasing […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi officials set up emergency distribution centers for handouts of water and hand sanitizer Thursday in the capital city of Jackson, as efforts to restore a flood-impaired, long-troubled water system continued. Jackson’s residents were already under a boil-water order before flooding from the Pearl River exacerbated long-standing problems at one of […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis. The big “Gotta Go” trailer is just one example of the city’s desperation. Many homes, businesses and government offices have had little or no running […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The water pressure at James Brown’s home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn’t cook. He couldn’t bathe. But he still had to work. The 73-year-old tree-cutter hauled bags of ice into his truck at a gas station on his way to a job Wednesday after several […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s capital city is grappling with multiple water problems — there’s been too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use. Parts of Jackson were without running water Tuesday because flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– While 180,000 Jackson, Mississippi residents are being told not to drink the water and a state of emergency was declared by Governor Tate Reeves, Jackson State’s football coach says they’re now operating in crisis mode. As the crisis seems to worsen by the day, Jackson now lacks enough water pressure to fight fires, […]

Two of the people killed after severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were children.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Monday due to Jackson’s water shortage.