Reverse Course: Can massive pumps tame Mississippi River flooding?

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping station project that could protect …

Killer bees have arrived in Mississippi

TESTIMONY FROM THE VICTIM, THEIR SIBLING, AND FORENSIC EXPERTS, WAS PRESENTED AT TRIAL. KILLER BEES HAVE ARRIVED IN MISSISSIPPI. THEY'RE KNOWN FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE, SWARMING BEES THAT ARE ATTRACTED TO WOODS AND FLOWERS. THEY ARE AFRICANIZED KILLER BEES …

5 things to know for June 26: Classified info, Judges sued, Immigration, Mississippi execution, Man vs. machine

(CNN) — In recent years, corals across the world have been hit by mass bleaching events due to record-high ocean temperatures. Since corals support one-quarter of all marine life, reduce storm surge and protect against erosion, it’s important for humans to …

Door-to-door pine straw scam targeting older adults in Mississippi community

Community members in Gulfport are being warned of a scam that could appear right outside their front doors.The Gulfport Police Department is warning people to be on the lookout for a door-to-door pine straw scam.Scammers offer pine straw for $10 per bale, …

Richard Gerald Jordan's Final Words Before Mississippi Execution

By Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a …

Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate

The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post- …

Botetourt County once stretched to the Mississippi. The Google deal opens the way for a new museum to tell that story.

When Malfourd “Bo” Trumbo was a circuit court judge in Botetourt County, he would often walk through the courtroom at the end of the day and find someone sitting there. The person varied from day to day, but the story was always the same. “I’d say, ‘Can I …

Mississippi executes man who has been on death row for nearly 50 years

A man found guilty of murdering a bank loan officer’s wife in 1976 was executed in Mississippi on Wednesday evening.Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed by lethal injection. He was previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter as part …

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for a woman’s murder in 1976

Mississippi carries out execution of longest-serving death row inmate for 1976 killing

Convicted killer Richard Jordan, the state's longest-serving and oldest death row inmate, has been executed. Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officials say he died by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at 6:16 p.m. The …