Angela Williams

A Richland police officer was relieved of duty and later resigned after an incident in which the chief said he used “derogatory slurs.”

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal wreck.Troopers responded at about 8:15 a.m. Thursday to Interstate 55 in Lincoln County, where a 2023 Chevrolet Express Van had been involved in a crash. Cpl. Craig James said the van, driven by 56-year-old Hector Garnica Jr., of Brownsville, Texas, was traveling north on the interstate when it hit a concrete bridge barrier, causing the left wheel to come off. Alfonso E. Muraira, 51, of Matamoros, Mexico, was killed in the collision. MHP is…

A woman was killed Friday after being struck by a train.

The former vice president of human resources for the Mississippi Lottery Corporation has been sentenced for embezzlement.

July 1 marks the first official day for Lance Evans as Mississippi’s superintendent of education.

An inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility has been sentenced to 30 additional years in prison after he was convicted of sexual battery against a prison employee.Ernest Mayfield was convicted after a two-day trial in April and recently received the maximum sentence, which he must serve day for day. Prosecutors said Mayfield, who on Sept. 17, 2021, had only recently been booked into the CMCF a few days prior, broke into a female employee’s office at the correctional facility and s…

There are some changes this year for the Mississippi Sales Tax Holiday.The holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 12 and runs through midnight Sunday, July 14. A Senate bill moved the holiday from the last Friday in July to the second Friday in July and extended it by one day.Sales tax is not due on the sale of clothes, shoes or school supplies that are less than $100.Tap here to see what is eligible and what is not.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson confirmed that one of his staffers made an inflammatory post on social media about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.A post on a Facebook page associated with Jacqueline Marsaw suggested the shooter needed lessons, “so you don’t miss next time.” “I was made aware of a post made by a staff member and she is no longer in my employment,” Thompson said in a statement.

A Reservoir police officer, who is on administrative leave, is charged with statutory rape in Smith County.

Capitol police are investigating an early-morning stabbing.Officers were called about 6 a.m. Monday, to the bus station on Capitol Street, where they found someone who was suffering from what officials said appeared to be a stab wound.The person, whose name has not been released, was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for treatment.No arrests have been made. Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.