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GULFPORT, Miss.--When a Gulfport firefighter put on his fire suit Tuesday to fight a fire in a shed, he had no idea it would ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi and severe weather are synonymous when spring rolls around each year.The stro...
JACKSON, Miss.--Whether your car or house got damaged in the hail storms in central Mississippi or your semi or business took...
JACKSON, Miss.--A large hail storm moved through central and south Mississippi Monday afternoon. It hit several counties with...
VICKSBURG, Miss.--The building that houses El Rio Mexican Grillmay bea total loss, according to some initial assessments. Fir...
By: Knox GrahamGULFPORT, Miss.—On the Gulf Coast over the weekend one 16-year-old set fire to a home seemingly for fun ...
By: Knox GrahamLONG BEACH, Miss.— Governor Phil Bryant Thursday named the Center for Gulf Studies the RESTORE Research ...
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. -- We are learning more this afternoon about that deadly one car accident in Yazoo County today.The victi...
MERIDIAN, Miss.--If you love the 8-minute epic "American Pie" then this summer will be your chance to hear it live,...
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. – Floodwaters were already covering Harrison County Monday morning, and those are expected to ge...
NEW ORLEANS, La.--Though BP has already agreed to pay $4 billion and plenty of money has already gone to families and bus...
JACKSON, Miss – A train derailed in Hinds County around 7 a.m. Friday near Jackson’s water treatment plant. Accor...
CARSON, Miss.--County work crews were cleaning up roads Friday morning after what a county supervisor says was a tornado wrec...
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss.--A tornado was reported just after 10 p.m. in rural Jefferson Davis County, according to a post...
JACKSON, Miss.--Hail the size of quarters, wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph and dangerous ground to cloud lightening are all possib...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—After a lot of destruction in and around Hattiesburg a little over one week ago the threa...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--If you suffered property damage or injury during the Hattiesburg/Petal tornado last week, FEMA has opened...
LOUISVILLE, Miss. – A Mississippi School Ransacked, and now two are behind bars. The destruction took place Saturday in...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--If you were affected by last week's tornadoes in Forrest and Lamar counties, two disaster recovery ce...
HAMILTON, Miss.--When Ricky Ford came to Lacky's Restaurant in Hamilton Saturday,he was disoriented. When cops got to the...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--If you're interested in helping out in Hattiesburg with tornado recovery efforts, a volunteer center ...
By: Knox GrahamGAUTIER, Miss.—Two bodies were discovered early Thursday morning in the home of an elderly Gautier coupl...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--Federal aid will now be available to people affected by tornadoes in Forrest and Lamar counties after Pre...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--Hattiesburg and Lamar County just can't catch a break. Ever since the tornado roared through Sunday, ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--More than 80 people were injured and more than 570 homes were destrpyed during Sunday's Pine Belt Tor...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--The tornado that hit Hattiesburg Sunday was upgraded to an EF4 Monday, one of the stringest categories. T...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Damage assessments are underway as tornado recovery continues. The storm caused damage down its 75...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--The Red Cross is known for lending aid during disasters, but the Hattiesburg chapter took at direct hit d...
Pearl, Miss. – So far at least seven counties are reporting damage and some injuries as a result of severe weather that...
JACKSON, Miss. – An earthquake drill across America is expected to include 2.5 million people at 10:15 a.m. Thursday. A...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, MISS.—The National Weather Service along with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and M...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. -- An autopsy is being done today on the body of the man that disappeared after a canoeing accident ...
VICKSBURG, Miss.--Over 250,000 gallons of oil, water ans ilt were removed from the Mississippi River after last weekend's...
JACKSON, Miss. --You may need to be concerned about the safety of your school. Auditor Stacy Picker told that to a room full ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Damage from last night's storms included building and home damage and power outages in several counties. ...
GREENVILLE, Miss.--Power was out in multiple locations and there was physical damage to buildings as a line of storms moved t...
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Crews are still working to clean up the oil that spilled into the Mississippi River when two barges hit a...
VICKSBURG, Miss.--The mighyt Mississippi River has an extra gleam to it as oil slides southward on its surface. An early Sund...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—First responders and emergency management crews gathered at the state capital on Thursday...
TUPELO, Miss.--Freezing rain is a possibility in north Mississippi Thursday night as temperatures dip into the low to mid 30s...
By: Knox GrahamMYRTLE, Miss.—A young driver was struck by a train early Tuesday at a crossing in Union County.“We...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- An early morning fire in the capital city took the life of one person before fire fighters co...
WALTHALL, Miss.--The fire that destroyed the Webster County courthouse Thursday morning was ruled accidental. Fire investigat...
WAYNE COUNTY, Miss.--An EF1 tornado in Wayne County Sundaywas confirmed by the Mobile office of the National Weather Service ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Snow started falling just as many of you went to bed Wednesday night and has accumulated on roads and bridges...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $50 billion Sandy relief bill Tuesdayto help people affected...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—The National Weather Service out of Jackson has extended the ice storm warning for parts ...
JACKSON, Miss.--A state of emergency was declared Monday night for 45 Mississippi counties. A statement from Gov. Phil Bryant...
(JACKSON, Miss) -- A winter storm warning is in effect for Bolivar; Humphreys; Issaquena; Leflore; Sharkey; Sunflower; and Wa...
JACKSON, Miss.--Most of the heaviest rainfall was west of the Mississippi River Thursday, but the Magnolia State got its fair...
GLUCKSTADT, Miss.--The northbound lanes of Interstate 55 were shut down Wednesday morning after a tanker truck burst into fla...
JACKSON, Miss.--Severe weather and possibly even tornadoes are now included in the forecast for the bulk of Mississippi. It&#...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The IRS gave tax relief to some of you affected by Hurricane Isaac on September 5 of last year.“That ...
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss.--MEMA announced Friday that disaster assistance for home and business owners affected by the Christ...
EDINBURGH, Miss.--Two trucks and an 18-wheeler were involved in a crash Thursday that killed two men in Leake County.News Mis...
By: Knox GrahamWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Justice Department has come to a settle with Transocean LTD, the owner of the oilri...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Highway Patrol was kept very busy over the New Year’s Holiday enforcement period.Troo...
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss.--As residents continue to pick up the pieces after Mississippi's Christmas Day tornadoes, Gov. ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Several river flood warnings issued after heavy rains last week were expected to be reinforced by steady rain...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, MISS.—Lots of rain is falling around the state on the first day of 2013, but will any of it be ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Nearly 10 families in the Capital City have no homes today. Their apartments were destroyed by fire early M...
WALNUT GROVE, Miss.--A fire Sunday has left a mobile home destroyed and two people dead near Walnut Grove, in Leake County. E...
BRANDON, Miss – Cold winter weather means people are trying to stay warm. Unfortunately, if the proper precautions are ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- The damage from the severe weather that moved through the state on Christmas day became appar...
By: Knox GrahamCLINTON, Miss.-- An apartment fire ruined the holidays for at least two tenants at the Hunter Oaks apartment c...
MONTICELLO, Miss.--Damage and injury reports are coming in from several counties after Christmas Day storms pummeled south Mi...
JACKSON, Miss.--A State of Emergency has been declared in eight Mississippi counties affected by storms on Christmas Day. Gov...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Rain will move across much of Mississippi this Christmas morning. But a cold front moves in later today, ma...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—The Christmas holiday weekend has already proved to be dangerous on the Mississippi roadw...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Department of Health (MDH) has gotten eight out of a possible 10 points in the Robert Wood ...
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- A hit and run in Ocean Springs sent one to the hospital and another woman to jail over the weekend. T...
By: Knox GrahamLAFAYETTE COUNTY, Miss.-- A one-vehicle accident just outside of Oxford Saturday afternoon left a GMC Yukon to...
JACKSON, Miss.--Three seperate tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service from storms that moved through Sunday...
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. – Two survive a plane crash in Northwest Rankin County. It happened just after 4:00 p.m. Sunday af...
JACKSON, Miss.-- With severe weather moving through the state this morning News Mississippi will continue to have update watc...
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- The Driver killed in that Thursday bus-car collision in Jackson County has been identified as Bryan ...
BALDWYN, Miss. -- The woman killed in a Wednesday night wreck in Baldwyn has been identified as Ashley Scott, 24. Investigato...
TUPELO, Miss. -- Tupelo Police are investigating an accident that happed around three this morning.“An 18 wheeler was t...
QUITMAN, Miss. – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a State Trooper on Highway 145. It happened Monday night around ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Mississippi's wisdom is needed so the feds can do a better job helping areas hard hit by Hurricane Sand...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- The last two weekends in Mississippi haven’t been kind to motorists on the roadways in ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Water in the fuel, something investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are examining as a p...
BILOXI, Miss.--Hurricane season is officially coming to an end. Mississippi has gotten by this year with just one, but coasta...
HURLEY, Miss. -- A fatal crash on US 614 took the life of a four-year-old boy and sent his Louisiana family to the hospital. ...
NEW ORLEANS, La.--Two BP supervisors and a former executive pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to manslaughter cha...
By: Knox GrahamBOONEVILLE, Miss.- One of the lead stories in the state early Wednesday morning was the wreck near Gallman tha...
By: Knox GrahamGALLMAN, Miss.- Reports coming out just south of the capitol city say there has been one fatality in an early ...
HAZLEHURST, Miss.--With the Sunday death of New Orleans-area resident 41-year-old Sara Gamill, at least two highway deaths ha...
PEARL, Miss.--A fire 3:30 Saturday afternoon at the Southland Apartments in Pearl, and now several families are homeless. Mos...
MOSS POINT, Miss.--A large wildfire near the Escatawpa River has caused a smoky haze along I-10 that has officials warning of...
JACKSON, Miss.--Many state troopers are spending their Thanksgiving holiday weekend on the roads, and they're not just ou...
JACKSON, Miss.--The capital city was the site of one blaze that left five families without homes over the weekend. It happene...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--As the terms of BP's settlement with the United States becomes clearer, Mississippi's lawmakers in ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- BP has agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony counts of neglect or misconduct in regards to the ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- BP has agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony counts of neglect or misconduct in regards to the ...
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. -- There's been a horrible accident involving a grandmother and her three young grandchildren. &ldqu...
Iris Barnes and Camie Crowe contributed audio and photosJACKSON, Miss.--A private plane slammed into a house in the Capital C...
JACKSON, Miss.--Drivers can once again complete the ride from Natchez to Nashville on the Natchez Trace Parkway, uninterrupte...
BRANDON, Miss. -- Several kids were taken to the hospital this morning after a school bus accident in Brandon.That bus was tu...
CONWAY, Ark.--Friends of 65-year-old Robert Allen, who was injured in an Arkansas plane crash Wednesday, are saying he has di...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--It's Halloween. It's also the last day you can apply for federal assistance if you had damage durin...
By: Knox GrahamGREENVILLE, Miss.- A weekend fire has claimed the life of one Mississippi toddler.Greenville Fire Marshal Myro...
Iris Barnes contributed to this report.WAYNE COUNTY, Miss.--Students were still out of school Tuesday after a fire at Clara S...
NEW YORK, New York--As Hurricane Sandy slammed into the coastline in New York State and New Jersey, filling up subway station...
OXFORD, Miss.--A Saturday wreck took the lives of a brother and sister. Thirty-year-old John Wheat and 24-year-old Sarah Whea...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Governor Phil Bryant has proclaimed today Putting the Breaks on Fatalities Day in Mississippi.The goal is t...
CORINTH, Miss. -- A lawsuit has been filed against the Corinth restaurant were there was a salmonella outbreak last fall.More...
By Knox Graham:CANTON, Miss.-- Nissan is recalling some Altimas that were made at their Canton, Miss. plant this year.Almost ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Ten tornadoes touched down in Mississippi late Wednesday and early Thursday. That's according to National...
GREENVILLE, Miss. – A state of emergency still in effect for the City of Greenville as many still recover from storms t...
GREENVILLE, Miss.--A decision by the Greenville City Council Thursday afternoon has the city under a state of emergency for a...
LOUISE, Miss.--National Weather Service crews were still surveying damage across the state Thursday afternoon trying to deter...
JACKSON, Miss.--The family of Stacey Washington is mourning today after he succumbed to his injuries Wednesday. Washington wa...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.- As was expected last night, severe weather dotted the Mississippi topography and caused troubl...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- After a couple of nice days to start off the work-week in Mississippi, severe weather is expe...
By: Knox GrahamBENTON COUNTY, Miss.-- There's been reports of a fatal motorcycle accident that happened late Monday in Mi...
By: Knox GrahamRIDGELAND, Miss.-- House fires plagued Mississippi last week and this week isn't off to a good start with ...
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. -- Six million dollars worth of circus elephants stranded on the side of the road. It happened Sunday n...
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.--Four stranded boaters were rescued from Taylor Key, south of Bay St. Louis after a crash that sent a pa...
JACKSON, Miss.--Plenty of fires in Mississippi this weekend. First in Bay. St. Louis, there were plenty of steaks well done a...
IUKA, Miss.--Sixty-seven-year-old Harris Strickland of Corinth and his 62-year-old wife Wanda are dead after their car was st...
CLARKSDALE, Miss.--It wasn't much to talk about, if you live in San Francisco, that is. A small earthquake was recorded b...
By: Knox GrahamBILOXI, Miss.-- Reports came out last night that a child had been hit by a vehicle on Highway 90 near Biloxi w...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- This week around the state of Mississippi is "Fire Prevention Week" sponsored by th...
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss.--A two-lane county road was the site of a wreck that claimed the life of a 17-year-old male Monday. Mars...
GULFPORT, Miss.--This is for anyone affected by HurricanE Isaac who applied for FEMA aid and was denied. FEMA sent out reject...
By: Knox GrahamHARRISON COUNTY, Miss.-- Yesterday News Mississippi brought you a story of a Sunday night train collision that...
By: Knox GrahamHARRISON COUNTY, Miss.-- Yesterday News Mississippi brought you a story of a Sunday night train collision that...
GULFPORT, Miss.—Three fatalities, three arrests on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast this weekend. A stabbing around 3 a.m...
JACKSON, Miss.--It doesn't just happen in the spring in Mississippi. We're talking about severe weather and the secon...
JACKSON, Miss.--It doesn't just happen in the spring in Mississippi. We're talking about severe weather and the secon...
JACKSON, Miss.--It doesn't just happen in the spring in Mississippi. We're talking about severe weather and the secon...
By: Iris BarnesJACKSON, Miss. -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reporting a 9 percent increase in traf...
By: Knox GrahamGULFPORT, Miss.-- Today will be the first preliminary meeting for the GoCoast 2020 Commission set up by Govern...
GULFPORT, Miss.--Some counties that had Disaster Recivery Centers that were open to help Mississippians affected by Isaac to ...
Damage from Hurricane Isaac has stundted Louisiana's pecan harvest this year, but how does Mississippi fair? Andrew Copel...
by Chris DavisATLANTA, Ga.--The announcement came Friday morning that over $1.3 million was approved for the U.S. Small B...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--The capital city is now "Storm Ready" according to the National Weather Service and M...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--FEMA and the Small Business Administration are urging Mississippians who may have been affected...
By: Knox GrahamJackson, Miss.-- A low pressure system is moving out of Texas this morning and expected to blanket most of the...
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The nation's first FEMA Corps members made for a historic Thursday in Vicksburg. Over 230 young peopl...
By: Knox GrahamJackson, Miss.-- Even after Hurricane Isaac has left the borders of Mississippi, the after effects are still l...
By: Iris BarnesPEARL, Miss. – Governor Phil Bryant has declared a state of emergency for Mississippi as Tropical Storm ...
by Chris DavisGULFPORT, Miss.--A boat capsized-a man stranded on top and now a U.S. Border Patrol crew based out of Gulfport ...
by Chris DavisWASHINGTON, D.C.--It’s part of the worst drought in a quarter century putting Mississippi on the national...
by Chris DavisHATTIESBURG, Miss.--It seemed like the Great Flood all over again in several Mississippi cities Wednesday. Hatt...
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Officials of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety plan a major announcement Wednesday, August 15th.Gulfport Police Chi...