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Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence pleaded not guilty to escape charges on Wednesday.

Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday.

A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for repeatedly punching a Black detainee whose beating by guards was recorded by a jail security camera nearly ...

The 14th Chancery Court will host clinics to help local low-income families receive free legal assistance for family law matters.

Eight children at a church near Harvard University where a French youth choir was holding a concert suffered seizure-like symptoms and were taken to hospitals, officials said.

I enjoy art. I am not an artist but love paintings that capture the spirit and the feeling of places and people as viewed through another’s eyes.

Tony Coleman Posted: July 24, 2025 WEST POINT — Tony Coleman, 47, died July 14, 2025, in Lee County. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, at Lower Prairie Creek M.B. Church in Pheba, with ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — A Eupora woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Oktibbeha County. Heather Young, 34, was pronounced dead on scene after colliding with another car at ...

Jerry Smith Posted: July 24, 2025 MACON — Jerry L. “Bait” Smith, 63, died July 12, 2025, at UAB-St. Vincent Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at ...

A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a decade ago when it was first revealed.

Ayden Mosley Posted: July 24, 2025 NOXUBEE COUNTY — Ayden “Green Light” Mosley, 12, died July 12, 2025, at Noxubee General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at New ...