Ole Miss home to medical marijuana lab
The only reason 73-year-old Elvy Musikka still has her sight, she says, is she's been smoking pot for the last 30 years. "In 1975, my doctor told me if I didn't start using marijuana, I'd go blind,"...
View Article5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi car accident
Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said.
View ArticleTornado hits college campus in Mississippi
Emergency officials in Mississippi are assessing damage after a tornado ripped through a populated area near the University of Southern Mississippi.
View ArticleMississippi officially abolishes slavery - UPI.com
Mississippi has officially joined the rest of the nation in ratifying the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery, officials say.read more
View ArticleDeadly tornado hits Mississippi as storm system stretches across East
A destructive storm system draped itself across half the country Thursday, from the Gulf Coast to Canada and with a wingspan from Maine to the Dakotas.read more
View ArticleToxic Ricin Detected on Mail Sent to Senator
Powder on a letter for Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi at a mail center in Washington tested positive, but was undergoing further F.B.I. analysis.read more
View ArticleArrest Is Made for Letters Believed to Have Poison
Federal agents arrested a Mississippi man suspected of sending letters that showed evidence of ricin in initial testing to President Obama and a Republican senator, according to two officials.read more
View ArticleCharges dropped against man in ricin letters case
A court filing says charges have been dropped against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others.
View ArticleRicin-laced letters leading to a Miss. mystery
Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland. Investigators are working to...
View ArticleFBI says tests link deadly ricin to Miss. suspect
A dust mask and other items linked to a Mississippi martial arts instructor contained ricin, a deadly poison found in letters sent to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge, according to an...
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