WLBT.com Staff

A daycare director in Mississippi was charged with felony child abuse after a father accused her of abusing his 2-year-old daughter.

An animal advocacy group said a man recorded videos of cats being tortured and killed on Snapchat.

A 15-year-old in Mississippi is facing a murder charge after shooting and killing a 2-year-old, according to police.

According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Jelani Porter jumped off the back of a boat and never resurfaced.

A mother has been charged in the death of her infant at a Mississippi hotel just days after she regained custody of the child, police say.

The 20-year-old was initially charged with child abuse and attempted murder of her infant daughter, but those charges have now been upgraded to child abuse and capital murder.

A Mississippi sixth-grader has died after a collision with a tractor-trailer on a highway, troopers said.

The suspects involved in the case should be charged with attempted murder, attorney Carlos Moore said.

When Officer Laquandia Cooley responded to reports of a body in the road early Sunday morning in Mississippi, she found it was her son that was the victim of a fatal gunshot wound.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will take over the case since it involves an officer’s son.

A woman and her unborn child were killed during a shooting Wednesday night in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mississippi state auditor Shad White’s office has served demands for more than $77 million of misspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) money, one of those demands going to Favre Enterprises, owned by Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.