Topic: The Clarion-Ledger

Brett Favre, the former star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, filed defamation lawsuits Thursday against Mississippi's state auditor Shad White and sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee.

The state of Mississippi executed its first death row inmate in nearly a decade on Wednesday -- David Neal Cox, convicted of murdering his wife in 2010.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant announced Saturday that state officers were searching for two escapees from state prison and working to restore order after a week of turmoil with five state inmates killed since Sunday.

Mississippi State's Nick Fitzgerald, who is considered one of the top quarterbacks in the SEC, has been suspended for the Bulldogs' season opener.

A 22-year-old undocumented "dreamer," who was detained last week after criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, won't be deported, her attorney said.

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Fifth-ranked Kentucky nearly blew an 18-point second-half lead before holding on to defeat Mississippi State 88-81 on Tuesday night.

A member of the congregation at a black Mississippi church that was burned and vandalized with pro-Trump graffiti was charged with arson, officials said.

A Mississippi grand jury indicted a former love interest of Jessica Chambers in her burning death in 2014.

Rival coaches at Mississippi and Mississippi State have signed a petition calling for the removal of the Confederate flag in the state's flag.

Police in Vicksburg, Miss., arrested two people after a team of ghost hunters discovered the body of a woman at the Kuhn Memorial State Hospital.