Topic: The Clarion-Ledger

The Islamic State in Syria has kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian men, women and children as the ethnic group prepares to battle the terrorist organization head-on.

Mississippi state Rep. Gene Alday, R-Walls, apologized after he was quoted making racially charged comments in a local newspaper.

A day after resigning as Mississippi's corrections commissioner, Christopher Epps pleaded not guilty to charges of taking more than $1 million in bribes.

Accidental damage to aging natural gas pipelines in Mississippi are a leading cause of accidents, newspaper investigations found.

A pair of Mississippi men said they had close encounters with a Bigfoot-like creature on separate occasions near the same playground.

Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center were planning to build a new parking lot until they found 1,000 bodies buried at the proposed site.

Mississippi officials say a group of alligator hunters' 741.5-pound catch broke the state record only a week after it was set twice in one day.

Authorities were investigating the death of Mississippi state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, whose body was found at a former lawmaker's residence during the weekend,

Valentine's Day in Madison, Miss., included the wedding of a bride and groom, ages 87 and 79, at the cash register of a supermarket pharmacy.

A snowstorm that dumped as much as 4.5 inches of snow on parts of Mississippi Thursday caused the death of one person and prompted flood warnings.