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Eight people are now confirmed dead and at least 10 others injured in separate shootings in three Mississippi counties on the night of Friday, Oct. 10. Most of the casualties occurred during a shooting in Leland in the Mississippi Delta. Washington County Coroner LaQuesha Watkins said in a Saturday morning press release that four victims declared dead at the scene …

At Least 4 Dead, 12 Wounded in Mississippi Shooting After Homecoming Game, Official Says  The New York Times Four killed in mass shooting after Mississippi football game  BBC Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings  The Guardian Mass shooting on Leland main street, mayor says  WLBT BREAKING: 2 dead, another injured during shooting at Heidelberg High School on a homecoming …

The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked Friday night by a mass shooting at a homecoming event that left four people dead and a dozen injured, according to the mayor. “An event like this has never happened in this city,” Leland Mayor John Lee told NPR by phone. “We’re a close knit city, we’re not a violent city.” Leland …

Four people have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in western Mississippi during a high school football homecoming celebration, according to local officials early on Saturday. The incident took place around midnight on Friday, John Lee, the mayor of Leland, a small city in Washington county, said to the Guardian in a telephone interview on Saturday morning. …

Four people have been killed and 12 others injured, four critically, after a mass shooting in the US state of Mississippi. The shooting happened at around midnight on the main street in Leland, 120 miles (190km) north-east of the state capital Jackson, the city’s mayor John Lee told the BBC’s US partner CBS. Four of the injured were airlifted to …

Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, officials said. Leland Mayor John Lee told CBS News the shooting happened around midnight, and four of the injured people were airlifted to local hospitals. There was no immediate information about their condition.  There are no suspects in custody and …

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced on Monday, marking the state’s first whooping cough death in 13 years. The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine, the agency said. Mississippi has seen 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to …

Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar at Mississippi State (Photo via @Vol_Football on X) Tennessee football outlasted Mississippi State in a back-and-forth overtime thriller Saturday evening in Starkville, scoring a late touchdown to force the game to overtime before securing the 41-34 win. If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Syracuse grades. Let’s see how the …

Head coach Josh Heupel speaks to an official during a game against UTEP at Neyland Stadium. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Cole Moore/RTI STARKVILLE, Miss — Tennessee football got the ball back at its own 26-yard line with three timeouts and 1:16 to play in regulation in its 41-34 overtime win at Mississippi State Saturday evening. Yet Tennessee ran out of …