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New Helena Hospital Owner Makes Plan to Pay Off Old Bills
Helena Hospital Interim CEO Rex Jones believes the hospital will survive as it works through financial struggles. (Griffin Coop) HELENA-WEST HELENA — The Helena Hospital plans to restore MRI service soon. The mobile imaging service didn’t stop...

Mississippi HBCU Homecomings Marred By Shootings; Child Injured, Woman Killed
HBCUs have been grappling with rising incidences of gun violence during homecoming season. Two Mississippi HBCUs had their homecomings shaken up by shootouts, with one child left shot. Alcorn State and Jackson State University both had individual...

UPDATE: Multiple dead, several injured in series of Mississippi homecoming shootings
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - It’s been a violent and deadly weekend across Mississippi, with multiple people dead and others injured after several homecoming celebrations turned tragic. WTVA has updates on several of these incidents: Alcorn State...

Remembering Kay Mathews: A lifelong advocate for children and families in Northeast Mississippi
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Northeast Mississippi has lost a great humanitarian and a true pioneer in local healthcare. Kay Mathews, longtime leader of the Regional Rehabilitation Center (RRC) in Tupelo, passed away Saturday at the age of 82. Mathews...
Search for suspects in shooting that left 6 dead and 10 wounded in Mississippi
Two more people have died from injuries they suffered in a shooting that erupted Friday night in Leland, Mississippi, bringing the death toll to six, authorities said on Sunday morning. At least 10 other people were injured in the mass shooting in...

Homecoming Tragedy: At Least 12 Shot, 4 Killed in Small Mississippi Town After Homecoming Football Game
Multiple people were killed and wounded early Saturday after a homecoming football game in a small Mississippi town. Mayor John Lee said 16 people were shot and four were killed near downtown Leland around midnight, according to CNN. Later...

Mississippi shootings: Eight dead and gunmen on the run after 3 high schools targeted on same night
Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured in shootings near three Mississippi high schools on Friday night(Image: Facebook) Multiple high school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi took a fatal turn on Friday night when they ended in a...

HBCU Homecomings in Mississippi overshadowed by shootings, resulting in child injured and woman dead.
October 12th 2025. Two historically black colleges in Mississippi recently experienced disruptions during their homecoming celebrations due to gun violence. The festivities at both Alcorn State and Jackson State University were marred by separate...

One dead, child injured at HBCU football games in Mississippi
(The Center Square) – Unconnected shootings at two football games hosted by historically black colleges and universities in Mississippi left an adult dead and a child sent to the hospital with injuries on Saturday. At Alcorn State University, one...

Six dead, 10 injured in small town Mississippi shooting
(The Center Square) – Six people are dead, and 10 others injured after a shooting following a homecoming high school football game in Mississippi on Friday night. Initial reports of four dead grew by two, authorities in the small community of...
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8 People Dead and More Than 20 Injured After 3 Separate Homecoming Shootings in Mississippi on the Same Night By Toria Sheffield 97
NEED TO KNOW There were three separate shootings on the same night following homecoming games in Mississippi Eight people are dead and more than 20 are injured following the incidents Suspects have been arrested in two of the three shootings Eight...

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly, 8 killed in separate shootings
LELAND, Miss. — High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight people dead and many more injured, authorities said. Six were...

At least 9 dead across Mississippi after 5 shootings this weekend
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Five shootings in 24 hours across the Magnolia state left at least 9 dead this weekend. Most of the shootings happened after high school football games on Friday night. The last two happened at Alcorn State and Jackson State...

Four dead and 20 injured in another incident of mass shooting in South Carolina, following Mississippi
Home News Four dead and 20 injured in another incident of mass shooting in South Carolina, following Mississippi Many people ran to nearby establishments and properties to escape the gunfire. (File) New Delhi: Four people were killed and at least...

Singing River Health System to offer new wound care technology
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Health System is making big strides in the world of wound care. The health system is the first in Mississippi to offer Aplicor 3D wound care technology. It’s a 3D printed tissue graft technology designed to...

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as eight people are killed in separate shootings
Police vehicles are parked after a deadly shooting Friday night in downtown Leland, Miss.,on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins) High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on...

Search for suspects in shooting that left 6 dead, 10 wounded amid rash of gunfire across Mississippi
(LELAND, Miss.) — Two more people have died from injuries they suffered in a shooting that erupted Friday night in Leland, Mississippi, bringing the death toll to six, authorities said on Sunday morning. At least 10 other people were injured in...

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly, at least 6 killed in separate shootings
LELAND, Miss. — High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least six people dead and many more injured, authorities said. Four of the...

Mississippi Shooting Update: 18-Year-Old Suspect Taken Into Custody After Deadly Attack
The suspect in a deadly shooting that struck a Mississippi town during a high school football weekend is now in custody, local authorities confirmed. The shooting incident which occurred late Friday night, October 10, at Heidelberg High School...

4 Killed Shooting After High School Football Game in Mississippi
Sun 12 Oct 2025 | 05:03 PM Four people were killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting that erupted in the small town of Leland, Mississippi, following a high school football game, according to state senator Derrick Simmons. Simmons, who...