Law enforcement officials say former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was hospitalized after wrecking his SUV while swerving to avoid a dog on a rural road.

Years before he became Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves served as the state's treasurer and had a hand in delaying funds for water system repairs in the capital city of Jackson.

A woman who won freedom from prison a decade ago after being convicted with her sister in a 1993 armed robbery in Mississippi has died of COVID-19.