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People worship on the steps of the Rolling Fork United Methodist Church, right, as damage is visible to surrounding properties, Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss. Emergency officials in Mississippi say several people have been killed by tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press
Sun,03/26/23-5:11PM , 324 Reads
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows.
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Christi Webb, executive director of Family Resource Center for Families First for Mississippi, welcomes the crowd of visitors following the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Families First Resource Center in April 2018, in Fulton, Miss. Webb pleaded guilty Thursday, March 16, 2023, in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (Adam Armour/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

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Ex-Nonprofit head pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare fraud
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,03/16/23-6:33PM , 385 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former director of a Mississippi nonprofit organization pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S., court documents show.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during a news conference on Feb. 28, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Reeves signed a bill Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that will restrict electric car manufacturers from opening dealerships in the state unless they work with a franchisee, defying calls to veto the legislation from some lawmakers in his party. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Electric car stores will be restricted in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,03/14/23-7:15PM , 121 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships.
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This image provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss. Cox, who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors in December 2020, was sentenced Thursday, March 9, 2023, to 42 years in prison. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Mississippi man gets 42 months in prison for cross burning
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,03/09/23-5:59PM , 98 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in prison.
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