Innovate Mississippi Startup Accelerator Wants to Create New Jobs and Opportunities

Mississippi has bemoaned its lack of technology startups and venture capital since the first dot-com boom in the mid 1990s. Innovate Mississippi believes it might have a solution. It is providing funding and training to seven Mississippi tech startups through a 12-week program. Alex Bucklew and Johnathan McAdory had an idea for a product that would find […]
Boy, 11, ‘shot in the chest’ by police officer in Mississippi he had called for help

An 11-year-old boy who was shot by a police officer has returned home from hospital after almost a week of treatment. Aderrien Murry spent five days in hospital with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver, and fractured ribs after the officer shot him in the chest early on Saturday, lawyer Carlos Moore said. Aderrien was well […]
Shootings in Mississippi leave at least 6 dead, including suspect’s ex-wife, police say

Six people were killed and one more wounded in multiple shootings in Tate County, Mississippi, Friday after a man opened fire on his ex-wife and possibly other family members, the Tate County sheriff, Brad Lance, told CNN. Authorities received the first 911 call around 11 a.m. m. Miami time, after the suspect pulled into a […]