Yazoo City police officers arrested an escaped convict from Louisiana Thursday after receiving a tip from a resident that he was acting suspicious.

On Friday Jan. 30th, Yazoo City Police arrested 21-year-old Louisiana fugitive Krisean Salinas after receiving a tip about a man acting suspiciously near a convenience store.

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WLBT) - A man wanted out of Louisiana was arrested in Yazoo City on Friday night. At approximately 9:45 p.m., Yazoo City Police officers responded to the Double Quick gas station ...

Louisiana authorities say they have captured all eight inmates who escaped from a jail. The inmates were reported missing from Riverbend Detention Center in Lake Providence around 1:20 a.m.

Winter storm Fern may be gone but conditions remain dangerous in Mississippi and more than 150,000 are without power.

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This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons. An investigation by The Marshall Project - Jackson and local reporting partners found that understaffing and ...

An inmate was found dead in a Mississippi federal prison. Adrian Kordell McCleary, 28, was found unresponsive at the federal prison in Yazoo City at approximately 12:10 a.m. Although federal prison ...

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YAZOO CITY – An inmate was found dead at a federal prison in Yazoo City early Sunday, according to prison officials. WLBT reported that employees at the Federal Correctional Institution Yazoo City ...

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The entire Mitchellville Police Department, including the interim chief, resigned by Jan. 1, leaving the city without officers. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is providing law enforcement coverage ...