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There’s a chance of showers and thunderstorms across Mississippi on Thursday with highs in the 80s.

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The National Park Service will commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Corinth with a weekend of special events at Shiloh National Military Park. At the University of Mississippi, fraternity members are tackling food insecurity with a new partnership between the Interfraternity Council and Grove Grocery, the campus food pantry.

Mississippi ranked 18th in a new national study measuring the toll of mass shooting violence in 2025. The report, conducted by Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers, analyzed fatalities and injuries across the country to determine the states most heavily impacted.

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson is bringing back its annual Pumpkin Adventure this October. Walmart is kicking off the holiday season with its Walmart Deals event, set for October 7th-12th.

President Donald Trump is making headlines after warning pregnant women not to take Tylenol, suggesting the pain reliever may be linked to autism, but Vicksburg Pediatrician, Dr. Geri Weiland says science does not back up those claims.

Officials are assessing the death of 16-year-old Ayden Reno. Officials honored fallen emergency medical services workers on Tuesday.

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The White House is urging Congress to pass legislation minimizing China and other foreign adversaries from owning too much farmland, something lawmakers in Mississippi did last year. Plus, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced another round of grants, two of which are going to Jefferson Davis County and Gulfport following recent natural disasters.

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Plus, Trustmark Park in Pearl will become a winter wonderland, and tickets are now available for those who want to participate in the festivities.

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The Sharkey County Sheriff's Office has identified three suspects who are wanted for a drive-by shooting on Saturday. Deputies want to question Adrian Warfield, Quinnajah Battee, and Kynnajah Battee. Plus, Mississippi inmates routinely use smuggled phones to coordinate criminal activity, intimidate witnesses, and orchestrate violence both inside and outside prison walls. But that could change.

Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined a coalition of 22 state attorneys general supporting a new rule that would allow correctional facilities to use cellphone jamming technology to stop those calls.

A habitual offender has been sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole for a police chase in 2023. Michael McGlothin pled guilty to multiple felony counts in Hinds County. McGlothin had been drinking when he fled into the city of Jackson, eventually crashing into a vehicle driven by Marcus Singleton at the intersection of Highway 80 and Robinson Road.