A Broken Pipe in Jackson Left Residents Without Drinking Water As a water shortage ballooned into a crisis in Jackson, Miss., the leak grew bigger and bigger, gouging out a swimming pool-size crater in the earth.
In Mississippi’s Capital, Old Racial Divides Take New Forms A plan by Republican lawmakers to set up a new court system served by a state-run police force for parts of mainly Black Jackson has become a flash point for racial and political divisions.
In Much of the South, Subfreezing Weather Crippled Water Systems The bitter cold had left the region by Wednesday, but myriad broken pipes, disrupted municipal water systems and widespread aggravation remained.
Tornado Forecast: 40 Million People at Risk of Severe Weather Across the South A regional tornado outbreak is possible Tuesday afternoon and evening across parts of the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley, forecasters warned.