The Cardinal

A severe spring storm in the US midwest has left at least one person dead and several injured. The video shows a tornado that may have persisted continuously for at least one hour, 19 minutes over a distance of 55 to 60 miles from Kemper County, Mississippi to western Pickens County, Alabama. See National Weather [...]

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Ashlee Arnau, a cheerleader at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Miss., made an incredible front-flip half-court shot Thursday night at halftime of the school’s men’s basketball game that became an instant Internet sensation. A basketball was placed on the floor at midcourt. Ashlee Arnau, a 21-year-old junior, approached it with a running start, did a [...]

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A small plane with three people aboard crashed into a home near an airport in Jackson, Miss. Tuesday evening and authorities did not have immediate information on casualties. Video has no audio from source. About 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Piper PA-32 Cherokee 6 single-engine aircraft crashed into a home on Marcus Butler Drive near West Capitol [...]

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Severe storms and possible tornadoes pounded the South on Monday, injuring more than 100 people and killing at least two in Alabama, including a man who lived in an area devastated by a deadly twister outbreak in the spring. (Jan. 23) Two people were confirmed dead Monday, according to Pat Curry, Jefferson County’s chief deputy [...]

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Interview with Vicksburg, Mississippi resident William Jefferson. The crest in the Mississippi River Delta is expected this weekend. The crest of the swollen Mississippi River has rolled past Memphis, Tenn., and into the mostly poor, fertile Delta region. Floodwaters have already washed away crops, damaged hundreds of homes and closed casinos key to the area’s [...]

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Strong tornado on the north side of Philadelphia, MS… within 100 yards this powerful tornado crosses the road in front of videographer Andy Gabrielson. A tornado touched down in Northwest Philadelphia, Mississippi about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and caused extensive damage to Northside Park and then continued through the Longino and North Bend communities in rural [...]

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Authorities in Mississippi say at least 10 high school students were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and three adults were killed when two school buses collided with a tractor-trailer. About 60 students were on the buses. CALHOUN COUNTY, Miss. — At least three adults died when a Mississippi school bus from Ackerman High School in Choctaw [...]

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The 34-year-old sister of Vikings quarterback Brett Favre faces drug charges after she was arrested Wednesday in a raid on a Mississippi condo where people were making crystal methamphetamine, authorities say. Brett Favre’s sister Brandi Favre, 34, was arrested during a drug raid in southern Mississippi by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Police Department.

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Falling ice from a television tower in Jackson, Mississippi meant employees had to be quick on their feet, dodging icicles as they tried moving their cars. Large ice chunks and icicles on the TV station tower at CBS affiliate, WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi to start falling (date unknown).

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New video released by BP shows oil and gas erupting from its crippled blowout preventer safety device on the ocean floor. Meantime Interior Secretary Ken Salazar acknowledged his agency had been lax in overseeing offshore drilling activities. These wetlands help to repopulate so much of the Gulf. It’s very distressing for us to see some [...]

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A tornado touched down Saturday afternoon in Yazoo City, Valley Park and Durant, Mississippi. At least nine people were killed by a 3/4-mile wide tornado. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn reported five people were killed in Choctaw County, 3 in Yazoo County and 1 in Holmes County. Two of the dead in Choctaw [...]

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