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EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

In this photo taken from video provided by Stacey J. Spiehler, a pro-Palestinian protester is confronted by hecklers at the University of Mississippi, May 2, 2024, in Oxford, Mississippi. (Stacey J. Spiehler via AP)
May 4, 2024, 11:43 pm
Congressman shares clip of man making monkey gestures at Black anti-Israel protester
Republican Rep. Mike Collins draws backlash by posting clip of racist heckling at University of Mississippi with caption: ‘Ole Miss taking care of business’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
A pilot flies a small airplane over Tupelo, Mississippi while threatening to crash it into a local Walmart, September 3, 2022. (WCBI-TV via AP)
September 3, 2022, 10:17 pm
Pilot detained after threatening to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart
Authorities evacuate shopping center as aircraft, believed by police to be stolen, circles Jackson for several hours before landing safely in field
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with The Associated Press, in Paris, May 27, 2019. Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
November 13, 2021, 2:17 am
Steve Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying subpoena over Jan. 6 riots
Former Trump adviser expected to surrender himself on Monday; ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows also defies summons
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The water tower in Horn Lake, Mississippi. (Wikipedia, Thomas R. Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0)
November 4, 2021, 6:36 pm
ACLU alleges anti-Muslim bias prompted Mississippi city to block mosque
Suit filed in US federal court cites former alderman’s comments to local newspaper that Islam ‘says they can lie or do anything to the Jews or gentiles because we’re not Muslims’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
"I love this flag," states David Flynt of Hattiesburg, while standing outside the state Capitol with other current Mississippi flag supporters in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020. Lawmakers in both chambers voted for state flag change legislation today. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has already said he would sign whatever flag bill the Legislature decides on. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
June 29, 2020, 4:51 am
Mississippi votes to remove Confederate battle emblem from state flag
Commission to design new flag that cannot include Confederate symbols and must feature words ‘In God We Trust’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
A home had its roof torn off after a tornado ripped through Monroe, La. just before noon on Sunday, April 12, 2020 causing damage to a neighborhood and the regional airport. (Nicolas Galindo/The News-Star via AP)
April 13, 2020, 5:36 am
Easter storms sweep southern US, killing at least 6 in Mississippi
Multiple tornadoes spotted, thousands lose power and 300 homes damaged in neighboring Louisiana
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Appointed US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., answers a question during a televised Mississippi US Senate debate with Democrat Mike Espy in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)
November 21, 2018, 6:02 am
US senator apologizes to anyone offended by her ‘I’d attend a hanging’ remark
At Mississippi campaign debate with her African-American Democratic opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smith says sorry for earlier statement made in praise of cattle-rancher
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
A law enforcement officer stands watch as emergency vehicles clog a road adjacent to Delta State University after an active shooter was reported in Cleveland, Miss., Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Courtney Warren/The Bolivar Commercial, via AP)
September 15, 2015, 2:39 am
Prof fatally shot on Mississippi campus; suspect at large
Ethan Schmidt, history professor at Delta State, killed in his office; police believe fellow teacher armed and dangerous
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and Jeff Amy
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