August 21 – The Mississippi health department declares a public health emergency in response to rising infant mortality rates in the state.[6]
September 15 – 21-year-old Black Delta State University student Trey Reed is found hanging from a tree on campus in Cleveland.[7] On the same day, 35-year-old homeless White man Corey Zukatis is found hanging from a tree in Vicksburg. Authorities investigate both deaths as suicides.[8]
September 26 – Parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana experience 911 outages. AT&T reports the outages were caused by fiber cuts made by "third-parties".[9]
Two people are shot and killed on the Heidelberg High School campus in Heidelberg during a homecoming football game. An 18-year-old man is arrested for the shooting.[11]
October 28 – A truck carrying Rhesus monkeys for research crashes north of Heidelberg. Three of the monkeys escape; two are later shot and killed by civilians.[12]
October 30 – 20 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, are arrested by the FBI in connection to a drug trafficking conspiracy. The arrested individuals include the sheriffs of Washington and Humphreys Counties.[13]
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