2025 in Mississippi
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Mississippi.
Incumbents
State government
- Governor: Tate Reeves (R)
Events
- March 10 – Three people, including two hospital workers, are killed when a medical transport helicopter crashes in a forested area near Tupelo.[1]
- March 11:
- April 1 – June 3: 2025 Mississippi local elections[4]
- June 25 – Richard Gerald Jordan is executed by lethal injection for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of a woman in the De Soto National Forest.[5]
- 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]
- October 10
- Seven people are killed and 24 injured in a mass shooting in Leland following a local high school's homecoming football game.[10]
- 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]
- November 4 – 2025 Mississippi State Senate election: Democrats pick up one seat in the Mississippi House and two in the Senate. The gains in the senate break the Republican supermajority.[14][15]
- December 19 – A judge orders special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court, finding that the current map used to select justices violates the Voting Rights Act.[16]
See also
References
- ^ O'Leary, Abigail; Tonks, Phoebe (March 11, 2025). "Helicopter crash kills three in Mississippi, including pilot and hospital staff". Irish Star. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- ^ "Calhoun County lawmaker Andy Stepp dies at 66 - Mississippi Today". December 5, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ McLaughlin, Grant. "Meridian, MS, House lawmaker dies Thursday. His colleagues reflect on his life, service". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ "Office of Public Affairs | Mississippi District Attorney, Mayor of Jackson, and Jackson City Council Member Charged with Bribery and Other Offenses | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. November 7, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ "Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing". CNN. The Associated Press. June 25, 2025. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ^ McPhillips, Deidre (August 22, 2025). "Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality rate". WAAY 31 News. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Harris, Bracey; Silva, Daniella (September 17, 2025). "Family of Black student found hanging from a tree in Mississippi demands answers". NBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
- ^ Pittman, Ashton (September 16, 2025). "Homeless Man Found Hanging From Tree in Vicksburg, Raising Fears After Earlier DSU Hanging". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
- ^ Bates, Sophie (September 26, 2025). "AT&T attributes mass 911 outages in 3 states to fiber cuts made by 'third parties'". The Associated Press. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ^ "4 dead in shooting that injured others after homecoming football game in Mississippi, official says". The Associated Press. October 11, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ^ "2 dead after shooting on school campus in Mississippi". The Associated Press. October 11, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ^ Bates, Sophie (October 29, 2025). "3 monkeys still on the loose after truck overturns on Mississippi highway". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ^ Goldberg, Michael; Mitchell, Jerry (October 30, 2025). "FBI arrests multiple law enforcement officers in sprawling Mississippi Delta drug conspiracy takedown". Mississippi Today. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
- ^ Corder, Frank (November 4, 2025). "Democrats pick up seats in Mississippi House, Senate due to court-ordered special redistricting elections". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
- ^ "Mississippi Senate passes redistricting resolution in line with federal order - SuperTalk Mississippi". February 27, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ "Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation". NPR. The Associated Press. December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.