It wasn’t the start envisioned for Amtrak’s first commercial runs east and west across the Mississippi Coast in 20 years, as issues put the new Mardi Gras trains late getting to New Orleans and Mobile ...

Editor's note: This is the latest edition of Curious Mississippi, a service to the readers of the Clarion Ledger. Other questions answered by Curious Mississippi included road safety, potholes, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Questions about rail safety linger for many across Mississippi after a Vicksburg train derailment unfolded earlier this month. The accident resulted in a man being temporarily ...

It’s been previewed and promised for years and now, finally, Amtrak passenger trains are ready to roll across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Mobile. “This is it,” Knox Ross, chairman ...

An 18-year-old pedestrian died Monday when he was struck by a train in Sparta. Corey Bronner, a Sparta High School student, was crossing the tracks mid-block near the intersection of Walrath and ...

Sparta Police Chief Michael Kass said the death of an 18-year-old Sparta man struck by a train Monday is a “tragic accident.” Authorities identified the man as Corey Bronner. They ask anyone who may ...

When I was in middle school, In the Heat of the Night was just "that cop show adults watched after Wheel of Fortune." My friends and I couldn't have explained its themes if you bribed us with a bucket ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s been nearly 20 years, but passenger rail service is back on the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina derailed the existing passenger service. “The ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) — The commemoration of 70 years since Emmett Till’s death is being marked by family, friends and officials Wednesday as they repeated the fateful train ride he took from Chicago to ...

Two people are dead after a vehicle and Amtrak train collided in a Mississippi Coast city Tuesday night, according to multiple media reports. Amtrak officials told WLOX-TV in Biloxi the car was ...