The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Mississippi.
Incumbents State government Governor: Tate Reeves (R)
Events January 9 – Six people are killed in a series of shootings in Cedarbluff. A suspect is arrested. January 10 – Beth Israel Congregation, the largest synagogue in the state of Mississippi, located in Jackson, is damaged in a suspected arson. A suspect is arrested. February 20 – The University of Mississippi Medical Center temporarily closes all 35 of its clinics following a cyberattack. March 27 – Five people are killed when a train strikes a van in a rail crossing near Wiggins. May 6 – Tornados damage around 500 homes and injure 17 people in the Bogue Chitto area. May 12 – Dan Fordice, the son of former Governor Kirk Fordice, is killed after crashing a WW2-era P-51D Mustang near Vicksburg–Tallulah Regional Airport. May 28 – The Supreme Court rules in favor of Terry Pitchford, a death row inmate who was convicted of killing a grocery store owner. Pitchford argued that his jury, consisting of 11 white jurors and 1 black juror, was racially biased. June 14 – A police officer shoots at the car of two women suspected of stealing diapers from a Senatobia Walmart, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The infant's aunt is injured. July 4 – 18-year-old Nolan Wells disappears while on Horn Island with friends for Independence Day. His body is found two days later. July 7 – Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and City Council President Aaron Banks plead guilty to bribery. August 3 – Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, is found hanging from a tree in Jackson. In September, a 51-year-old Black man is arrested and charged with killing Fortune. October 4 – The former five-story Department of Public Safety administration tower is imploded in Jackson.
Scheduled November 3 – 2026 Mississippi elections: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi
Deaths
February 3: Reta Holden, 87, politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1992–1999).
See also 2026 in the United States 2024–2028 Mississippi Legislature
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