Updated: Sep. 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM CDT
Updated: Sep. 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Mississippi safety leaders and lawmakers are calling for a crackdown on kratom after investigators connected the deaths of two Ole Miss students last week to a suspected form of the drug.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM CDT
Updated: Sep. 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Kaitlyn Miller
Packaged kratom purchased from a retail store was discovered during investigations into the deaths, according to Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM CDT
Updated: Sep. 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM CDT