Rogelio V. Solis, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

The remains of a mobile home are shown early Monday, May 3, 2021, in Yazoo County, Miss. Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, causing some damage but no immediate word of injuries. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Tornadoes rip through Mississippi

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated PressMay 3, 2021

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Severe storms spawning multiple tornadoes moved across the South on Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees from Mississippi to Kentucky. A tornado spotted in Atlanta forced thousands to seek shelter, and one man was killed when…

Water from the Pearl River floods Florence-Byram Road near Byram, Miss, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Authorities believe the flooding will rank as third highest, behind the historic floods of 1979 and 1983. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Melinda Deslatte Associated PressFebruary 17, 2020

Strong currents from the swollen Pearl River flood over the Old Brandon Road Bridge in Jackson, Miss., Sunday. The National Weather Service lowered the anticipated Pearl River crest to 37.5 feet by Monday morning. However, it will still be the third highest point behind the historic floods of 1979 and 1983.

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Residents brace for more flooding

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Rebecca Santana Associated PressFebruary 17, 2020

This young woman cries while standing outside the Koch Foods Inc., plant as U.S. immigration officials raid the plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Immigrant community helps families of detained

by Jeff Amy Associated Press, and Rogelio V. Solis Associated PressAugust 9, 2019

A man is taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Immigration raids net 680 arrests

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Jeff Amy Associated PressAugust 8, 2019

In this frame from video Monday, smoke and flames rise from a military plane that crashed in a farm field, in Itta Bena, Miss., killing 16.

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16 dead in Mississippi Marine crash

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Emily Wagster Pettus Associated PressJuly 11, 2017

A state fire marshal, right, and a ATF agent collect evidence as they investigate the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. "Vote Trump" was spray-painted on an outside wall of the black member church. Fire Chief Ruben Brown tells The Associated Press that firefighters found flames and smoke pouring from the sanctuary of the church just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Fire set at vandalized Miss. African-American church

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Bill Fuller Associated PressNovember 2, 2016