Have an emergency? Dial 911. What about before we had 911?

911 systems across Mississippi were fully restored Thursday evening, the governor said, after going down earlier Thursday afternoon. Systems in Louisiana were still being restored, authorities said.

This photo taken Sept. 25, 2025, in Jackson, Miss. shows a blank screen on a phone while making a 911 call which resulted in a dial tone, during a 911 systems outage across Mississippi and Louisiana. ...

UPDATE (7:21 a.m.) — Tulsa Police say 911 is back up and running. They state while there were some issues routing calls to other 911 centers, they are being resolved and emergency services are back ...