Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Jackson Police Department is investigating an aggravated domestic assault after a man struck a woman with a hammer on Sunday afternoon in Jackson.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The ACLU has released a statement regarding the ruling made Friday morning overturning Roe v. Wade.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A mother has been charged in the death of her infant at a Mississippi hotel just days after she regained custody of the child, police say.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 9:28 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Copiah County District Attorney Daniella M. Shorter said Damion Whittley pleaded guilty to depraved heart murder and received the maximum sentence.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 12:16 PM CDT
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"The bottom line from this report is that many school districts comply with the minimum legal standards, but those minimum standards are not enough to guarantee student safety," State Auditor Shad White said.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff, C.J. LeMaster and Quentin Smith
He had an initial appearance in Clinton Municipal Court Wednesday and was given a $250,000 bond.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 10:34 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The 58-year-old Tupelo woman had been missing since August 10 of last year. She was last seen at her apartment complex, where she reportedly left her phone, ID, and keys behind.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 3:48 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The sentencing will be at a later date.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 6:28 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Police captured Jackson sometime early Monday morning.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A teen was arrested and charged for the murder of 18-year-old Raven Coleman on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A Richland man has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to the sexual battery of a minor under the age of 14.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Andrew McMunn
The 20-year-old was initially charged with child abuse and attempted murder of her infant daughter, but those charges have now been upgraded to child abuse and capital murder.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Jackson Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred at the intersection of Mill Street and Amite Street.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2022 at 3:49 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Fayette Police Department says officers and others were injured on April 15 during an attempt to arrest Riche Elian Jackson on a felony warrant.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 11:44 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Gray News Staff
A Mississippi sixth-grader has died after a collision with a tractor-trailer on a highway, troopers said.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2022 at 2:25 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Jackson Police Department is investigating after a man was shot and killed in the 2900 block of Englewood.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A Vicksburg police officer was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 9:50 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Their cases have been bound over to the grand jury.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 6:25 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
One person was killed after a car crashed into the side of the Clarion Ledger building on Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 11:04 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Ardenland has announced that Patti LaBelle will be performing at Thalia Mara Hall on Friday, June 10.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 7:02 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 59-year-old Sandy Edney of Natchez, Mississippi in Adams County.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 at 3:46 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Vicksburg Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Sunday afternoon at Wal Mart on Iowa Boulevard.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2022 at 2:08 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Jackson Police Department is asking for help in identifying a man who is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting on Clinton Boulevard.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2022 at 7:24 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Michael Wilson, 51, escaped prison on Sunday.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2022 at 3:15 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
An arrest has been made in the stabbing death of a Vicksburg native.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 11:34 AM CST
|By Quentin Smith, WLBT.com Staff and Gray News staff
The suspects involved in the case should be charged with attempted murder, attorney Carlos Moore said.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:22 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A spokesman from the city says that the driver, 23-year-old Kendarius Vaughn of Jackson, was ordering at the drive-thru line when he and a backseat passenger were arguing about the order.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2022 at 7:00 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Monique Green is described as a black woman around five feet tall, with black hair and brown eyes.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 2:51 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A school resource officer who was hit while directing traffic will be taken off life support, according to his family on social media.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 3:57 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Gregory Sanford is accused of embezzling from the county by personally creating and submitting fictitious invoices for “nonexistent work.”
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 10:20 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Donna Netterville was last seen in the Speed Street area on December 22, 2021.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 10:40 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A house was set on fire in Vicksburg on Thursday night when a man tried to get rid of a raccoon in his attic, Vicksburg Daily News reports.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 10:38 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A man accused of shooting his wife in November took his own life in a church parking lot Monday night.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 3:10 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A 47-year-old man has confessed to murder after a woman’s body was found beside the road in Leake County.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 8:14 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A man was attacked Tuesday night after meeting a woman for sex at a Jackson hotel.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:41 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff, Holly Emery and Debra Worley
When Officer Laquandia Cooley responded to reports of a body in the road early Sunday morning in Mississippi, she found it was her son that was the victim of a fatal gunshot wound.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 1:18 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff and Gray News staff
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will take over the case since it involves an officer’s son.
Updated: Dec. 25, 2021 at 5:19 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
At least two other suspects were also involved.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 9:57 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff and Debra Worley
A woman and her unborn child were killed during a shooting Wednesday night in Jackson, Mississippi.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 5:55 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Jackson Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred around 3 p.m. in South Jackson on Monday.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2021 at 11:38 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Jackson Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Sunday morning on Terry Road.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 5:02 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Police have released an image of a vehicle believed to be tied to a deadly motel shooting in Jackson.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 3:09 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 57-year-old Milton Morris of Jackson, Miss., in Hinds County.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 12:30 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Hubbard was taken into custody in Clinton, Mississippi shortly before 12:00pm on Saturday, November 20, 2021. He was arrested without further incident.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:23 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The child had been missing more than one year, deputies say.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
According to Jackson Police Spokesperson Sam Brown, officers arrested a suspect involved in shooting a woman in the head.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Mississippi state auditor Shad White’s office has served demands for more than $77 million of misspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) money, one of those demands going to Favre Enterprises, owned by Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 3:20 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
After she was crowned homecoming queen, Nyla Covington instead gave her crown to a classmate whose mother died that morning due to cancer.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 11:44 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Gray News staff
Two men found the car in Byram, Mississippi, with a “free car” sign on it and the key inside.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 1:55 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Debra Worley
Video from a Ring camera shows the suspect getting assaulted as he walks out of a home in Jackson, Mississippi.