Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 4:13 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
A 12-year-old is dead after police say he and others played Russian Roulette in Jackson, Mississippi.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 10:58 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The newborn was left alone for at least 30 minutes.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
“It’s extremely low, and this is a really terrible time for this to be happening,” Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson said.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook has been in law enforcement for more than twenty years, and he’s seen a lot - but Tuesday was a first.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
"In too many cases, it is raw water from the reservoir," he said.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 4:53 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
14 day care workers were also rescued.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A daycare director in Mississippi was charged with felony child abuse after a father accused her of abusing his 2-year-old daughter.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 1:49 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Flowood police took 58-year-old Jennetta Morgan into custody on Wednesday, July 27.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson and WLBT.com Staff
At the direction of Governor Reeves, Mississippi Home Corporation will stop accepting applications to the federal government’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, effective August 15, 2022.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 12:28 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff, Jacob Gallant and Gray News Staff
An animal advocacy group said a man recorded videos of cats being tortured and killed on Snapchat.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 8:56 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Both parents are charged with felony child neglect and possession of a meth.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:23 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Customers who do not elect to receive a check will automatically receive an $80 credit on their September bill from Entergy.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 1:54 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Brendan Hall
A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his half-brother.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A 15-year-old in Mississippi is facing a murder charge after shooting and killing a 2-year-old, according to police.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Debra Worley
According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Jelani Porter jumped off the back of a boat and never resurfaced.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Toshemie Wilson is now in trouble with the federal government for what the FBI says he asked his students to do.
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
|By WLBT.com Staff
"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.
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