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Authorities arrested and charged Derrick Cockerham with Aggravated Trafficking of Controlled Substance and Trafficking a Controlled Substance on Friday.

The Jackson Police Department needs the public’s help in locating a man wanted for burglarizing a vehicle.

Students now must obtain their court reporter certification.

Kemarshon Cassity, 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, stemming from a 2020 shooting.

“We will not forget his legacy and the impact he has made on the lives of the men and women of this agency,” DPS said.

It’s appropriately called KixCon.

The capital city will distribute cases of bottled water to city residents in need Friday afternoon.

United States Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $8,714,400 to the capital city.

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On Sunday, August 7, a man was found shot on Terry Road.

A woman was found dead behind a building in the 700 block of University Boulevard in Jackson Monday morning.

At the time of the murder, the couple shared a 9-month-old baby as well as another 5-year-old child.

Two men are in the hospital, one in critical condition, after a shooting took place in Jackson on Thursday afternoon.

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced on Thursday that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $15.5 million to support three projects in Mississippi from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program.

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Chief Otha Brown said Charles Hull, 26, is charged with the murder of Christopher Pendergrass, 57.

Julie Levanway taught Barbie Bassett and Wilson Stribling how to make her sheet pan chicken Jambalaya on Today at 11.

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In a statement to the media, Simmons pleaded with the governor the “have compassion on the poor and needy.”

A McComb family says they are shaken and in disbelief after what they say was a dangerous encounter with a Mississippi State Trooper.

The incident happened on July 20 when three people opened fire at a Jackson apartment complex, killing Laquarrius Giles.

The City of Jackson is requesting capital city residents to take efforts to conserve water as work crews make necessary repairs at the O.B. Curtis Water Plant.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will temporarily close a lane on I-20 in Jackson Tuesday night.

The City of Jackson will distribute cases of bottled water to city residents on Tuesday afternoon.

The capital city told WLBT on Tuesday that some areas of Jackson may experience low water pressure.

United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced on Tuesday the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $12,641,440 million to Yazoo City.

A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a man went missing in Wesson, Mississippi.

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Two people died in a car crash near Crystal Springs in Copiah County on Monday.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a 53-year-old Stone County woman.

A Vicksburg man was arrested on Friday, August 5 after officers responded to a motor vehicle accident at approximately 10:03 p.m.

Two power poles fell at Springridge and Highway 80 along Fairmont Street in Clinton.

Vicksburg Fire Department unveiled two new fire trucks to several officials and firefighters on Monday, according to the Vicksburg Daily News.

City currently under fourth boil water notice since mid-June.

The City of Jackson will distribute cases of bottled water to city residents Monday evening. Residents are limited to one case of water per vehicle.

Students in the state’s second-largest school district headed back to class Monday morning.

A woman was arrested in Oxford Thursday, August 4, after Oxford police took a walk-in report regarding financial fraud.

A motorcyclist was killed and another person was injured on Sunday after a crash in Simpson County.

Autopsy results showed the child died from blunt-force trauma, the sheriff said.

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According to police, a man wearing a black hoodie, black mask, and black boots pointed a gun at store employees and proceeded to rob the business.

The Jackson Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a man involved in stealing a vehicle in Jackson.

The Copiah County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a stolen ATV in the Sardis Road area on Saturday.

There is a limit of one case of water per vehicle.

Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 on Friday.

Authorities have not released details about an officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 18 in Natchez.

The City of Jackson will distribute cases of bottled water to residents today at two Jackson Fire Department station locations. Residents are limited to one case of water per vehicle.

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A man from Bolton was arrested Thursday in Warren County for drug possession.

The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) set two policies that call for all school districts to resume in-person instruction as the primary mode of teaching starting in the 2021-22 school year. These policies remain in effect for the 2022-23 school year.