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The Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival returns March 26-28 with a three-day focus on creativity and community on the charming brick streets of Olde Towne Clinton. The festival is a joint production of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, City of Clinton and Main Street Clinton. Organizers say the...

FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) – A new obstetric emergency room opened in Rankin County. This is the first and only OB emergency department in the county. According to officials with Merit Health River Oaks, the department is a specialized unit for pregnancy-related symptoms. “We’re here to augment and support all the other...

Mississippi artist Katelyn Harbaugh will be featured in Culinary & Canvas on April 4th from 6-8 PM, a special rooftop art event series hosted by Pacesetter Gallery at the Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, highlighting talented Mississippi artists and an art-inspired culinary and cockail...

Clinton residents voiced mixed reactions Monday night to a proposed data center that city officials recently announced, with some welcoming expected revenue and others raising concerns about limited details and high energy demand, attendees and officials said. The facility is planned for a building on Industrial Road...

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Following the death of one Lee County officer and serious injuries to another in Rankin County during school traffic duty, Lamar County Schools District’s police department is speaking out to avoid similar tragedies here at home. “We are people, just like y’all,” said Deputy...

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – Brandon leaders heard from the public during a zoning hearing over a proposed battery energy storage system near a neighborhood. Over the past month, there has been a debate in Brandon regarding the proposal from Black Mountain Energy Storage to building the storage system near residential...

Police Lights (File) A 24-year-old from Jackson, Mississippi, is headed to federal prison for nearly...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - With new water rates expected to go into effect next week in Jackson, Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin is gearing up for another discussion over rates, this time with the Public Service Commission. Henifin says he plans to go to the PSC by the end of...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The South Jackson Boys and Girls Club Sykes unit received a renovation, thanks to a partnership with Aaron’s. In just a matter of hours, the teen center was brought to life with new couches, laptops, including a PlayStation. Since 2015, Aaron’s has been surprising a total of 69 Boys and […]

PORT ALLEN - A Mississippi man grabbed the steering wheel of a moving SUV and intentionally rammed it into a police cruiser on I-10 East near the LA 1 exit, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. John Cuevas, 42, of Madison, Mississippi, was a front-seat passenger in...