Mississippi Blood Services Offers Free Starbucks Coffee to Donors at Flowood Center
FLOWOOD — Mississippi Blood Services is encouraging residents to donate blood Monday by offering a free Starbucks coffee as a thank-you to donors. Officials said all donors who give blood on Monday, Jan. 5, will receive a Starbucks gift card for a free coffee. The promotion is aimed at boosting donations at the start...
Mild temperatures and stray showers this weekend
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 30s to low 40s under overcast skies. Sunshine will start to break through on Sunday as temperatures start out in the low 40s and warm into the 60s once again for the afternoon. The work week will be much warmer.
Piney Woods School selects alumnus to head new program
JANS – Rahim Lockhart has been tapped to lead The Piney Wood School’s newly created Government and African American Studies program. A third-generation legacy graduate (Class of 1996), Lockhart follows in the footsteps of his grandmother, Ruby McAfee, who graduated from Piney Woods in 1927. Lockhart brings more...
A mild start to the week before spring-like weather
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -Sunday’s temperatures will be near average if not slightly warmer as highs range from the upper 50s to low 60s across the area. We will see mostly cloudy skies give way to sunshine as the afternoon approaches. Dry conditions and partly cloudy skies will continue for...
Families of two killed in Mississippi medical helicopter crash reach settlements: attorney
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Attorneys representing the families of Dustin Pope and Jakob Kindt announced both cases concluded with confidential settlements. Both Pope and Kindt, along with Cal Wesolowski, died when a medical helicopter crashed in Madison County on March 10, 2025. “We are grateful to have reached...
Jackson police investigate deadly shooting on Lee Drive
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed this weekend. The shooting occurred in the 3600 block of Lee Drive on January 3, 2026. According to police, the unidentified victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have not released any suspect information. Anyone...
Fireworks deemed cause of three house fires in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A night of celebration turned into a tragedy for some families in Jackson. According to the Jackson Fire Department, a total of three house fires resulted from the use of fireworks. Those fires took place on Valencia Street, Audubon Park Drive, and Ash Street. Charles Felton,...
Mid-South 2025 Climate Review: Extreme Heat, Wind, and Winter Swings to Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Memphis, Tennessee – From record-breaking summer heat to sharp winter cold snaps, 2025 delivered a year of weather extremes across the Mid-South, with temperatures finishing above normal at nearly every...
Applications open for $12,000 aviation scholarship
Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) Chapter 276, which is based at John Bell WIlliams Airport in Raymond, is looking for applicants for a $12,000 scholarship that provides for primary training for a private pilot’s license. The Ray Scholarship is awarded to local chapters to select and award to a young person...
Church hosts community giveaway, providing free essentials
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Wayside True Holiness Church of Deliverance hosted a second community giveaway on January 3, 2026. The event provided free clothing, shoes, household items and hot meals to those in need. Church leaders said their first giveaway a few weeks ago showed the need was high. “We want them to feel...
