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CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) – Main Street Clinton announced the 3rd Annual Chocolate Walk will be held on February 7, 2026. The event will be held throughout Olde Towne from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Ticket holders will receive a keepsake tote and enjoy collecting chocolate treats while shopping at 13 participating Olde...

The audio version of this story is AI generated and is not human reviewed. It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Nearly a year after a mass shooting hours after Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade in downtown Jackson, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is touting progress he said his office has made on the case but...

RAYMOND — Raymond Police Department officers, with assistance from Hinds Campus Police, executed two search warrants on Hinds Community College dorm rooms Friday afternoon, recovering multiple firearms and arresting two suspects, authorities said. The warrants were served at approximately 2:45 p.m. on February 6....

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin continues to push for a rate increase, citing nearly $32 million in unpaid bills in his latest status report. This week, Henifin released his quarterly status report for the last three months of 2025, where he again outlined the utility’s financial...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A man is facing a commercial burglary charge after breaking into a Planet Fitness Thursday. According to the Jackson Police Department, the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Kervin Smith, broke into the Planet Fitness located in the 2500 block of Robinson Road. Smith was booked and charged...

A new law takes effect immediately that will make it easier for health facilities to make costly improvements and limit where the University of Mississippi Medical Center can open new locations without state approval after Gov. Tate Reeves signed the legislation into law Wednesday. Lawmakers passed nearly identical...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson man was arrested after assaulting two people with a knife Thursday. The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Christopher McClain, was arrested by the Jackson Police Department at a home in the 100 block of Sanford Street. According to JPD, McClain appeared in municipal court Friday...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson State University (JSU) announced the passing of James “Lap” Baker, an alumnus and survivor of the 1970 campus shooting that claimed the lives of two students. On May 14, 1970, and into the early hours of May 15, 1970, JSU officials said Baker witnessed the chaos and recalled crawling...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mississippi wakes to cool air and clear skies, but the warmth is already lining up. Across central Mississippi, early temperatures hover in the mid-40s around Jackson. The air feels calm and slightly damp,...

Jackson, Mississippi’s Cathead Distillery and the Dreamnote Foundation have announced the lineup for the 2026 edition of the Cathead Jam music festival, set to take place on June 5th and 6th [get tickets]. The 2026 event will feature performances by artists from the worlds of rock, jam, blues, soul,...