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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. As a young Presbyterian minister serving a church in Davenport, Iowa, Rims Barbour accepted a call to come to Mississippi in 1964 as part of the Civil Rights Movement to help register Black Mississippians to vote. As part...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Of the four people arrested in connection with the 2023 shooting death of Jackson State University student Jaylen Burns, just one is still facing charges. On Friday, the Hinds County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that a grand jury declined to indict Marquis Scales and Jamison Kelly...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – Goodwill Industries of Mississippi will open a new Superstore location in Ridgeland. There will be a hiring event on June 25, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Jacksonian Plaza, 4950 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39211. The Ridgeland store has been scheduled to open on July 23, 2026, at […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Police Department is investigating a deadly overnight shooting. The incident happened off North Flag Chapel Road around 1 a.m. Friday at what appears to be a local food mart. The Jackson Police Department responded to an armed robbery call at the business. When JPD...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, hosted a Father’s Day lunch to celebrate fatherhood in Jackson. During the event, Stokes invited fathers in Jackson to lunch at Eddie’s Soul Food. Stokes spoke upon the why it was important to celebrate the city’s fathers. “We have so many outstand

Two Mississippi men drowned after they went into a Louisiana canal on Thursday. Officials from St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana report that Richard Robertson, 67, of Brandon, Mississippi, and Hugh Parker, 76, of Madison, drowned after they went into the Lock One Navigational Canal near the Pearl River in Louisiana.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - The National Folk Festival has announced seven additional artists set to perform at the 83rd National Folk Festival in Jackson. The newly announced lineup includes Annie & The Caldwells, a soul gospel group from West Point; Dat Mighty 9 featuring Big Chief Romeo, a Mardi Gras Indian music group f

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On June 17, Mississippi Transportation Commission Chairman Willie Simmons presented Jackson Mayor John Horhn and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones with a truck to be used for inmate litter removal efforts. “I am happy to present Mayor Horhn and Sheriff Jones with a truck to be utilized for litter

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Children’s of Mississippi has earned Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which is the highest national recognition for nursing excellence. The children’s hospital also received seven exemplars, a distinction recognizing areas where performance and outcomes exceed Ma

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Millions of Americans live with post-traumatic stress disorder, and this June, mental health experts at the Jackson VA Hospital are urging Mississippi veterans not to wait to get help. June is PTSD Awareness Month, a nationwide effort to combat stigma and connect those struggling with trauma...