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The Millsaps College men's and women's track teams broke six school records at the Southern Athletic Association Indoor Championships, held in Danville, Kentucky.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Forty-eight years ago, on March 1, 1978, what was then the largest enclosed shopping mall in Mississippi had its grand opening. With more than a million square feet, Metrocenter was located at the junction of Highway-80 and the new Interstate-220. It had three anchor stores at...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mississippi sunshine is already warming rooftops and sidewalks across Jackson, and the air feels more like late April than the first day of March. Temperatures sit at 63 degrees at Hawkins Field after...

Students Payten Myers, E’Miyah Rhodes, Ryder Ivy, Jordin Woods, and Carley Gibson represented Southern Pine Electric and their communities at the ECM Cooperative Youth Leaders Workshop in Jackson, Mississippi. They joined 83 other students from across the state for a week of leadership training and community...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The major announcement of an approved Pearl River flood control plan took place in the metro on Thursday. After more than four decades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was directed to move forward with the plan. On Friday, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil...

Texas Southern celebrated senior day with a big win, beating Jackson State 82-57 on Saturday afternoon and gaining important momentum in the SWAC standings. Bef

Jackson State won its third straight game Friday night, rallying with big innings to beat Alcorn State 13-8 at Braddy Field.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – There was a big crowd for Cathead Distillery’s Spring Crawfish Boil Series. “The crawfish is actually pretty good. I was a little scared at first, because I didn’t see the seasoning. But it actually is really good. I cannot complain and the vibes here are amazing,” said Carlos Nelson, an...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -As we wrap up Black History Month, Jackson State University Theatre Department is performing the play, “Everybody Black” for its Spring Production. Director Yolanda Williams and actors Isaac Grimes and Tyler Davis joined Studio 3 to discuss the performance. They call it “hilariously funny” and...

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — Two business owners pleaded guilty to installing faulty fire suppression systems in central Mississippi. Daniel and Sherri Finnegan, owners of Finnegan Fire Safety Equipment, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Rankin County, according to the Mississippi Insurance Department. Daniel Finnegan will...