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JACKSON — Eligible Jackson Public Schools students will now be able to attend Millsaps College with at least half of their tuition covered under a new partnership announced Tuesday. The agreement, finalized through a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions, provides renewable undergraduate scholarships

JANS – Jackson Public Schools has taken a major step in preparing future journalists and civic leaders. The capital city’s six public high schools – Callaway, Forest Hill, Jim Hill, Lanier, Murrah, and Provine – were selected for the inaugural cohort of the Mississippi High School Journalism Project, a statewide effort

FLORENCE – A Florence man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted on two counts of child exploitation, Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced. According to Fitch’s office, Kevin Wayne Owen, 47, was sentenced May 19 by Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur. Owen...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - May 26 was a Sunday back in 1985, and it was the first Sunday ever that you could go shopping at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland. Back then, just about everything in the Jackson area was closed on Sundays, a tradition rooted in so-called “blue laws” dating back years.

Sixty years ago, Tougaloo College and about half the City of Jackson welcomed James Meredith (born June 25, 1933) and the thousands he inspired. On June 4, 2026, at 2 p.m., a gathering will celebrate the civil rights icon’s 93rd birthday in commemoration of the Walk Against Fear June 5-26, 1966.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson State University (JSU) announced its 2026 Day of Giving will be held on May 29, 2026. Under the theme “All in for THEE,” the 24-hour philanthropic blitz aims to unite alumni, friends, community supporters and corporate partners to raise $500,000 in support of academic scholarships, stude

JACKSON — Attorneys for Carly Gregg argued before the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday that her first-degree murder conviction and life sentence in the shooting death of her mother should be thrown out, contending the trial moved too quickly to allow a fair sentencing hearing for a juvenile offender.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II announced that Ron Allen, 54, pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife, Maleah Bess, 25. Allen was sentenced to life in prison in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Jackson police...

A semitrailer carrying 11,000 pounds of Kit Kat bars overturned on a Mississippi interstate on Memorial Day. The cab and trailer detached, causing the trailer to rollover. No injuries were reported. A semitrailer carrying thousands of pounds of Kit Kat bars overturned on a Mississippi interstate on Memorial Day. Local.

The room was hot, crowded and increasingly tense. Dozens of Jackson residents — some with signs that read "No Data Centers," "Can't Drink Data" and "Jackson is our City" packed shoulder-to-shoulder into the small conference room inside the Warren Hood Building on Wednesday, May 27. They were there for a Jackson Plannin