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The Environmental Protection Agency wants to speed up data center construction by removing some permitting requirements under the Clean Air Act. Data centers continue to pop up across Mississippi , with many located in Jackson, Meridian, Hattiesburg and Starkville. Both Meta and Amazon have announced data center constr

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Jackson Public Schools (JPS) Class of 2026, which consists of 1,392 graduates, earned more than $65 million in scholarship offers from colleges and universities nationwide. According to the district, Jim Hill High School led the District with $33,543,603 in scholarship offers, followed by Mu

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - City leaders are reminding families to keep tabs on where their kids are going and who they’re with to help keep them out of trouble this summer. Councilman Kenneth Stokes is reminding parents that no one under the age of 18 can be on the streets alone in Jackson between midnight and 6 a.m. on w

FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - It was a busy and unusual morning for the Flowood Police Department on Sunday. An alligator was sitting in the turn lane on Lakeland Drive in front of Raising Cane’s, blocking traffic. Flowood police responded and cleared the road by using a police SUV to...

The recent weather pattern of rain and storms continues on Memorial Day , May 25, and there is the potential for severe weather and tornadoes for part of Mississippi. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory Monday morning warning of potential isolated severe storms, damaging wind up to 60 mph and tornadoes.

BRANDON, Miss. (WLBT) - An 18-wheeler hauling Kit Kat bars overturned on Interstate 20. According to MDOT, the crash occurred Monday afternoon on the entrance ramp of the Highway 80 exit heading eastbound on I-20 in Brandon. It appears the 18-wheeler was heading eastbound on I-20 when the tractor carrying...

MISSISSIPPI — Authorities responded to two black bear sightings in the Utica area Monday afternoon, according to the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said both the sheriff’s office and the Utica Police Department responded to the sightings. Officials said they are aware of an increase in

Hinds Community College’s Raymond Campus recently inducted new members of the Gamma Lambda Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. PTK inductees from Hinds and Copiah counties include (l to r), Front row: Amos Clinton of Clinton, Rihanna Haines of Crystal Springs, Lakiyah Sutton of Clinton, Autumn Johnson of Clinton, Caniya Milton

JANS – On May 15, the Mississippi College School of Law hosted its Spring Commencement, where university leadership presented a posthumous Honorary Doctor of Laws degree to the family of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. During the ceremony, alumnus and State Treasurer David McRae delivered the commen

Devika Das, Associate Director Clinical Affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, shared UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute’s post on LinkedIn, adding:. “Plan is checked and already on the path of execution!. We are so ready to make this happen for cancer care in Mississippi! Could not...