Jackson MS

JACKSON — A man was shot multiple times early Monday and drove himself to a gas station on East McDowell Road before calling 911, authorities said. Officers with the Jackson Police Department responded around 12:50 a.m. to a gas station in the 300 block of East McDowell Road after receiving a report of an aggravated...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Police Department is investigating after a vehicle fled the scene after fatally hitting a pedestrian in a wheelchair. According to JPD, the pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at the 410 block of East McDowell Road. Emergency services received the call for assistance around...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin drew a chorus of boos on Monday when he said that JXN Water is doing a good job with its billing system, but that people just don’t want to pay. “There’s a culture here of folks,” he said, throwing his...

Attorneys for the family of Crystalline Barnes, killed by Jackson police on Jan. 27, 2018, are demanding to know the names of officers who shot Jacksonians in incidents over the last several months. They believe the same officer, whom they have identified as Rakasha Adams, may have shot and killed a man on Nov. 15,...

JACKSON — Stephanie Rolph was a graduate student at Mississippi State University in the mid-2000s when she found a collection of reel-to-reel audio recordings of the Citizens Forum, a broadcast once helmed by the segregationist Citizens Council. She flipped through the accompanying index cards that described each...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn offered more details on Monday on his decision to back a controversial water authority bill currently being considered by lawmakers. “The city council made a tough decision three and a half years ago. The question now is whether the city council is...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A man was taken to a local hospital after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in Jackson. The Jackson Police Department spoke with the victim at a gas station on East McDowell Road near Interstate 55. When JPD arrived at the scene, officers learned that a victim shot...

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – The 7th Annual Krewe de Roux Gumbo Festival was held on Saturday at the Brandon Amphitheater. Nearly 60 teams provided gumbo of different varieties. “It’s a big family event. You can come out and just bring the kids. You can have gumbo from all sorts of different people. Make seafood all […]

The City of Clinton is again offering residents the ability to apply for the Veteran’s Banner Program. Participants of this program will have their banners displayed each year on all patriotic holidays, transforming the Clinton Parkway and Highway 80 into a reminder of the people who make Clinton such a special place...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mississippi – Low gray clouds hang over the capital this morning, but warmer air is already pushing in, setting the stage for a springlike surge before late-week storms return. Roads are dry across I-55 and...