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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A trial date has been set for the last remaining suspect charged in connection with a deadly mass shooting following the 2025 Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade. Hinds County Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten set a trial date for May 18 for Kayne Davis. Davis is...

PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) - Pearl police are investigating after a threat against a daycare was sent to the department. According to Chief Nick McLendon, a threat against Explorer’s Child Development and Learning Center came into the police department Thursday. Extra patrols are currently happening in the area, McLendon...

UPDATE: The female is reportedly safe. Authorities say she was able to get herself out of the vehicle near Ratliff Ferry Rd. and Hwy 16 W. As of our latest update, the suspect remains at large, and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, along with local agencies, continues to search for him and the vehicle.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are working to identify the suspect who burglarized a restaurant twice. The incident first occurred at Hometown BBQ in the 3100 block of Medgar Evers Boulevard on February 2, 2026. Police said the business was burglarized a second time on February 14, 2026. Investigators believe...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - They were beaten, arrested, and called traitors, but they refused to back down from the fight for civil rights. Rims Barber and Joan Trumpauer Mulholland didn’t just watch history unfold in the 1960s — they risked everything to change it. The two white allies stood alongside African Americans...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are investigation the death of a man who had been reported as missing. Officers responded to the 3600 block of Skyline Drive around 9:00 p.m. on February 18, 2026. According to Jackson Police Chief and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones, officers found a deceased man inside a...

CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to rezone 625 acres of agricultural land along Old Jackson Road for industrial use, approving a plan by the Madison County Economic Development Authority to build an advanced manufacturing technical park. The vote passed 3-2, moving forward...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WLBT) - Holmes Community College is constructing a new Allied Health facility at its Ridgeland campus as the college celebrates 100 years of service to Mississippi. The $20 million project will house the Associate Degree Nursing, Practical Nursing, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Surgical...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) – Police in Mississippi say a would-be robber opened fire when his intended victims said they had no money. Ridgeland police Lt. Brian Myers tells news outlets that two men who were getting home from work Monday night were held at gunpoint by a man who demanded their money. The man opened fire...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mississippi Weather is surging with warmth this morning, and the air already feels heavy across Jackson as temperatures push toward 79 degrees by afternoon. South southwest winds gust up to 25 mph, rattling...