Jackson MS

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for Kaleob Forrest, a 24-year-old man from Jackson who was last seen on Monday, June 30, around 11:00 a.m. in the 100 block of Kobb Street in Hinds County. According to the Jackson Police Department, Forrest was seen walking in...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — A Vicksburg woman was killed early Wednesday morning in a crash involving an 18-wheeler on Interstate 20 in Clinton. Hinds County Coroner Jeremiah Howard identified the victim as 53-year-old Tatyana Zavalova. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. on...

MENDENHALL, Miss. (WJTV) – Johnny Knight, who lived in Mendenhall, was brilliant by all accounts. He passed away many years ago, but among his talents was that he could see things that you or I might consider useless and find grand uses for them. His painting Johnny Knight’s Seclusion features his treehouse. The real...

The Jackson Police Department will enforce new state laws on encampments and solicitation but is "committed" to not violating homeless people's rights in the process. That is what Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade told some of the city's homeless population inside Stewpot Community Services kitchen on Thursday, July...

FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) – The National Weather Service confirms that a weak tornado briefly touched down in a central Mississippi suburb on Wednesday, although no one was injured. A survey shows a twister with top winds of 75 mph (120 kph) struck Flowood in Rankin County just after 9...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson Mayor John Horhn and his team gathered on July 3 for a meet and greet at the Two Mississippi Museums. Horhn, who has been on the job for two days, said he doesn’t plan to waste any time. He told attendees that he would push for Community Development Block Grant […]

At her funeral service, loved ones described the 23-year-old’s spirit, smile and servant’s heart — reminiscent of her grandfather, renowned civil rights and evangelical leader, the Rev. John Perkins.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Fire Department responded to a Jackson apartment fire on Thursday afternoon. Firefighters are fighting a blaze at the Meadow Creek Apartments on Sykes Road. WLBT crews report that the fire is contained to Building O. A district chief with JFD says no injuries were...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – After a shooting claimed the life of the granddaughter of civil rights leader Dr. John Perkins, she was laid to rest. The family of Karah Perkins Potter, 23, gathered for her homegoing celebration on July 2. According to investigators, the shooting happened at a gas station on Northside Drive...

Leading the appointments as the city’s interim chief administrative officer, Pieter Teeuwissen, a former Hinds County Court Judge who served as city attorney under former mayors Harvey Johnson and Chokwe Lumumba Sr.