Jackson MS

The Jackson City Council, backed by Mayor John Horhn, is pushing Mississippi to reclaim Medgar Evers Boulevard — a move supporters say is long overdue, and critics say jumps the gun under state law. The resolution asks the Mississippi Transportation Commission and Mississippi Department of Transportation to resume...

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A boil water notice has been issued for 515 water connections on the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD) in Madison County. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), the system lost pressure from damage to a water main. The customers in the following...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Jackson, Mississippi – An elevated threat for dangerously cold conditions is expected to develop across central Mississippi Friday night and persist into the weekend, prompting safety concerns for residents...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn delivered a formal public apology on behalf of the City of Jackson to civil rights icon Hezekiah Watkins on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It took place at the prayer breakfast celebration at Greater Bethlehem Temple Church on Monday. The apology acknowledged...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Jackson, Mississippi – A developing winter weather threat could bring freezing rain to parts of Mississippi late this week as colder air moves into the region and overnight temperatures drop toward the...

RANKIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Corrections has launched a new faith-based rehabilitation program for incarcerated women at the Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women aimed at helping participants heal from addiction before returning home or reentering the general prison population. The program,...

If you crave biscuits that taste like they were baked with sunlight and Southern patience, you are in the right place. Broad Street Baking Company & Cafe is a Jackson staple where flaky layers meet real butter and community buzz. You will smell the bread before you spot the sign...

A group of Buddhist monks on a 2,300 mile Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington passed just south of Clinton on December 9. They left a monastery in Fort Worth in late October, traveling twenty to twenty-five miles a day. Some of the monks are from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and France, and they range in age from...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Author and motivational speaker Cyris Jones hosted the Health, Wealth and Equity Panel in Jackson. Jones said he wants to shift perspectives by providing useful information and insight instead of pressuring people into making changes. “Really focus on things that would help to change that...

What was once a place of worship filled with precious objects packed with meaning now sits in heavy layers of dark soot, burdened by the pungent smell of smoke after someone set fire to Mississippi’s largest and oldest synagogue.