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JACKSON – Ten Jackson State University students are recipients of a $75,000 scholarship from New York Times best-selling author James Patterson and the Patterson Family Foundation. The scholarship awards $7,500 each to five undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a career in writing. “This transformative gift...

COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Crystal Springs pastor is planning to enter a guilty plea to statutory rape, sexual battery and incest. This week, Christopher Willett, 48, filed the petition in Copiah County Circuit Court to plead guilty to the charges, more than a year after he was arrested for statutory rape...

Reigning SWAC WBB champion Southern opened the tournament with a dominant win over Jackson State. The post Reigning SWAC Champs Win Tournament Opener appeared first on HBCU Gameday .

BRANDON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Grammy-nominated band is set to perform at the Brandon Amphitheater. According to a release, NEEDTOBREATHE will be bringing their The Long Surrender Tour to Brandon on September 11, which will feature special guests Drew & Ellie Holcomb. NEEDTOBREATHE is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY-nominated...

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A more potent cold front is now in focus for Monday, and early forecast data suggests this system could pack a stronger punch than the one currently moving through parts of the South. Meteorologists are watching a developing setup that could bring a renewed round of...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Sheriff Tyree Jones is facing a new federal lawsuit after a former employee alleges he retaliated against her for filing an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint. Crystal Houston is suing Jones and Hinds County in U.S. District Court, alleging she was fired from Jackson...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A groundbreaking is set for Friday for a new hotel in Fondren. The ceremony will be held at 3111 N. State St., at 11 a.m. According to an invitation from the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, the hotel will be a Hampton by Hilton. Want more WLBT...

A Hinds County Chancery judge has ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting debt from Greenwood Leflore Hospital. The order comes after the hospital argued that resuming recoupments could lead to its closure, according to court documents. Judge J. Dewayne Thomas’s order requires the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Jackson, Mississippi – Residents across central and northern Mississippi could face a rapid shift from severe storms to freezing temperatures within 24 hours as a strong spring cold front sweeps across the...

The world had gone quiet. That's what then-14-year-old Sharon Vines noticed on her walk home from Peeples Middle School on Thursday, March 3, 1966. The deafening silence stopped Vines in her tracks. She remembered there was "no wind, there was not a bird, no dog barking." "I thought, what is that sound?" Vines...