Jackson MS

JACKSON – Jackson State University has received a 10-year, $14.5 million federal contract to continue its Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center, the university announced Tuesday. The award comes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mayor John Horhn says there were several factors that made Dr. RaShall Brackney stand out from the dozens of candidates hoping to be Jackson’s next police chief. One of them was her response to whether she wanted to take on such a tough job. “Are...

JACKSON – The Jackson Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing 32-year-old man. Police said Terrance Gardner was last seen Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and tennis shoes of an unknown color. According to police, Gardner was reportedly riding...

BRANDON, Miss. — Things can change in a hurry on any river system, and it only gets multiplied in the spring. Ross Barnett Reservoir is a perfect example. A week ago, the fishery had water temps in the 40s and mud thick enough you could seemingly walk across it. Yet, with the weather quickly heating up, so is the...

Several Jacksonians at Monday's town hall meeting backed the legislation that would create the Metro Jackson Water Authority, arguing this was as good a deal the city would get.

RIDGELAND – Beginning Feb. 17, the University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Cardiology will offer its Healthy Heart Screenings at Colony Park North in Ridgeland. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Mississippi, accounting for nearly one-third of all deaths in the state and more than 8,000...

When Tenika Spann arrived at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry during Dental Mission Week, she wasn’t in pain — but she knew it was time to finally address dental issues she had been putting off. A Jackson resident, Spann first participated in Dental Mission...

FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - A 50-bed rehabilitation hospital is coming to Flowood. According to a release, Encompass Health will build a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital, expected to open in 2027. The freestanding facility will be located along Medical Parkway in Flowood. The new hospital will feature:. Private...

JACKSON — A 31-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday night on East McDowell Road, according to the Jackson Police Department. Police said officers were dispatched at about 8:41 p.m. to the 400 block of East McDowell Road, near 411 E. McDowell Road, after a report of a fatal vehicle-versus-pedestrian...

Sixty years ago, Mary Smith-Blackmon was one of the students who pioneered the integration of Canton High School. Along with Bobbie Ruth Chinn and Phill George, she transferred from Rogers High, the Black high school across town, to the predominantly white public school in 1965. Reflecting on their journey,...