Jackson MS

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Today marks a new beginning for Jackson firefighters and one fire station that was decades old and in need of repairs. Agreements between the city and the Jackson Fire Department gave Local 87 Union first responders more confidence when putting their lives on the line for residents.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A 5-year-old boy in Jackson accidentally shot and killed himself. This according to Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard. Howard said his father took him to a hospital around 2 a.m. on Monday with a gunshot wound to the head. The child did not survive. Howard said...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In South Jackson, concerns are growing as more businesses close or relocate, including the anticipated closure of the Food Depot on Terry Road. Jackson City Councilwoman Lashia Brown-Thomas, Ward 6, said she and other leaders have met with the store’s owner, but with the closure likely, the...

Days after Rankin County jail guards used an electric vest to shock an intellectually disabled man in exchange for a Coke, they shared videos of him singing Happy Birthday and falling for pranks.

A special request exception for a popular Madison daycare facility was denied Tuesday night by the city’s board of aldermen out of concern for the safety of the children, forcing it the center to permanently close. During an emotional public comment section, parents told the board how special The...

A Madison man who was fatally injured in a one-vehicle wreck near Vicksburg this weekend is remembered as a loving father and friend. Gregory Moreau Johnston, Jr., 24, of Madison, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 16, due to a single-vehicle accident on I-20 near Vicksburg. “Any place he visited was...

JACKSON — Jackson police are investigating after a premature infant was found buried in a shallow grave. Interim Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard told reporters that the fetus was discovered in the backyard of a home in the 400 block of Jeanette Circle around 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Howard...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - A man is under arrest after robbing a bank truck and fleeing from Vicksburg police down Interstate 20. Officers with the Vicksburg Police Department received a call around 2:20 p.m. from 911 about an armed bank robbery at the Cadence Bank on Indiana Avenue. Officers learned...

JACKSON — A hearing is set for 9 a.m. Nov. 24 in Hinds County Circuit Court for Victoria Cox, who has been indicted in connection with the 2024 kidnapping of a Louisiana mother and her two children, and the killings of the mother and oldest child. Cox, 32, of...

RAYMOND, Miss. (WJTV) – The Hinds County jail system is running well over capacity, and county leaders said the cost of housing inmates out of county is putting a serious strain on taxpayers. The Hinds County Detention Center, located in Raymond, is holding about 200 more inmates than it was built for. Another 200...