Jackson MS

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson’s lowest-paid workers could be getting a raise come January, as part of the city’s 2025-26 fiscal year budget. This week, the Jackson City Council approved adopting a $337 million budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1. The budget includes...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Silver Alert has been issued for a 43-year-old Jackson man. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said Glendale Hall was last seen in the 2000 block of Revere Street on September 3, 2025. He was walking in an unknown direction. Family members said Hall has a medical...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson hosted the Suicide Prevent Summit for veterans and their loved ones. The event was held at the Mississippi e-Center on Friday. “We’re excited to have our first annual Suicide Prevention Summit. And our goal is for the VA to partner with...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on this weekend (September 12-14) around Mississippi. Central Mississippi Sunrise Shape-Up – Jackson – Friday Kings & Queens of Ink Tattoo Expo – Jackson – Friday Dinner...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - September is NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) awareness month and St. Dominic Hospital is hosting it’s third annual “Babies with Books NICU Read-A-Thon.”. Families and staff at St. Dominic are participating in this event to promote bonding for parents, as well as to promote...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police responded to a shooting Friday night that injured three men. Interim Jackson Police Chief and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said the shooting occurred on Magnolia Road near Clinton Boulevard on September 12, 2025. According to Jones, the three victims were transported to the...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Another hearing could be in the works for JXN Water and the city of Jackson. That’s according to interim Chief Administrative Officer Pieter Teeuwissen, who told the City Council on Wednesday that the utility is withholding Jackson’s sanitation money after Jackson racked up a $6.4 million...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn says the city needs help fighting crime, but not the National Guard. Horhn spoke to 3 On Your Side on Friday, where he said he didn’t think it was appropriate for the National Guard to be deployed into the state’s largest city right now.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Earlier tonight, Precinct Three officers from the Jackson Police Department responded to reports of a shooting during an alleged robbery. The incident occurred in the 100 block of Magnolia Road at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 12. According to Interim Police Chief Tyree Jones, three...

Five teens and one mother were arrested and charged with Business Burglary and Auto Theft after the teens broke into a Tobacco and Vape Shop on three different occasions and stole five different vehicles.