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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Memphis, Tennessee – From record-breaking summer heat to sharp winter cold snaps, 2025 delivered a year of weather extremes across the Mid-South, with temperatures finishing above normal at nearly every...

Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) Chapter 276, which is based at John Bell WIlliams Airport in Raymond, is looking for applicants for a $12,000 scholarship that provides for primary training for a private pilot’s license. The Ray Scholarship is awarded to local chapters to select and award to a young person...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Wayside True Holiness Church of Deliverance hosted a second community giveaway on January 3, 2026. The event provided free clothing, shoes, household items and hot meals to those in need. Church leaders said their first giveaway a few weeks ago showed the need was high. “We want them to feel...

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, provided free haircuts to young men who are preparing to go back to school after the holidays. The haircuts were provided by J. Roz Cuts & Salon on January 3, 2026. “Lots of young people get new toys, some even get clothes. But you […]

In a world where most communication happens through screens, Mike Turnbow has turned a table at a Chick-fil-A in Flowood, Mississippi, into a place for meaningful face-to-face conversations. "I can't hand anyone anything. I just sit here and they can approach me," Turnbow said. He has noticed that families and...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A man was found dead in the front yard of a Jackson residence Saturday night. According to Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard, the victim appeared to have suffered from a gunshot wound. The location where the man was found is in the 3600 block of Lee...

JACKSON — Jackson police are looking for two suspects after four people were shot outside a nightclub early Thursday, authorities said. The shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. Jan. 1, 2026, outside Pop’s Saloon in the 2600 block of Gallatin Street, according to Jackson Police Department Detective Tommie Brown.

COPIAH CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A burn ban has been issued in Copiah County “effective immediately,” according to officials. Copiah County Emergency Management Director Darryl Hilliard said the burn ban will be in place “until further notice.”. The cities of Crystal Springs, Hazlehurst, Georgetown, and Wesson are...

JACKSON — On every wall of U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy's office in Jackson hangs a photo or a painting that means something to the Yazoo City native. On a Friday afternoon in August, he points to a painting of Mississippi civil-rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, describing as his "matriarch" the woman who...

JANS – The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) has announced American Airlines is offering a nonstop flight from Jackson to Miami. This new service will begin March 14, 2026, and operate throughout the spring and summer. This new nonstop flight makes it easier for travelers to connect with flights...