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Traveling show features acrobats, motorbike stunts and rare human cannonball act at Mississippi Coliseum.

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - One person was injured after a shooting at a gas station in Jackson Saturday night. At approximately 9 p.m., the Jackson Police Department responded to a shooting located in the 4400 block of Medgar Evers Boulevard. According to JPD Detective Tommie Brown, a 50-year-old male victim...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Fire Department is investigating after a fire at a vacant home Saturday afternoon. At approximately 3:22 p.m. April 4, JFD units responded to reports of a house fire located at 23/3 Castle Hill Drive. Upon arrival at the scene, units found both smoke and...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The LeFleur’s Bluff Playground is one of the playgrounds selected for voting in the USA Today Best Public Playground. The playground is located between the Mississippi Children’s Museum and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. It sits near I-55 and Lakeland Drive. It is...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -Every month we recognize a patient at Centerwell Senior Primary Care. She says, “What I like most about CenterWell is that they keep me posted. They schedule my specialty appointments, remind me about appointments, and call me with results so I always know what’s going on.

International students enrich Mississippi College’s culture in a variety of ways, including by sharing unique aspects of their home customs and traditions with their fellow students. Through captivating presentations and artistic stage performances, the annual International Festival at MC showcases these students’...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Members of the Amiable Arts Foundation joined us to talk about their upcoming performances.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Do Portugal Circus will open Friday at the fairgrounds where the old Regency Hotel was torn down, marking the group’s first performance in Mississippi. Crews transformed the Mississippi Fairgrounds in Jackson on Thursday into a performance space. Every rope, light and piece of equipment...

TERRY, Miss. (WLBT) - A Terry resident has watched a low hanging wire from a pole slowly cross her driveway, making it impossible for large vehicles to enter. She’s contacted everyone she thought owned it and has gotten no results. 3 On Your Side reached out to the Public...