Updated: 12 hours ago
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The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Conservation Officers were deployed to communities throughout the state in response to the deadly tornadoes that swept through several counties.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 9:38 AM CDT
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Friday night, fatal storms and tornadoes took the lives of 21 Mississippians, left dozens injured and left hundreds without homes in Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, and Monroe counties.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 12:46 PM CDT
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At least 23 Mississippians were killed due to the storms in Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, and Monroe counties - with dozens more injured and four people still missing.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 11:35 AM CDT
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The area impacted include Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, and Monroe counties.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 10:02 AM CDT
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MEMA stated early Saturday morning that 23 people were killed and dozens are injured by the storm that devastated over four Mississippi counties, including Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, and Monroe County.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 6:39 AM CDT
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Seven counties affected by the storm have reported 1,621 homes damaged.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 4:14 PM CDT
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A two-year-old baby was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 11:06 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Joseph Doehring
According to the Jackson Police Department, The incident occurred in the 600 block of Randall Street around 11:42 p.m.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:52 AM CDT
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The Mississippi State Medical Examiners Officer said no cause of death “could be reasonably determined,” based on the condition of the remains.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM CDT
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WLBT is working to find out what started the argument.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Morgan Harris
According to authorities, Ebony Owens died from at least one gunshot wound.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:17 PM CDT
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Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr. accepted Hudson’s resignation, which will be effective on March 31.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:10 PM CDT
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The family is from Ethel, Mississippi. The 28-year-old woman and her daughters, ages 7 and 8, were not identified.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 5:37 PM CST
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The mayor of Winona, Aaron Dees, responded to residents’ concerns about the city’s policy on the euthanization of dogs on Saturday.
DIGITAL DESK: Former Miss Mississippi Holly Brand chats about passing first round on NBC’s The Voice
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 2:52 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff and Sharie Nicole
Judge Kelly Clarkson immediately turned her chair as Brand sang, “Mississippi Girl” by Faith Hill.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:12 PM CST
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Authorities found a missing Copiah County woman’s body in Jackson on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 12:56 PM CST
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The program would repay the student loans of nurses who choose to stay and work in Mississippi after graduation.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 4:34 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
It was allegedly discovered in Claiborne County by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 2:18 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
MEMA is currently working with multiple counties that were impacted to assess the damage
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 5:23 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
According to MHP, the highway patrol responded to a crash at the intersection on Raymond Road around 11 a.m.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:47 PM CST
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He faces up to five years in federal prison.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 9:44 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Three men in the U.S. illegally are back in custody after escaping ICE custody Tuesday night.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 1:34 PM CST
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Victim was four months pregnant at the time of her death, sheriff says.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 10:08 AM CST
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He had stomach pains on Valentine’s Day before going into cardiac arrest the next morning.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 3:43 PM CST
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A Jackson judge sentenced a man to 35 years for sexual battery and gratification of lust.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:19 AM CST
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It happened Monday, February 20 around 10:45 p.m. on Highway 32.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:38 AM CST
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High winds destroyed a Smith County chicken house near Mize, leaving tin, wood, and other remnants strewn across the property.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 8:06 PM CST
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In a tweet, Kaseem Vauls’ dad, William, said that his son had stomach pains Tuesday night and went into cardiac arrest Wednesday morning.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 2:49 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Once on the scene, several officers met with a woman at the front door who seemed “very upset” and asked them to “save her fiancé,” who was found with a stab wound in his chest.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 3:19 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality selected 13 school districts to participate in the 2022-2023 Mississippi Diesel School Bus Replacement Program.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 9:00 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Six people were injured, and three are in critical condition following a shooting at a Louisville store.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 6:55 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Executives at Milwaukee Tools plan to close their Clinton manufacturing plant by the end of September.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:56 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
According to the Columbus Police Department, two vehicles were driving at high speed, and one was chasing the other.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 2:54 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff and Sharie Nicole
The 58th Annual Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo officially kicks off Friday, February 10.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:22 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Fabersha Flynt, a doctoral candidate in higher education administration at USM, will join three other Pat Tillman scholars as honorary coin-toss captains for Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 9:35 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Suspects have yet to make their initial appearance.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 1:52 PM CST
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Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 7:47 PM CST
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A Jackson woman faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of second-degree murder.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:02 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The first medical marijuana sale occurred just days ago.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:22 AM CST
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He will discuss the status and progress of Mississippi under his leadership.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 2:37 PM CST
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According to the Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Carlos Martinez, 28, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl on Wednesday, January 18.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 9:12 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Rankin County Sheriff’s Department deputies were conducting a narcotics investigation when they encountered an individual that displayed a gun toward the deputies, MBI said in a media release.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 1:34 PM CST
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The Mississippi Highway Patrol says it happened on Highway 25.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 11:16 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
Mississippi State University announced the hiring of a new athletic director on Friday.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2023 at 5:59 PM CST
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MBI says this is an open and active investigation.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff and Quentin Smith
The city had been under a city-wide boil water notice since Christmas day due to the extreme cold front that passed through the capital city.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2023 at 12:30 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a 48-year-old Jackson man.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 3:42 PM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
All Jackson Public Schools will resume classes virtually due to the city’s ongoing water crisis.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 9:49 AM CST
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The sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help to ID the gunman.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 9:13 AM CST
|By WLBT.com Staff
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