A former interim sheriff in Mississippi has been sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for soliciting and accepting bribes during his unsuccessful 2021 campaign for sheriff.

Growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, Taylor Bowen-Ricketts loved her trips to Hammond, Louisiana to visit her grandparents on her mother’s side. Their names were Fan and Johnny, and Taylor recalls they ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Drury Inn in Ridgeland is now the Prado Hotel. The Drury Inn has stood on East County Line Road for over a decade. And Gabriel Prado, the name behind several new ...

As we touched down in Tupelo on a tiny 30(ish) seater plane at night, pulling up to an airport with only one gate, one terminal, heck, one door, I thought to myself, “Well, for my first trip to the ...

It's also considered to be the first Black-owned luxury hotel in the United States. While there’s still progress to be made, the growing number of Black-owned accommodations worldwide makes it easier ...

Class 3A No. 21 City High claimed seven of the final nine matches, beating No. 22 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 42-26, and capturing the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division dual title Thursday ...

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Nearly 50 years have passed since the fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War, a tragic conflict that divided the nation as unprecedented TV news footage brought combat and its cost (some ...

Danyelle Holmes, executive director of the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign ... Court fines will be forwarded to the city of Jackson. All of the court’s cases are from Capitol Police ...

In the same year, Mississippi led the nation in food insecurity at almost 16 percent. To help the problem, Mississippi city mayors and a non-profit organization teamed up for a state-wide food drive.

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More than a year after a state -appointed court in Jackson became law and lawsuits were dismissed challenging its appointments and other powers, the Capitol Complex Improvement District Court is now ...