Updated: Oct. 26, 2023 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
In 1977, some 20 men saw something above a cotton field near Flora, Mississippi. The mystery surrounding that night still lives today.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren and Josh Carter
This is a developing story.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Patrice Clark
For some, kratom has been a miracle drug, helping them escape their addictions. For others, kratom became their addiction.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Quentin Smith
In an interview with WLBT News, McDaniel discussed his popularity on social media and why he thinks he’s considered so controversial.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
20 years after the murder of his mother and step-father, Zeno Mangum is fighting the release of their killer: his own step-brother.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Who is Becca at Ramey's? And why is everyone talking about her on Facebook?
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
At the age of 61, Tom Bradshaw became a father for the first time after his daughter went on a years-long mission to find him.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:10 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Andrew McMunn
In September 2022, Katie Baunach’s life was allegedly taken at the hands of her ex-husband, Ian Baunach, who is a bodybuilder and former Marine.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:40 AM CST
|By Josh Carter
Carolyn McKinney is now raising her grandchildren in Mississippi after her daughter, Katie Baunach, was allegedly killed by her ex-husband in Florida.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 4:23 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
A couple says that the purchase and subsequent repairs of their UTV at a local motorsports retailer became a month’s-long affair.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 1:49 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Joseph Doehring
The home is described as a “Farmhouse Oasis.”
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:08 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
According to Reservoir Police Chief Trevell Dixon, the man was taken to UMMC in critical condition.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:11 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Quentin Smith
It's called candida auris, or C. auris, and causes a severe infection and death in about 60 percent of patients.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:05 PM CST
|By Anthony Warren and Josh Carter
Employees found out two days after Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 11:23 AM CST
|By Josh Carter
Jessica Baiou was rushed to UMMC, where she has undergone several surgeries since the incident occurred.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:25 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
The death penalty is seen as the ultimate punishment. Yet for some victim’s families, it yields a high cost.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:01 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Brett Favre took to Facebook on Thursday to share a Veterans Day message - while also thanking his followers for their “loyalty” in lieu of “recent allegations.”
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 10:44 AM CST
|By Josh Carter, Anthony Warren and C.J. LeMaster
Victim's body found behind abandoned home on Terry Road.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 2:01 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
For the second time in a row, a Madison woman’s soap company has landed a coveted spot on Oprah’s annual list of favorite things.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Coach Prime has instituted a rule for his players following a popular rapper’s shooting death in Houston.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The Flowood Police Department has since issued a statement about the incident.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 10:56 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
SSM Properties LLC, Steven and Sheila Maulding and James Roe, the former rental agent, have agreed to pay $123,000 to resolve the lawsuit.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 1:02 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren, Josh Carter and Brendan Hall
Gov. Reeves says he was informed mayor would no longer cooperate with team working to restore, stabilize Jackson water.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 2:34 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A Richard’s Disposal employee who was shot during his lunch break last week is still recuperating at UMMC, his sister says.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 11:50 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
"The Mississippi Rainmaker" achieved national notoriety with her supposed abilities. She was called both a witch and a con-artist, but to others, she was a Godsend.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 2:55 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Patrice Clark
The initiative, called TAT, “Tickets, Arrests, and Tow,” began earlier this year. Following a lawsuit, Chief James Davis announced that they would continue holding the roadblocks.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 10:31 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A reverend in Sumrall, Mississippi, refused to baptize an infant after initially agreeing to it. One reason he refused: the parents were living together "in sin."
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren, Josh Carter and Brendan Hall
The restaurant opened in 2010 at Duling Hall.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A father and son were also killed in the accident that claimed the lives of an Alcorn football player's mother and sister.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The victim, who knew Jayson Galang, Jr., says the 32-year-old forced himself into her home and sexually assaulted her.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A woman from Nashville, Tennessee, has been charged with the murder of a missing Rankin County man after, police say, the two formed a relationship online and planned to meet up.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 11:10 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
How could a grandmother do that? She says it was for the safety of both her and her grandson.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Brendan Hall
The joint-presser comes after questions were asked as to whether the two leaders were holding “dueling press conferences.”
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:49 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Jermani Thompson, 26, was an athlete at Tougaloo, and was described as "spirited, caring, and thoughtful."
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Gov. Reeves said it is not “easy or fair” for those in the city to deal with this burden.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 1:51 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren and Josh Carter
Governor announced plans to assist Jackson with its water woes on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the water crisis in the City of Jackson, and the White House “stand[s] ready” to assist.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren, Josh Carter and C.J. LeMaster
Reeves wasn’t sure how long the state would be assisting the city, but officials said it could be for several months.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
“Yellow 410" is the longest female alligator ever captured in Mississippi and could be anywhere from 75-100 years old.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 12:57 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren and Josh Carter
The river is expected to crest at 36 feet, or 8 feet above flood stage.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
In the next 30 years, parts of the state could see heat index temperatures above 125 degrees.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
On August 4, a jury found Fox guilty of culpable negligence manslaughter.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A convicted felon has plead guilty and has received the maximum judgement after raping a vulnerable adult at a Canton nursing home earlier this year.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The release of the footage comes after a video of the incident went viral, with the family claiming “violent behavior” on the trooper’s part.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Quentin Smith and Josh Carter
The man accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee appeared before a judge Tuesday for his initial bond hearing.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A resident of Pelahatchie, Mississippi, has been named as a defendant in a $300 million, multi-country “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme.”
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
In a statement to NBC News, Airbnb said “properties that formerly housed the enslaved” have no place on the rental company.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The first case was reported in the state on July 25.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 10:48 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The vehicles include trucks, SUVs and vans, “plus 100s of items from the evidence vault.”
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:52 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
In the GoFundMe, Brad Pennington is described as a “great provider for his family and a wonderful father to Westin.”