WLBT.com Staff

The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise.

Audric Simmons was immediately placed on administrative leave.

This is developing story.

An internal email sent to the staff, faculty and students of UMMC shows the facial strain the coronavirus pandemic has put on the hospital.

In all, the Walmart was only closed for less than an hour.

“We want the mayor to come out here and to publicly apologize to the family and to the City of Jackson."

Reeder is being held at the Rankin Co. Detention Center.

There is no known motive at this time.

On the scene, Vicksburg police found a 37-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.

A female was shot once in the shoulder while she was driving her vehicle.

Harrington is currently in the custody of the Leake County Correctional Facility.

Investigators are still on scene working to determine what caused a fire in Jackson Tuesday afternoon.

Miss Mississippi and Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Competition have been postponed until June and and April of 2021.

The brief is scheduled for 2:30 pm.

The insect poses a threat to humans, killing about 50 people a year in Japan.

The cause of the homicide has yet to be determined.

Mayor Diane Delaware called his departure a, “great loss to the city.”

The father of four disappeared Sunday while saving his son after he fell into the water.

This press conference comes after he announced the decision to suspend the open carry law in Jackson.

The Safer-at-Home order allows some closed business to re-open under certain mandates.

The press brief is scheduled to be held at 2:30 p.m.

Two children were killed in a crash in Copiah County on Monday,

The mayor says that when the city is fully opened again, he’s confident Vicksburg will be ahead of the curve in its comeback.

The announcement was made Thursday afternoon.

Six people were arrested after an altercation took place at a Hazlehurst gas station Tuesday night.

The suspect was shot in the torso and succumbed to his injuries.

The district is distributing hot spots to rural households and establishing mobile internet stations.

He was taken into custody Friday morning by the Copiah County Sheriff’s Department.

Their home was completely destroyed by the flames.

The victim’s condition is stable.