By Anthony Warren, Quentin Smith and C.J. LeMaster
Several gunmen opened fire during the Mississippi Mudbugs Festival Saturday night, killing one person and injuring several others, according to Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.
Hinds County Emergency Management Director Ricky Moore tells us several units have responded to a fire at the old Holloway Mansion at 6311 Siwell Road in Byram.
Poff was placed on administrative leave August 2 by the zoo board. Friday, August 3, the City of Jackson agreed to give them $200,000 to make it over the next two months.
Police say a suspect driving a blue sedan with a donut tire on the rear of the car was driving up and down the street before allegedly firing from the car, hitting the victim multiple times.
Human Trafficking of minors has become more common and law enforcement officers are trained to look for identifiers when investigating crimes where children are present.
Jackson police are investigating a shooting after a man was shot multiple times in west Jackson. According to a tweet from JPD, the suspect was fatally shot at the intersection of Central Street and Buena Vista Avenue.
On Saturday, March 17, Richland police say they began receiving reports of multiple auto burglaries that continued through the early morning of April Tuesday, April 10. The burglaries occurred in different neighborhoods throughout the city and all burglarized vehicles were unlocked.
Governor Phil Bryant has ordered the Mississippi Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 locally owned bridges that have been judged deficient by the federal National Bridge Inspection Standards and the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.
An overnight shooting in the Thomas Circle area of Copiah County, directly outside of Crystal Springs, has left two people injured and one dead. The suspect has been identified as Luther Rhymes. He got into a fight with his girlfriend and another man.
Jackson Police are investigating a shooting that happened Monday night in the 300 block of William McKinley Circle. A 35-year-old man arrived at a local hospital by private vehicle with a gunshot wound in his leg.
The Kemper County power plant is one of the most expensive power plants ever built. It's more than two years past it's projected deadline and it's four billion over budget. The company now says the plant should be in full service by the end of the year, but some are still skeptical.
A 53 year old man was transported with injuries to a local hospital after he was stabbed in the 1400 block of Topp Avenue in Jackson Thursday morning. Jackson police said the incident resulted after a fight that broke out between two men.
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Authorities say Butch Brown, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, was arrested at a Biloxi casino early Friday and charged with a misdemeanor of public intoxication.
One man is dead following a two vehicle accident on Jefferson Street in Jackson. The accident occurred just before 11 p.m. Friday night at Jefferson and Pascagoula Streets.
Seventeen people are under arrest for charges involving drugs and prostitution. The undercover string involved police agencies from all along the gulf coast and targeted escort service and individuals listed on Craig's List.
Swine Flu has been confirmed as the cause of death for a Hancock Middle School student. Heidi Ann Peterson, a 13-year-old girl from the Kiln, died last Thursday.
