More assistance could be coming to help the Capital City during this year’s historic spike in violent crime, with state enforcement agencies and lawmakers joining forces to help tackle the problem in Jackson and Hinds County.

This is now a murder investigation.

Izaun Cade Baxter is charged with two counts of manslaughter, culpable negligence.

On October 10, 2019, April Jones and Will Polk disappeared into the thin air of Quitman County. A year later, there is still no progress on their case. Yet.

It happened just before 9 a.m. in the 5000 block of I-55N after a fight broke out between two men.

Investigators are still gathering information on suspects.

A person found a pile of discarded USPS mail, including 112 absentee ballots for the upcoming election, on Thursday.

Interim Justice Court Judge Noel Rogers sentenced Miranda Lynn Kittrell to 114 months with six months to serve.

The baby died at a southeastern Oklahoma hospital.

We reached out to Jackson Police to ask about the case, we are waiting on a response.

Officers said that suspects left the area in a Silver Dodge Charger.

Jackson Police Department is investigating a shooting that wounded a bystander.

This comes as the city sees a record number of homicides this year with more than 100.

The move comes as violent crime rises in the city.

Police arrested three armed robbery suspects Tuesday morning and continue to search for a fourth suspect.

The church that was practically destroyed by a runaway car is trusting God to provide for its rehabilitation.

Jackson sees record setting 101 homicides for 2020.

The cause and the manner of death will be determined by an autopsy.

Police say they discovered 37.5 of meth inside a spare tire during a traffic stop in Scott County.

Lumumba says it’s important to have all hands on deck--which means using more resources than just police.

A 15-year-old faces a murder charged after a weekend shooting in Jackson.

The shooting happened on Liberty Hill Street on Saturday.

The girl was taken to the hospital where she is now listed as stable.

he is currently being held on a $100,000 bond and awaiting extradition back to Stone County, Mississippi.

HPD is urging people to be on the lookout for a vehicle that was stolen with a child inside.

Jackson Police Department is searching for the driver in a hit-and-run that happened earlier this month.

Jerry Cotton is charged with kidnapping and attempted sexual assault.

A former Callaway High School band volunteer is now serving 40 years in prison for human trafficking and sexual battery involving female students.

The Gulfport Police Department arrested a woman in-connection to the fatal stabbing that happened in North Gulfport.

They face a potential life sentence if convicted.

One Jackson councilman wants the help with some stipulations.

Brown said at the moment there are no suspects.

A 23-year-old is in police custody after a shooting in Jackson early Tuesday morning.

Three people were injured after gunfire erupted during a concert at a Biloxi nightclub, police said.

According to MDOC, Bobby Deangelo Hawthorne was found dead Sunday afternoon in Parchman’s Unit 30.

Two men were sentenced on child exploitation charges last week, Attorney General Lynn Fitch said.

An 18-year-old was arrested after a fatal crash over the weekend.

The shooting happened at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Florence Avenue on Friday evening.

This is a developing story.

A search warrant was obtained for the defendant’s electronic devices. The forensic examination of those devices revealed 102 pornographic images that the defendant had produced of the children. Miller pled guilty to these charges in October 2019.

Two men in a Chevy Silverado with California plates approached Keisha Hogan's children at least twice and were spotted a third time.

A federal program which would add resources to JPD is being proposed after a record-setting 95 homicides so far this year.

A woman accused of operating an unlicensed daycare in Lowndes County is charged with child abuse.

Federal help offered to fight Jackson violent crime

The incident happened at the Eagle gas station.

“Boots are on the ground. In the mud, in the muck, in the ditch, doing the necessary work for justice to be done,” said U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.

Jackson councilman urges city to seek federal help to address crime

When he closes his eyes he can still hear the gunshots, and he can still feel the jarring of the truck hitting his ATV.

A father and son face charges after they opened fire on teens riding a four-wheeler.

Cavness is out of jail on a $70,000 dollar bond.

A Pascagoula man has been charged in the death of 29-year-old Dustin Lee Suttles, whose body was found floating in the Pascagoula River.

Imagine the horror of a woman who was contacted by an inmate when she was called for jury duty in his case.

Tougaloo College is calling the recent decision made in the Breonna Taylor case a “tragic and senseless act of state-sanctioned violence.”

The body of an older man has been discovered in Jackson.

Lauren Cavness, 26, from Tishomingo County, is accused of acting inappropriately with children who were under her care.

A Long Beach man was arrested in the parking lot of the Troop K substation in Biloxi after authorities say a search netted drugs, a gun, and paraphernalia.

Protests resumed in downtown Louisville on Thursday as many of the 127 protesters arrested the night before were released from jail.

A 15-year-old is being held in Humphreys County on $2 million dollar bond in connection with the brutal rape of an elderly Isola resident with dementia.