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Brandon Baseball Prepares for State Championship
Brandon baseball is about to play in the first-ever MHSAA 7A state championship. The Bulldogs have a chance to win the team’s first state title since 1967. Here’s why Brandon says its been so successful and how the Bulldogs say they’ll finish a special year on the right foot.
High school baseball state championship matches are set
JACKSON, Miss. - High school basbeball championship games start Tuesday. Find the local teams playing for a title below. 1A: Pine Grove vs. Taylorsville - Wednesday at 1 P.M. 2A: East Union vs. Saint Andrew's Episcopal - Tuesday at 10 A.M. 3A: East Webster vs. West Marion - Tuesday at...
First Alert Forecast: Temperatures crank up as the rain hold off early this week
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Tonight: Quiet conditions will continue for the rest of your Sunday evening with clear skies and temperatures cooling off into the upper 60s. The dry stretch will carry into the overnight hours and for the start to this week as well. Monday: It is going...
Police investigate shooting in west Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson police are investigating a shooting in a west Jackson neighborhood. On Tuesday morning, there was a heavy police presence on Queen Eleanor Lane near North Flag Chapel Road. When 16 WAPT crews arrived on the scene, the crime scene unit was there marking shell casings...
Suspects wanted for firing shots into Masonic Temple in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are working to find the suspects who fired shots into the Masonic Temple on John R. Lynch Street. The incident happened around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 12. Police said surveillance video showed a light-colored, full-sized SUV driving by the building as the occupants fired multiple shots into it. […]
2nd Annual Mississippi Public Safety Summit held in Flowood
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS) hosted the 2nd Annual Mississippi Public Safety Summit. Law enforcement, prosecutors, and first responders gathered at The Refuge in Flowood to hear from nationally renowned speakers on important topics in their field. “To be here first and foremost […]
Woman shot in foot at Jackson apartment complex
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A woman was shot at an apartment complex Wednesday night. According to the Jackson Police Department, the incident happened at the Pine Ridge Gardens Apartments on Rebel Woods Drive. An 18-year-old was shot at that complex last Friday, resulting in the arrest of Ameni Olugbala. JPD...
EPA audit says MSDH could have done more to help Jackson prior to water crisis
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The state’s decision to delay enacting federal policies that would have made SRF loans more affordable to disadvantaged cities likely contributed to Jackson’s 2022 water crisis, so says a report released last week by the EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The findings...
EPA investigations clears MDEQ, MSDH of discrimination claims in funding Jackson Water System
The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared two Mississippi state agencies over allegations of moving state infrastructure funds away from the City of Jackson and the Jackson Water System. On May 6, the EPA's Office of External Civil Rights Compliance released a report absolving the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and...
Two men who led Pearl police on deadly high-speed chases receive decades-long sentences
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The two suspects who led Pearl police on deadly high-speed chases into other jurisdictions have been sentenced to forty years behind bars for the crimes. County records show Ryan Irwin pleaded guilty late last year to fleeing a law enforcement officer resulting in death, but...
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