NEWSBREAK ORIGINAL

South Jackson, Mississippi's Metrocenter Mall is a former shopping center. It was Mississippi's biggest enclosed shopping center, with two stories and 1,250,000 square feet of retail space, including four anchor stores. The mall in the capital of Mississippi was constructed in 1978 by local real estate developer Jim Wilson & Associates as one of its portfolio of buildings around the southeastern United States. In the U.S. Highway 80 corridor in South Jackson, the mall is situated close to the intersection of Interstate 20 and Interstate 220/U.S. Highway 49.

A strong tornado caused extensive damage in a rural area of the Mississippi Delta on Friday night, causing injuries and widespread destruction. The National Weather Service stated that the tornado inflicted damage approximately 60 miles northeast of Jackson, Mississippi, and Silver City, Rolling Fork, Tchula, and Winona all reported destruction as the tornado went through them.

JACKSON, MS. - Mississippi lawmakers have given up on establishing a state-dominated board to oversee Jackson's problematic water system, which has been struggling for years and was close to failing in August and September, leaving most of the city's 150,000 residents without access to clean water. Despite the bill's failure, the Republican-led state Legislature is still considering proposals to expand the territory of a state-run police department in Jackson and to appoint judges rather than elect them.

A disabled woman in Jackson, Mississippi received an $11K water bill in January. She contacted her water company and they adjust her outstanding bill down by $9,667.09 to $1,442.18. She contends that it is still too much and that she actually used very little water, due to low water pressure at her home. The WSBA then offers to put her on a payment plan for the $1,442. The interim third-party manager admits that the billing system "is a mess."

JACKSON, MS. - Mississippi Capitol Police will soon adopt a new use-of-force policy that better reflects modern standards and the agency's expanded role, according to a state official. The update comes after criticism of the department's behavior during four shootings since it patrolled parts of Jackson last summer.