The Latest Breaking News from Jackson

Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the home in Mississippi hours after a body was recovered. Dylan Arrington, 22, perished inside the home, authorities said.

Authorities in Mississippi say a man who escaped from a jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson

A new federal indictment says companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S. The indictment of former wrestler Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr. was unsealed Thursday,…

Firefighters at Natural Bridge State Resort Park likely won’t get much help from Mother Nature until Friday night. That’s according to Ed Ray, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson.

Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment

Chicago officials released details about rolling road closures leading up the July 1-2 races, a 2.2-mile course that also will shut Columbus Drive and Michigan Avenue.

One of my favorite green business operations I follow on Facebook is Rivers Greenhouse and Garden in Brandon, Mississippi. They have a wholesale greenhouse operation and a retail garden center a couple of miles away. They are the most picturesque destination out in the country if you ever find yourself…

Powerful tornadoes tore through parts of the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark on a rural town whose mayor declared, "My city is gone." The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a Twitter post…

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.