Critics say the programs discourage people from working. Supporters say they help pay recipients’ necessities.

House Bill 859 would prohibit cities and counties from implementing programs that give cash to families with no strings ...

By Justin Catanoso Jimmy Brown has lived less than a mile from the Drax wood pellet manufacturing plant in the tiny town of ...

According to the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report released on April 23, air quality in the Jackson-metro area has worsened. Officials with the ...

Former North Carolina guard Ian Jackson signed with St. John's in the transfer portal, he announced in an Instagram post Monday. Jackson is a Bronx native and went to high school in New York.

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The Mississippi State Capitol Building is located at 400 High Street in downtown Jackson.

The OU softball team will not host Mississippi State on Saturday. Game 2 of the three-game series between No. 3-ranked OU (37-5, 11-5 SEC) and No. 16 Mississippi State (33-12, 9-7 SEC) was ...

In the days leading up to the Democratic primary runoff in Jackson, Mississippi, WLBT News is interviewing both candidates for mayor: Current Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and State Sen. John Horhn.

As NFL teams gather in Green Bay, Wisconsin to draft the next class of rookies starting April 24, a Jackson native and former Saginaw Valley State star will wait to hear his name called.

Mississippi State has a lot of new faces in the trenches this spring via the transfer portal. But there’s still a few veterans sprinkled along the offensive line, including senior Jacoby Jackson. Of ...