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AP McCOMB, MS (AP) – A McComb man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing a former childhood friend in the face with a wooden shish-kebab skewer at a department store. A […]

Monica Land Contributing Writer Seventeenth century poet John Dryden once said, “Justice is blind and knows nobody.” But for many, justice is not blind, especially in the state of Mississippi, where in recent years so […]

AP JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Jackson Fire Department is short more than a dozen captains and seven district chiefs, almost half the number of station managers it is budgeted to have. The shortage of […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is trying to dampen a fire he once stoked, urging a more tempered response to public furor over bonuses paid to executives of the publicly rescued insurance giant American International […]

Jackson, Mississippi – Marshand Crisler held a press conference today in front of the Jackson Police Department to roll out his comprehensive plan to prevent and reduce crime in Jackson. Crisler was joined by community […]

WAPT.com JACKSON, Miss. — The Jackson Democratic Committee disqualified Jackson Mayor Frank Melton from the May 5 Democratic primary. WAPT was the only station present for the announcement late Tuesday afternoon when the party said […]

William “Bo” Brown is back in the political arena, and he wants to be the next city councilman for Jackson’s Ward 4. Flanked by family, friends and supporters, Brown officially announced his candidacy during a […]

AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – A proposal to give back-to-school shoppers a tax break is still alive at the Mississippi Capitol. The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that will exempt sales tax on clothing […]

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Center for Justice will host a free legal clinic, Thursday, March 19, to assist Jackson-area residents with a variety of issues, including foreclosure prevention, payday lending debt, public school discipline […]

AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – The Mississippi Highway Patrol has continued unfair practices since a racial discrimination complaint was filed on behalf of black state troopers, and the agency’s chief should be removed or have […]