Jackson State senior guard Daeshun Ruffin was named the 2026 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Player of the Year by ...

Starkville's Jada Gay, a Southern Miss signee, led her team to a 39-22 victory in the MHSAA Class 7A state championship.

For the fifth session in a row, legislators passed over funding requests to build Jackson State a new football stadium or repair the existing one.

A special exhibit highlighting the people, industries, and creative traditions that have shaped Mississippi and influenced the nation will open March 7 at the Two Mississippi Museums.

It's not too early in the year for violent tornadoes. Such was the case 60 years ago in this capital city. Here's what ...

A bright red British phone booth stands in Downtown Jackson. Curious Mississippi traces how it ended up on Congress Street.

16 WAPT'S OMOSE IGHODARO WAS AT THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON AND HAS MORE. STANDUP: THIS IS THE 19TH EDITION OF THE BLUES MARATHON EVENT AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP SATURDAY MORNING. RUNNERS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement.

Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate, has died at the age of 84. Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson, remembered Jackson as a friend who often visited Mississippi's ...

Ukraine made huge battlefield gain last week Maya Hawke gets married, with Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke at her side Earth’s disastrous 10th tipping point has been identified A woman built her mom a $33 ...

A proposed state bill would create a nine-member regional authority to manage Jackson's water and sewer system. The bill gives Jackson appointees majority control of the new authority's board, a key ...

A Mississippi politician is urging the state to fund a new stadium for Jackson State University (JSU) to clear the way for a proposed cancer center at the University of Mississippi. “Governor, do your ...