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Another school year is almost over for the Petal School District. The Class of 2025 walked across the stage Friday, representing nearly $12 million in college scholarships.
North Lamar Water Association lifts boil-water notice issued for about 100 customers
Andrew Smith used his drone to fly a flotation device to the young girl, saving her life.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been awarded a substantial grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
An ex-teacher from DeSoto County Schools has been accused of committing several inappropriate and sexual acts with a student.
Andre Howard was hailed a hero after he leapt to protect his sister as a jet crashed in Philadelphia.
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Matias Ruiz not only became the first tennis player from Jones College to win a national singles championship, but the first from a MACCC school
Gardens are becoming more popular among city dwellers who are growing food that saves on their grocery bills.
Nine inmates, including three charged with murder, remain at large after they escaped a jail in New Orleans early Friday morning.
WDAM 7′s weekend sports offerings include Preakness Stakes, UFL football
Ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center by breaking through a wall. Officials say it may be an inside job.
The ruling comes nearly two years after a lower court ruling tossed the suit against IMS.
Crews responded to the scene of a fire at the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle that began on Thursday afternoon, May 15.
Sean Fazende introduces a local power lifter with big dreams despite challenging circumstances
The newly released results from the test given this spring are the highest-ever percentage of third graders to pass on their first attempt.
WLBT News has heard from a number of voters about their concerns regarding the latest municipal elections.
For today, you can expect mostly cloudy weather this morning, becoming mostly sunny and hot this afternoon with highs in the lower 90s and lows tonight in the lower to mid 70s.
USM took the opening game of the final Sun Belt Conference series of the regular season Thursday night at Troy
PRCC scored 17 runs in one inning, finished with 22 for the game, to trounce East Central to open the 2025 Region 23 Baseball Championship.
Fourth Street pedestrian project focusing on safety, aesthetics
Hattiesburg groups stage 'Night Out with the Homeless'
Chance Fabian Jones, seen here at a bond hearing in 2022, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of murdering Joslin Napier
Bond has been set for a Covington County couple accused of felony child abuse.
A medical technologist who has worked at Covington County Hospital for 35 years has been named that facility’s Employee of the Year.
The proposals could impact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. For many law enforcement agencies, this could change their access to Naloxone, also known as Narcan.
Arkansas is seeing a major increase in eradication efforts, and in Mississippi, applications are open now for land managers to get hog traps.
A collision between two semis Thursday afternoon sent one person to the hospital and tied up a stretch of Mississippi 590 for a few hours.
A 67-year-old Moss Point, Miss., man pleaded guilty to robbing a credit union in Mobile earlier this year, federal prosecutors said.