Top Jackson Area Local News Stories
Source: WAPT.com - Local New
For the most part, things have gone quite well for Mississippi's football program since coach Houston Nutt arrived on campus in November 2007.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:34:24 CDT
Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 06:05:01 CDT
Jackson State University plays its first game of the season and takes home the win.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 12:00:09 CDT
Police investigate a shooting in Jackson.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:43:15 CDT
Jackson firefighters spend the morning knocking out a fire in a work shed.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:35:48 CDT
Here are the score's from Friday, Sept. 3, high school football.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:01:59 CDT
Share your Blitz 16, Fan Cam Photos, Videos.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:47:13 CDT
A Mississippi father and daughter celebrate a Labor Day weekend five decades years in the making.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:52:08 CDT
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a doctor convicted of molesting a 13-year-old Mississippi boy during a trip to the Independence Bowl football game in Louisiana in 2002.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:38:28 CDT
The Illinois Central Railroad Co. has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it had no legal standing to challenge the adoption of three children by a dying former employee who was suing the company.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:41:27 CDT
Officials with St. Dominic Health Systems say community support for its proposed $121 million hospital in Madison is overwhelming and they'll pursue legal avenues to win its approval.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:41:05 CDT
Interstate 20 is cleared following a multi-car crash, officials say.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:39:36 CDT
A Terry man accused of killing his daughter and son-in-law has been indicted on two murder charges.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:44:03 CDT
The Farish Street Heritage Festival kicks off on a street that by this time next year should have a bustling entertainment district.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:22:47 CDT
Scientists say they've found a new species of turtle in the Pearl River, and they've named it, aptly enough, the Pearl map turtle.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:46:29 CDT
Horseshoe Casino has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn at $1.1 million judgment related to a fatal accident in Tunica County in 2002.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:46:02 CDT
Officials with the Pike County Sheriff's Department say they cracked a homicide case.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:41:37 CDT
Cori Britt, an assistant football coach and teacher at Centreville Academy, is charged with sexual battery, the Enterprise Journal reports.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:00:00 CDT
A Vermont prosecutor says she's ready to bring back to the state a man arrested in Jackson 21 years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:15:01 CDT
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by former inmate Bobby Edward Walker, who had claimed he was injured while in the Lee County Jail.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:30:00 CDT
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