Making grocery stores more accessible in Jackson has become a focal point for city officials. Council members are planning a ...

Mississippi has agreed to voluntarily turn over its full voter registration list to the U.S. Department of Justice, even as ...

New details emerged Thursday in the arrest of Eddie Terrell Parker, one of the men victimized by the so-called Goon Squad of ...

Mississippi public schools reported 6,907 vacant positions this fall, marking a sharp increase in educator shortages ...

Neighbors at a Ridgeland mobile home community say a family of four was detained by federal immigration officials last week ...

Bonnie Hungerford of Ridgeland High School has been recognized as 16 WAPT's Alyce Clarke Award winner for December for her ...

A teenager was killed in a motorcycle crash in Jackson. The Jackson Police Department said Jaret Raney, 18, was riding a ...

"This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access ...

President Donald Trump took steps on Thursday to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, but that does not mean it's ...

16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman has the forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi.

Video of the flight data shows the plane took off from Statesville Regional Airport at about 10:06 this morning with a ...