Wednesday, December 4 2013 8:01 PM EST2013-12-05 01:01:48 GMT
Wednesday morning, some, but not all JPS bus drivers went on strike. Dozens were picketing, this morning, at Lake Hico park in Jackson. JPS North Transportation Superintendent Derrick Williams told usMore >>
Jackson Public Schools bus drivers are expected to be back on the picket lines Thursday as their strike moves into its second day. Wednesday, only 10% of the drivers reported to work, leaving 243 of 263 buses parked.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 7:52 PM EST2013-12-05 00:52:58 GMT
The man accused of shooting at U.S. Marshals Task Force agents on Archer Avenue Tuesday, made his initial appearance in Federal court Wednesday. 38 year old Arturo Rodriguez is charged with assault onMore >>
The man accused of shooting at U.S. Marshals Task Force agents on Archer Avenue Tuesday, made his initial appearance in Federal court Wednesday. Thirty-eight year old Arturo Rodriguez is charged with assault on a federal officer.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 5:36 PM EST2013-12-04 22:36:52 GMT
"The cross is 110 foot, it will be going out here on the Highway. I'm not knocking anybody in Brandon for sure. Because it wasn't meant to be. It was meant to be out here," says Carroll Berry, owner ofMore >>
The City of Florence might soon become Mississippi's newest tourist hot spot. The City is getting a unique restaurant and a towering structure that will make people stop and take a look.More >>
New court documents released Wednesday suggest Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack.More >>
New court documents released Wednesday suggest Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack.More >>
The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston says it is completed.More >>
The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said Wednesday that it is completed.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 6:09 PM EST2013-12-04 23:09:31 GMT
A Clinton resident has been arrested for allegedly possessing child porn. 24-year-old Ricky Bryant Roby was arrested at his home Tuesday by investigators of the Attorney General's Office with assistanceMore >>
24-year-old Ricky Bryant Roby was arrested at his home Tuesday by investigators of the Attorney General's Office with assistance from the Clinton Police Department.More >>
Authorities are expected to release the results of autopsies on the two bodies recovered from the fiery crash that killed "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker and his friend.More >>
"Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was killed by injuries from both the impact and subsequent fire when the Porsche his friend was driving smashed into a light pole and tree, according to an autopsy released Wednesday.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 5:47 PM EST2013-12-04 22:47:03 GMT
Jackson fire investigators have arrested 24-year-old Myron Ward and charged him with arson. He's accused of setting a fire at 3929 Stover Avenue on November 27. Investigators say Ward set the fire followingMore >>
Jackson fire investigators have arrested 24-year-old Myron Ward and charged him with arson. More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 5:34 PM EST2013-12-04 22:34:40 GMT
CLAY COUNTY, MN (KVRR/CNN) - A so-called "vampire trucker" has been arrested, accused of repeatedly raping a female family member after kidnapping her. Timothy Vafeades, 53, is charged with kidnappingMore >>
Timothy Vafeades, 53, is charged with kidnapping a 19-year-old relative and holding her captive for six months.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 5:19 PM EST2013-12-04 22:19:33 GMT
Primitive Weapon season for deer is open in all deer zones and will remain open until Sunday, December 15. Antlerless deer and zone legal bucks are eligible for harvest on private and open public lands.More >>
Antlerless deer and zone legal bucks are eligible for harvest on private and open public lands.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 5:04 PM EST2013-12-04 22:04:41 GMT
Jackson police are investigating the death of a man who was shot late Tuesday night in the 1600 block of Valley Street. Around 11:19, Police found a 51-year-old male lying on the sidewalk with what appearedMore >>
Jackson police are investigating the death of a man who was shot late Tuesday night in the 1600 block of Valley Street.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 3:06 PM EST2013-12-04 20:06:06 GMT
Vicksburg Police have arrested four men in an undercover narcotics operations. All four are charged with sale of marijuana or cocaine. Those arrested are: Jemarcus Curry - sale of marijuana QuentinMore >>
Vicksburg Police have arrested four men in an undercover narcotics operations. All four are charged with sale of marijuana or cocaine.
Wednesday, December 4 2013 1:58 PM EST2013-12-04 18:58:24 GMT
On Tuesday, PETA filed formal comments with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service opposing the Hattiesburg Zoo's application for a permit to breed endangered animals. "The Hattiesburg Zoo cannot be allowedMore >>
On Tuesday, PETA filed formal comments with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service opposing the Hattiesburg Zoo's application for a permit to breed endangered animals. More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 1:42 PM EST2013-12-04 18:42:52 GMT
We have confirmed that the US Marshals office just took Jordan Johnson into custody. It apparently happened at a home on the 1400 block of Gibralter Drive. He was a suspect in the November 17 RandallMore >>
He was a suspect in the November 17 Randall Street murder of a homeowner and the October 13 murder at the ANP Gas station on Medgar Evers Blvd.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 12:42 AM EST2013-12-04 05:42:35 GMT
MADISON COUNTY, KY (WAVE) – A mother is facing charges after she allegedly left her children in a bedroom with drugs and a corpse. According to Richmond police, around 8:30 a.m. on November 30 officersMore >>
According to Richmond police, around 8:30 a.m. on November 30 officers responded to a home in Dixie Plaza on a report a 24-year-old man had overdosed.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 4:43 PM EST2013-12-04 21:43:02 GMT
Sending celebrities fan mail is not a rare occurrence. However, sending one a wedding invitation might be a little rarer than expected. But what's truly rare is one that will respond back to you! That'sMore >>
Sending celebrities fan mail is not a rare occurrence. However, sending one a wedding invitation might be a little rarer than expected.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 4:13 PM EST2013-12-04 21:13:40 GMT
The 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last December will be released Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. Connecticut State Attorney Stephen Sedensky had fought to keep the calls from being released. SedenskyMore >>
Sandy Hook Elementary teachers and employees described hearing gunfire and seeing the front window shot to pieces while 911 operators told them to take cover.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 3:18 PM EST2013-12-04 20:18:17 GMT
A memorial service for former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain will be held Friday at the state Capitol in Jackson, and the funeral will be Saturday in Natchez.More >>
A memorial service for former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain will be held Friday at the state Capitol in Jackson, and the funeral will be Saturday in Natchez.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 1:49 PM EST2013-12-04 18:49:31 GMT
Vicksburg Police have arrested two people for felony shoplifting and are seeking two others. Police responded to Dillard's at Pemberton Square Tuesday afternoon and found the suspects' vehicle nearbyMore >>
Vicksburg Police have arrested two people for felony shoplifting and are seeking two others.
Wednesday, December 4 2013 1:16 PM EST2013-12-04 18:16:41 GMT
The City of Jackson has issued several precautionary boil water notices for different areas of the city due to a recent loss of water pressure. PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE FOR RIVER THAMES RD. ANDMore >>
The city of Jackson has lifted boil water notices for several areas of the city. A few remain in effect. More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 12:31 PM EST2013-12-04 17:31:28 GMT
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In what's being called an outrageous form of generosity. Across the country, someone, using the reference 'Tips for Jesus' has been leaving tips of enormous proportions to the delight of servers. A recordMore >>
In what's being called an outrageous form of generosity. Across the country, someone, using the reference 'Tips for Jesus' has been leaving tips of enormous proportions to the delight of servers. A recordMore >>
Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting...More >>
Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting Corporation in an...More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 9:58 AM EST2013-12-04 14:58:01 GMT
CLINTON – Tuesday night, Clinton's Board of Alderman unanimously approved the city's police department new beat system that will ultimately enhance police presence throughout the city. Currently, thereMore >>
Currently, there is a beat system in place but this new system will allow officers to cover a broader area. Here is how it works... More >>
Tuesday, December 3 2013 8:16 PM EST2013-12-04 01:16:04 GMT
Jackson public school bus drivers walked out of a town hall type meeting today with JPS officials. They were there to discuss salary demands and working conditions. The drivers were demanding a $100 dollarMore >>
Jackson Public Schools bus drivers walked out of a town hall type meeting today with JPS officials. They were there to discuss salary demands and working conditions. The drivers were demanding a $100 dollar a day pay increase. They say they have not had a pay hike since 2004.More >>
Tuesday, December 3 2013 8:00 PM EST2013-12-04 01:00:33 GMT
A Warren County man remains in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Fifty-two year old Billy Dale Neeley called 911 Monday afternoon, saying he had just been shotMore >>
A Warren County man remains in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Fifty-two year old Billy Dale Neeley called 911 Monday afternoon, saying he had just been shot by his estranged wife. More >>
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat and dressed only in boxer shorts, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.More >>
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.More >>
Tuesday, December 3 2013 6:30 PM EST2013-12-03 23:30:32 GMT
City governments have to provide basic services; police, firefighters, sewer and water are probably the most important. Water certainly has to rank up near the top. Not delivering a reliable water supplyMore >>
City governments have to provide basic services; police, firefighters, sewer and water are probably the most important. Water certainly has to rank up near the top. Not delivering a reliable water supply has been a major problem for the City of Jackson.More >>
By ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press A trio of Norman Rockwell paintings that for years resided at a New England museum named for him is being auctioned in New York City.More >>
A Norman Rockwell painting titled "Saying Grace" sold at an auction on Wednesday for $46 million, a record for the Saturday Evening Post illustrator and for any work sold at an American art auction, Sotheby's said.More >>
The brother-in-law of a man shot by a New Orleans police officer days after Hurricane Katrina testified Wednesday that Henry Glover was hit while he was standing still lighting a cigarette, but a fellow officer...More >>
The brother-in-law of a man shot by a New Orleans police officer days after Hurricane Katrina testified Wednesday that Henry Glover was hit while he was standing still lighting a cigarette, but a fellow officer later...More >>
A wintry storm pushing through the western half of the country is bringing bitterly cold temperatures that prompted safety warnings for residents in the Rockies and threatened crops as far south as California.More >>
The jet stream hunkered to the south Wednesday, promising to bring nearly a week of temperatures that could dip to minus 20 or worse in the northern midsection of the country, and forcing much of the rest of the nation to...More >>
A 76-foot Norway Spruce from Shelton, Conn., is set to be lit as New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.More >>
With a flick of the switch, a 76-foot Norway Spruce officially became the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree Wednesday night after it was illuminated for the first time this holiday season in a ceremony that's been held...More >>
A popular Egyptian satirist known as the country's "Jon Stewart" said Wednesday that he'll take the military and the government it backs at their word that they were not behind the decision to take his...More >>
Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef said Wednesday that he'll take the military and the government at their word that they were not behind the decision to take his weekly television program off the air, but he...More >>
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned to her office after five days away, but her effort to show that normalcy was returning to Thailand was upstaged by another rowdy anti-government rally at the national...More >>
Thailand put politics aside Thursday to celebrate the 86th birthday of the country's revered monarch, who used his annual birthday speech to call for stability but made no direct reference to the crisis that has deeply...More >>
By ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press A trio of Norman Rockwell paintings that for years resided at a New England museum named for him is being auctioned in New York City.More >>
A Norman Rockwell painting titled "Saying Grace" sold at an auction on Wednesday for $46 million, a record for the Saturday Evening Post illustrator and for any work sold at an American art auction, Sotheby's said.More >>
Ladies will continue to drive the feature lineup at the Sundance Film Festival as Robert Redford's independent-cinema fair celebrates its 30th anniversary next month in Park City, Utah.More >>
Ladies will continue to drive the feature lineup at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival as Robert Redford's independent-cinema fair celebrates its 30th anniversary next month in Park City, Utah.More >>
A task force that's trying to cut Mississippi's ballooning prison population has preliminarily agreed suggest several changes in how criminals are sentenced and released.More >>
A task force that's trying to cut Mississippi's ballooning prison population has preliminarily agreed suggest several changes in how criminals are sentenced and released.More >>
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the statutory rape and sexual battery convictions of a Union man charged in sex crimes involving two children under the age of 14.More >>
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the statutory rape and sexual battery convictions of a Union man charged in sex crimes involving two children under the age of 14.More >>
A law enforcement official says it's not clear who shot and wounded a U.S. Marshals task force agent during the search for a murder suspect in Jackson. The wounded officer is a Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agent...More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 8:01 PM EST2013-12-05 01:01:48 GMT
Wednesday morning, some, but not all JPS bus drivers went on strike. Dozens were picketing, this morning, at Lake Hico park in Jackson. JPS North Transportation Superintendent Derrick Williams told usMore >>
Jackson Public Schools bus drivers are expected to be back on the picket lines Thursday as their strike moves into its second day. Wednesday, only 10% of the drivers reported to work, leaving 243 of 263 buses parked.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 10:09 AM EST2013-12-04 15:09:34 GMT
DALLAS (WFAA/CNN) - The search is on in Texas for an escaped state hospital patient who allegedly swallowed batteries to gain access to the outside world. Authorities said Leslie Ellison took off whileMore >>
The search is on in Texas for an escaped state hospital patient who allegedly swallowed batteries to gain access to the outside world.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 1:42 PM EST2013-12-04 18:42:52 GMT
We have confirmed that the US Marshals office just took Jordan Johnson into custody. It apparently happened at a home on the 1400 block of Gibralter Drive. He was a suspect in the November 17 RandallMore >>
He was a suspect in the November 17 Randall Street murder of a homeowner and the October 13 murder at the ANP Gas station on Medgar Evers Blvd.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 9:14 AM EST2013-12-04 14:14:36 GMT
The Jackson murder suspect, sought in a morning raid conducted by a U. S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, has surrendered to Jackson Police. The attorney for thirty-three year old Lucious Perkins turnedMore >>
The Jackson murder suspect, sought in a morning raid conducted by a U. S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, has surrendered to Jackson Police. The attorney for thirty-three year old Lucious Perkins turned him into police late Tuesday afternoon.More >>
Wednesday, December 4 2013 12:42 AM EST2013-12-04 05:42:35 GMT
MADISON COUNTY, KY (WAVE) – A mother is facing charges after she allegedly left her children in a bedroom with drugs and a corpse. According to Richmond police, around 8:30 a.m. on November 30 officersMore >>
According to Richmond police, around 8:30 a.m. on November 30 officers responded to a home in Dixie Plaza on a report a 24-year-old man had overdosed.More >>
A woman trying on bras says she caught a man a man taking pictures of her in the store dressing room, and she ran topless through the store to help catch him.More >>
Anyone with access to your computer can also see your internet search history, which makes snooping eyes at home or at work a real digital dilemma. Check out some ways you can help protect your privacy. More >>
Anyone with access to your computer can also see your internet search history, which makes snooping eyes at home or at work a real digital dilemma. Check out some ways you can help protect your privacy. More >>
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