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The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is issuing an Amber Alert for five-year-old Baylee Elizabeth Emison of Clay County. She is described as a white female three to three and a half feet tall, weighing 45 to 50 pounds, with brown eyes and brown shoulder-length hair.

Warren County's dispatch centers are getting overwhelmed with callers flooding the 911 line. Here's how you can help

Twenty-seven-year-old, Loran Blackwell held her written statement tightly in her hands while she waited for Hinds County Circuit Judge, Jeff Weill. The longer she waited the more nervous she became. After all, she was about to hear a decision that would shape the rest of her life. 

Jackson city leaders have hired three contractors to help with repairs to a rising number of water and sewer line breaks across the city. They made the move during a special called meeting Wednesday.

Wednesday night was the first night of preliminary at the Miss Mississippi Pageant and we have our first preliminary winners.

The outcome means a shift in power to the city board, which is now majority black for the first time in city history.

Wednesday night will begin with the introduction of the contestants and then the first group will compete in Talent.

City leaders will discuss the bids from Hemphill Construction Company, Utility Constructors Incorporated and Delta Constructions Incorporated. 

The McComb city elections brought a historical power shift to the outcome means a shift in power to the city board, which is now majority black for the first time in city history.