Jayme Mitchell Jr.s 27 points helped Jackson State defeat Mississippi Valley State 85-77 on Thursday. Mitchell added six rebounds for the Tigers (11-20, 10-8 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Devin ...

Eighth grader Caleigh Nix hit the go-ahead basket and crucial free throws to lead Olive Branch to a 58-57 state championship ...

For the fifth session in a row, legislators passed over funding requests to build Jackson State a new football stadium or repair the existing one.

Jackson police said they’re searching for a man, who is wanted for questioning in connection to a 2025 homicide. The homicide ...

Jackson is experiencing an overall decline in homicides as of February 2026, when compared to previous years, despite seeing an uptick.

Matt Thompson, a Jackson resident who is a referee for professional and college soccer games, spoke to the McComb Rotary Club ...

Braith Anasta has become exactly what he hated as a player – a television host paid to pull apart every aspect of rugby ...

A trial date is set for a suspect charged in a 2025 Jackson mass shooting that killed one and injured seven after the St. Paddy's Parade.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the two-time presidential candidate and activist who was the dominant figure in Black politics from the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until the emergence of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement.

Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate, has died at the age of 84. Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson, remembered Jackson as a friend who often visited Mississippi's ...

Former Jackson police officer Marcus Johnson took the stand in his murder trial, maintaining his self-defense claim in the ...