WLBT.com Staff

“The way he slammed that boy, it was wrong. If you really look at the pictures you can see he had his hand on his face on everything. It’s sad."

A mother has been charged in the death of her infant at a Mississippi hotel just days after she regained custody of the child, police say.

The 20-year-old was initially charged with child abuse and attempted murder of her infant daughter, but those charges have now been upgraded to child abuse and capital murder.

A Mississippi judge says he will dismiss a teen girl’s possession charge if she retakes the ACT and gets into community college.

A Mississippi sixth-grader has died after a collision with a tractor-trailer on a highway, troopers said.

The suspects involved in the case should be charged with attempted murder, attorney Carlos Moore said.

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says Shane Shelby Junior has been found safe.

When Officer Laquandia Cooley responded to reports of a body in the road early Sunday morning in Mississippi, she found it was her son that was the victim of a fatal gunshot wound.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will take over the case since it involves an officer’s son.

A woman and her unborn child were killed during a shooting Wednesday night in Jackson, Mississippi.

An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after police say he was shot while being robbed at the restaurant.

Thirteen arrests were made over the course of ten days due to a statewide human tracking operation in Mississippi.

A new survey of over 1,000 people found a majority of unvaccinated workers would rather quit their jobs than be ordered to get vaccinated.

Mississippi state auditor Shad White’s office has served demands for more than $77 million of misspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) money, one of those demands going to Favre Enterprises, owned by Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.

Two men found the car in Byram, Mississippi, with a “free car” sign on it and the key inside.

According to Copiah County Sheriff Byron Swilley, a body was found inside the trunk of a vehicle in Copiah County.

Video from a Ring camera shows the suspect getting assaulted as he walks out of a home in Jackson, Mississippi.

Strong words from the board charged with holding doctors accountable in Mississippi: if you put out misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, your license could be in jeopardy.

In August of 2017, Benjamin Dagley of Wooster, Ohio, drilled holes into tanks of dangerous chemicals, including hydrochloric acid, sending one person to the hospital. He is now sought in connection with an assault on a reporter in Mississippi this week.

Police are investigating a deadly triple shooting where a child bystander was killed after suffering a gunshot wound to the head from a stray bullet.

A man and child are dead after a triple shooting in Canton Thursday evening.

Police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a FedEx driver who was sitting in his truck.

JPD got the call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on Booker T. Washington Street.

Two of the individuals are 17 and the other is 20 years old.

Both suspects were denied bond and are being held in Holmes Co.

According to the school district, the teacher has been placed on administrative leave while the situation is being investigated.

The two men and one teenager charged with the shooting death of Trooper Lt. Morris are all in the custody of law enforcement.

The Mississippi state flag was taken down from the State Capitol for the final time Wednesday afternoon.

The suspect has been identified as Vincent Ogiamien.

That lockdown has now been lifted. School officials said there is no longer a threat of an active shooter on campus.