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TAKEN DOWN: This mom sprung into action, tackling a man she says was peeping into her teen daughter's window.
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Minutes after a historic vote, the first state flag comes down.
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BREAKING: Mississippi has a new state flag! According to NBC News, voters have approved of the "In God We Trust" flag design.
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FINALLY! Wendy's spicy chicken nuggets will return to menus this August>>
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This statue of Jesus in Hattiesburg was untouched by Saturday morning's deadly tornado
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WOW 🥳 Watch as Rankin County 7th grader Kaydann Reed gets asked to her first 7th grade homecoming dance!! Congratulations! 💃.(📷 Jesse Turberville)
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BREAKING: NFL great Deion Sanders in as new head football coach at Jackson State University.
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#TeamSands: Our Mike Sands gave an important health update tonight on Fox 40 News regarding his battle with cancer. Please continue to send your thoughts, prayers and well wishes his way, and remember. #YouFightWeFight
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WATCH: Jackson Police officers arrested a man who approached them while carrying a rifle and shouting.
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Cancer patient turns dog into shelter before killing herself
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BREAKING: Police make arrest in 2018 murder of local rapper Lil Lonnie
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Here is footage of a camp in Port Fourchon, near Grand Isle, as Ida came ashore. The video is from a security camera below the camp. (Video Credit🎥 Jeremy DiBenedetto)
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📽️: Watch Jackson State University's Sonic Boom of the South perform at the 2025 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California to kick off the new year!.(SOURCE: NBC)
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"STUPID ---": President Joe Biden had some choice words for Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy after he asked a question about inflation.
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WALKING OUT: Mississippi's Black Senators walked out of legislature to protest a bill that would ban critical race theory.
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Texas restaurant defending controversial sign some are calling racist
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This guy caught a fish with his bare hands at the flooded Old Brandon Bridge. That's it, that's the tweet.
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New government data shows grocery prices climbed 13.5% in August from the year before. That’s the highest annual increase since March 1979.
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Are you OK with prayers spoken over loudspeakers before high school football games?.
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Blue Bell tracking down woman seen in viral video licking ice cream, returning it to store shelf
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The Starkville native and former Ole Miss wide receiver remembers where he came from, repping his hometown after his first Super Bowl victory. ♥️🏆
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Florida man banned from beach after passing out 'sugardaddy seeking sugarbaby' cards
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"I'm not just JSU on the outside, I'm JSU on the inside" - new Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders. His speech:
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GREAT NEWS: 9-year-old shot in head named honorary JPD detective, expected to make full recovery
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Murrah High School senior gets full ride scholarship to Yale University
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A HUGE congratulations to our Maggie Wade for receiving her Bachelor’s degree from Mississippi College! We're so proud of you! 📚❤
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TORNADO VIDEO: Tyrone Thomas Jr. sent us this video of a tornado between Waynesboro and Laurel.
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How great is this! 16-year-old Corion Evans jumped into action to save four people when a vehicle drove off a boat launch and into the Pascagoula River!
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💔Charles Conaway shared this picture of his beautiful family with us. His wife, Allison, and their youngest child were killed in a crash Monday. Charles' two daughters are fighting for their lives right now.🙏
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BREAKING UPDATE: Clinton hostage situation is now over. Police confirm multiple casualties. Suspect in custody.
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CONGRATULATIONS! JSU's viral sensation 'Snacks' just won the 2020 ESPY award for the Can't Stop Watching Moment of the year!!!🏀🏀🏀🎉
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BREAKING: The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority announced that Southwest Airlines plans to return to Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in 2021!
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Supporters await Vice President Kamala Harris’ arrival in Greenville, Mississippi.
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TRAGIC: Family members shared with us this photo of Kennedy Hobbs. She was killed last night in Jackson, the same day she graduated high school.
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The Fresh Prince of Jackson! Will Smith visited Tougaloo College today to teach a workshop for filmmaking and film production 🎬 . (Source: Whitney McDowell-Robinson)
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PLEASE SHARE: Madison Co. SO searching for missing Domino’s employee after car found abandoned
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WOW! This is baby Serenity. She was asleep on the bed when a tree crashed through her family's home in Louisiana during yesterday's severe weather. They all thought she was dead, but they found her sitting upright on the bed between branches smiling!
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85-year-old Henry Patterson of Collins, Mississippi, has gone viral for showing off his moves on the dance floor to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock." 🕺
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CONGRATULATIONS: Visit Mississippi's float won the Past Presidents Award at the 2025 Rose Parade. It was their first-ever appearance in the iconic parade.👏. The float featured Country music trio Chapel Hart and award-winning Elvis tribute artist Brandon Bennett. (SOURCE: NBC)
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The CDC is warning people to avoid eating Italian-style deli meats, such as salami, mortadella, and prosciutto.
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Mississippi man sentenced to 49 years in nation's first anti-transgender hate crime
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Mississippi, with a population of just 3 million, will have more natives playing in the 2023 Super Bowl than any other state.
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REMEMBERING MIKE: Beloved Fox 40 anchor Mike Sands ends long battle with cancer at 34
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Uber and Lyft will provide free and discounted rides to polls for midterm elections
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WOW! Alcorn State University has just received the largest gift from a single donor in the university’s history.
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MAP: Here's a bird's eye view of the fires that occurred in Jackson this morning. Read about the arson investigation here:
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CHECK THIS OUT: A pothole in the middle of Tyrone Drive in Jackson has remained untouched for so long, there are tomatoes growing inside of it.
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REST IN PEACE: Nichols Middle School is mourning the loss of 13-year-old Robert Luckett, Jr. He was one of the victims shot and killed at McDonald's in Canton this week.
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Strahan provided every player and coach on the Jackson State University football team with a custom suit - that’s around 150 suits.
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He was a political science major, wide receiver, student body president, and Rhodes scholar finalist at JSU. Now, add performer to his passion list. Congrats Jordan!🎉
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Perpetrators of the Mississippi welfare scandal funneled more than $600,000 in federal funds to a conservative talk radio station and news network, which then broadcasted glowing spots about the fraudulent program.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mrs. Daisy Jones Taylor from Jackson is 102 years old!
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REST IN PEACE! This is what it was like when Robert Williams came to deliver a package to your home. He was shot and killed Wednesday night in Jackson. (📸: Trey Herron)
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Congratulations Aysa Branch! The Booneville native has been crowned this year's Miss USA 2020! 🎉🎉🎉
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WATCH: Incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba bursts into song after he is declared the winner in the Jackson mayor Democratic primary tonight.
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How sweet is this?! This little boy wanted to dress up as his father for Halloween - and we must say he nailed it! (📸: Mani Wells)
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IT TAKES TWO SECONDS TO SHARE! Brookhaven police are searching for missing 14-year-old Tralisia Williams. If anyone knows of her whereabouts, please contact the Brookhaven Police Department at (601)833-2424.
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Rep. Bennie Thompson is calling on the FBI and DHS to investigate recent threats to HBCUs.
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WOW! It appears Laurie Lynch got a picture of a tornado near Yazoo City. This was at Hwy 49 and Broad Lake. Submit your pics here:
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DECISION 2023: Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann wins re-election.
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THEE Jackson State Tigers beat rivals Alcorn State 24-13 to finish the regular season with a perfect, undefeated 11-0 record for the first time in school history! 🔵🐅
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Here's the moment a tornado was on the ground near the WLBT studio. Thank you to our meteorologists for keeping us safe!
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"If you really want to see what's going on, you come to the Mississippi Delta.". Vice President Kamala Harris explains why she chose to visit Greenville today.
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Macon, Mississippi native Tyra Ivory, 26, is now one of the youngest Subway franchisees in the country. Ivory says to find your dream and go for it.
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Tuesday, the city council unanimously approved a resolution backing the construction of a new football stadium for the college, a move that they say could help keep Coach Deion Sanders in the capital city.
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Do you agree with Governor Reeves' take on student loans?
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"It is now law." With the stroke of a pen, Governor Tate Reeves has signed into law a bill that will remove Confederate imagery from the Mississippi state flag. >
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'Katrina girl' to take Air Force vet who rescued her to JROTC ball
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NEW TODAY: Dylann Roof's attorneys ask federal court to dismiss charges
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CONGRATULATIONS to Pariss Smoot! Pariss was crowned the first Black homecoming queen at Jackson Academy. Way to go Pariss! 👑🤍
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WOW! WLBT viewer Erin Griffin sent us these photos taken from the Branch community in Morton, Mississippi.
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What?! Someone spotted a kangaroo hopping along I-55 in Madison! 🦘🦘🦘 (📷: Micky Vesa)
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Sylvester Croom, former Miss. State head coach, to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
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Today at UMMC, some gathered for a silent protest by kneeling for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the same amount of time an officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd. (📸: Rodney Washington)
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STORM DAMAGE: This is damage left behind in Wayne County after a tornado-warned storm this afternoon.
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Tupac A. Shakur arrested for meth possession in Tennessee
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HEARTBREAKING UPDATE: Greenville football player dies a week after breaking neck in game
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WOW! A Sonic Boom of the South member and Jackson State University student is now able to return to school after the local community funded his tuition in just a few hours. 👏. STORY:
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WOW! “Tough Lady” DeShawonte Cooley drove her 4-wheeler from Byram to Hazlehurst for her shift at Pinecrest Guest Home.
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BREAKING UPDATE: Three children killed in crash involving 18-wheeler on I-55 in Madison Co.
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"They just know love and they know kindness": Clinton toddler forms special bond with garbage men
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BREAKING: Hinds County K-9 officer dies of heat stroke inside deputy car
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CNN's Jake Tapper and Governor Tate Reeves had a back and forth discussion on Mississippi's Covid-19 death rate Sunday. What are YOUR thoughts❓
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