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A classic car stolen from a Jackson gas station has been found, but it's no longer in mint condition.

JACKSON POLICE SWARM A NEIGHBOR AFTER A FIGHT ENDED IN A SHOOTING... IT HAPPENED JUST AN HOUR AGO ON SUNSET DRIVE IN BETWEEN MEDGAR EVERS AND NORTHSIDE DRIVE.

A Mississippi couple found living in a stolen U-Haul truck with their children and other family members has been released from jail, according to the Clarion-Leger in Jackson, Miss.

Contact: Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas, 254-715-3134; Rev. Chet Gallagher, 702-528-4346 JACKSON, Miss., July 31, 2014 / Christian Newswire / -- The day after the court trial and conviction of 3 Christian sidewalk counselors in Jackson, Mississippi, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the same abortion facility may continue their murderous ... (more)

A plastic surgery billboard that makes fun of overweight bodies drew ire from people around the world and inspired local artists to give the ad a face-lift.

Life Legal Defense Association filed suit July 23 against the Jackson, Miss., Police Department, for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights pro-life activists outside the state's only abortion facility.

And while her rustic delivery of blues and country-tinged rock songs would now easily fit into the recently-coined designation, Williams has always been a slave to the song, not a particular genre.

This Nov. 21, 2013 file photo shows anti abortion protester Mary McLaurin calling out to a patient hidden on the other side of a sign outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss.

In this June, 2014 image from video provided by the FBI, authorities raid a hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds two-thirds of Americans now say illegal immigration is a serious problem for the country, a figure that's up 14 points since May. For nearly two months, images of immigrant children who have crossed the border without a parent, only to wind up in concrete holding cells once in United States, have tugged at ... (more)

Activists who spent the last week defending abortion clinics, doctors and patients against anti-choice extremists in New Orleans have moved onto the next reproductive rights battleground: Jackson, Miss.

The bride is the granddaughter of Leatrice Buie and the late Jesse Buie of Brookhaven, MS, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chaney of Meridian, MS.

WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED--- DIDN'T KNOW HER HOUSE WAS VANDILIZED--- UNTIL OUR CREW SHOWED- UP.

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.... A HOUSE FIRE IN JACKSON 16 WAPT'S HADAS BROWN IS LIVE ON WOODROW WILSON BOULEVARD.

JACKSON, Mississippi - The City of Jackson, Jackson State University and Tim Bennett, owner of Overtime Sports, may begin talks in the next few weeks on the feasibility of building a baseball stadium for JSU in the Historic Farish Street District.

Lollapalooza, Chicago's grandest stage for music legends from across the globe. Connecting with the city's deep musical heritage, Lollapalooza set down roots and made Chicago its home in 2005.

JACKSON, Miss. - Director Tate Taylor, who is from Mississippi, was excited Sunday about his second big motion picture filmed in his home state as a crowd of VIPs and others gathered for a screening in Madison Mississippi rolls out red carpet for 'Get On Up' JACKSON, Miss.

JACKSON - Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef says Chris McDaniel should hurry up and challenge the June 24 runoff results if McDaniel intends to do so.

Project manager Wilson Alvarez of Jackson, Mississippi-Johnson Construction tells The Daily Comet completion is expected in January 2016.

On Wednesday, Lifetime premiered BAPs, a reality show that follows "an exclusive, privileged and affluent group of African American friends from St. Louis who self-identify as 'BAPs' - Black American Princesses and Princes."