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Former state Senator Brad Carter dies
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The funeral for former state Sen. Brad Carter will be Friday, July 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Webb & Stephens Funeral Home North. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 11, from 5-7 p.m. and July 12, 10:30 until service time. Carter, 87, died July 1...
Judge points to Supreme Court’s Chevron overruling in decision to unravel transgender healthcare regulations
A federal judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine means the Biden administration’s latest interpretation of Title IX cannot require Mississippi healthcare providers to perform transgender-related services. In April, the Department of Health and Human Services released regulations that penalize healthcare providers for discriminating against those seeking care on the basis of […]
Mississippi House Speaker creates Jackson revitalization committee
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A select Legislative committee will discuss the Jackson-metro area’s biggest issues later this summer. House Speaker Jason White (R-Miss.) has assembled a 19-member bipartisan committee that’s tasked with revitalizing Jackson and the surrounding metro. Representatives Shanda Yates (I-District 64) and Clay Mansell (R-District 56) will serve as co-chairs. The committee will […]
First Alert Forecast: Showers and storms return as an unsettling weather begins to set in
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Today: The humidity sticks around for the end of the week as the chance for showers and storms will increase throughout the day as a cold front passes through. Unfortunately, the front won’t really drop temperatures a whole lot, but there may be some slight relief in terms of humidity. However, this will be short-lived as tropical moisture will build back in over the weekend. Showers will continue throughout the afternoon and evening before starting to fizzle out overnight.
Lamar County accident Thursday claims life of Hattiesburg woman
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A 25-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Lamar County Thursday afternoon. Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel said the accident happened around 3 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of Purvis-Baxterville Road when a vehicle carrying two people left the road and hit a tree.
Columbia Academy 2024 football schedule
8/16: vs. Cathedral - 7 p.m. 8/29: vs. South Choctaw Academy - 7 p.m. 9/6: at Centreville Academy - 7 p.m. 9/13: at Wayne Academy* - 7 p.m. 9/20: vs. Amite School - 7 p.m. 9/27: vs. Bowling Green* - 7 p.m. 10/4: at Clinton Christian Academy - 7 p.m.
Friday brings a better coverage of showers & storms
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - A rare cold front will make it into our area on Friday, and it’ll increase our chances for rain. Friday morning, only isolated showers are possible. However, scattered showers start developing by early afternoon as the cold front begins gradually moving across our area. Scattered showers & storms will remain possible through Friday evening.
Gulfport man arrested after repeatedly stabbing grandparents, police say
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - 23-year-old Jordan Keith Campbell is now in custody and charged with two counts of aggravated domestic assault, officials with Gulfport PD announced on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night around 8:32 p.m. when officers were sent to check on reports of a stabbing in...
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