Arson Suspect Arrested in Mississippi Capital City Fires November 10, 2022 By Michael Goldberg JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with seven fires set across Mississippi’s capital city early...
Flooding Exacerbates Water Crisis in Mississippi Capital August 31, 2022 By Emily Wagster Pettus and Michael Goldberg JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university...
High Court: City Liable in Woman’s Death After 911 Violation May 3, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The city of Jackson is liable for the wrongful death of a woman who was killed...
Lawsuits: Mississippi Capital City’s Water Harms Children October 22, 2021 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two new lawsuits claim hundreds of children have been exposed to dangerous lead levels through the...
Weeks After Storms, Water Crisis Continues In Mississippi March 4, 2021 By Jeff Martin and Leah Willingham JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Frustrations are mounting in Mississippi’s largest city, more than two weeks since winter storms and freezing...
Floods Put Mississippi Capital in ‘Precarious Situation’ February 18, 2020 By Rogelio V. Solis and Rebecca Santana JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and...
Jackson Outlaws Cellphone Use While Driving December 20, 2013 The town of Jackson, Wyo., has banned the use of cellphones while driving or biking. The Jackson Town Council approved...