3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (286+ words) Temperatures will fall into the lower 70s by tomorrow morning before returning to the 90s during the afternoon. Tropical moisture will build across the region, pushing real feel values above 100 degrees for most communities. Afternoon pop-up showers and thunderstorms will also return....

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (166+ words) 16 WAPT meteorologist Nick Lacour dives into the weather forecast for the remainder of the extended weekend. We will see toasty temps rise to a high of 97 this afternoon. Daytime heating will permit isolated showers and thunderstorms to develop from midday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (85+ words) Belzoni police have made a third arrest in the shooting death of 16-year-old Humphreys County football player JaKamryn Price. Police arrested J’Quandarius Winn after finding an active warrant during a traffic stop, according to authorities. Price was killed Aug. 21 while…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (169+ words) Security is expected to be increased at a local high school football game following multiple shootings in Simpson County. The Simpson County School District said when Magee High School plays at Mendenhall High School Friday, there will be an increased…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (87+ words) A 16-year-old was injured in a shooting Tuesday evening in the 300 block of Calhoun Avenue, Police Chief Joseph Daughtry said. Officers were dispatched around 6:20 p.m. after a hospital called 911 to report that a shooting victim had arrived. Officers found the 16-year-old…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (97+ words) A mobile home that was being moved illegally took heavy damage and even blocked a highway before having to be destroyed. The State Fire Marshal's Office said a man was moving his manufactured home in Scott County last Thursday without…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (95+ words) WAPT Fire burns through Brandon mobile home, two people escape Two people escaped a mobile home fire in Rankin County. The Rankin County Emergency Operations Command, Brandon Fire Department, Robinhood Voluntary Fire Department and Monterey Volunteer Fire Department all responded…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (130+ words) Two people have been arrested in the shooting death of a Humphreys County High School football player. Charges were not listed, but the post said that Watson was driving the vehicle that was believed to be involved in the homicide,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) "To leave him laying there like that, that's a coward," victim's mother says The family of one Jackson man killed in a hit-and-run want answers a year after he was killed. Jackson police responded to Abraham Lincoln Drive and Thomas…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (181+ words) WAPT The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Kentucky man after a child reported inappropriate online communication to a school resource officer, who preserved critical evidence for the investigation Digital forensic evidence led investigators to identify Chad Eugene Brinkley,…...