A'Darius Mccormick

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - More than a year after John Montgomery was shot and killed in Madison County, his family still has no answers — and the case has now been transferred to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to replace a resolution calling for a permanent federal water assistance program with one urging churches, businesses, and neighbors to help families struggling to pay their water bills.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - For 16 days, Nekomia Quinn passed out flyers, called the morgue and chased every lead she could find — desperate to locate her missing 15-year-old daughter, Khloe McDonel.

Hundreds of cars lined up for blocks outside Blackburn Middle School Thursday as JSU launched its bi-annual Crop Drop. Students — new and returning — distributed up to 10,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, watermelon and other fresh produce to Jackson families, completely free of charge.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell says the 16-day delay in notifying Khloe McDonel's family was necessary — and that local officials, not the state crime lab, were responsible for keeping them informed.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Ward 6 Councilwoman Lashia Brown-Thomas is speaking out about conditions at Stratford Terrace Apartments, saying a resident's stove was destroyed by fire roughly two months ago and management never moved her to another unit.

Robert Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, and until this year, his hometown had never held a festival in his name.

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“This movie storyline of this guy, Scarpa, coming down here and solving this Vernon Dahmer murder is an absolute lie. He didn't solve that murder.”