Holly Emery

Published Oct. 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM CEST | Updated 12 minutes ago

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi officials are adding five new prosecutors to the fight against fraud through a new partnership between state and federal law enforcement.

Mississippi is among the top three states in the nation for breast cancer deaths, according to the state health department, and health officials say the problem isn’t awareness, it’s access.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi State Board of Health met Wednesday for its quarterly meeting, where state health officials outlined progress on cancer screening access, infectious disease trends and a new tool designed to help residents track food recalls.

CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - A steel supply constraint is impacting production schedules at the Nissan Plant in Canton.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - “Someone's not from Jackson.” That's what Geno Lee said when a WLBT reporter asked what was cooking on a giant griddle inside the Big Apple Inn.

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Engineers gave the Madison County Board of Supervisors updates this week on four road projects west of Interstate 55, with one corridor now complete and the others moving through design and construction.

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A long-awaited project to widen Interstate 55 in Madison County is moving forward again after a round of bids came in too expensive for the state to accept.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Fifty-five Mississippi counties are under a burn ban as of this week - more than half the state - as dry air, low humidity and high winds raise the risk of wildfires, according to the Mississippi Forestry Commission.

PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) - Pearl High School is moving down to Class 6A, and the school's athletic director said Pearl will work to keep the rivalry games Pirates fans circle on the calendar.