ON AIR AND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WAPT DOT COM. LIVE IN Jackson firefighters were on scene of an apartment fire Wednesday on Belvedere Drive near McDowell Road. The fire caused hefty damage to the roof and ...

“We are excited to offer even more travel options for our passengers in Jackson and Central Mississippi this summer,” Rosa M. Beckett, JMAA Chief Executive Officer said in a statement.

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff. Unofficial vote totals show state Sen. John Horhn leading two-term Mayor ...

The Jackson area's latest steakhouse and breakfast restaurant are among the seven restaurants and dining options that have been approved to open this month by the Mississippi Department of Health.

Last season JSU was undefeated in its six home games in Jackson, Mississippi, including the Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Championship Game against Southern University. Jackson State ...

The National Folk Festival, a free three-day event, will begin its three-year run in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 2025. Jackson is the first Mississippi city to host the festival, which has ...

According to the Jackson Police Department, the incident happened at the Chapel Ridge apartments on Raymond Road on Tuesday.

The Jackson, Mississippi native's story is something of a Spike Lee Joint film. McDaniel's grit, versatility, perseverance, tenacity, compassion, and unyielding determination to succeed as a ...

The occasion is a good excuse to sojourn through the Delta on the Mississippi Blues Trail from tiny Clarksdale to Jackson, the state capital, with stops in Greenwood, Cleveland and Indianola.

The 2025 results are unofficial and still have to be certified by the Mississippi Secretary of State. "We are going to be the embodiment, I believe, of change in Jackson," Horhn told his ...