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First Alert Weather Day: Major Temperature Drop After Last Night’s Storms

First Alert Weather Day: Major Temperature Drop After Last Night’s Storms JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -After the storms that moved through the area last night, a major change in the weather pattern is underway across the Jackson area. A strong cold front has pushed through the region, and much colder air is now moving in behind

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‘We got your drugs’: Warrant coming Monday for speeding driver in Yazoo County

‘We got your drugs’: Warrant coming Monday for speeding driver in Yazoo County

‘We got your drugs’: Warrant coming Monday for speeding driver in Yazoo County YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – A driver who was seen throwing a bag of marijuana out of a car window on Saturday can expect to be arrested this week. That’s the message the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department posted on social media on

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Banks files motion for ‘severance of defendants’ in Jackson bribery case

Banks files motion for ‘severance of defendants’ in Jackson bribery case

Banks files motion for ‘severance of defendants’ in Jackson bribery case JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A former Jackson city councilman charged in connection with a bribery scheme to bring a convention center hotel to the city wants to be tried separately from his co-conspirators. Amid a flurry of briefings filed last month, an attorney for

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Motorcyclist dies after going over side of Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge, police say

Motorcyclist dies after going over side of Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge, police say

Motorcyclist dies after going over side of Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge, police say BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – A motorcyclist was killed Saturday night after crashing on the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge, according to the Biloxi Police Department. Police said the crash happened around 10:30 p.m., and no other vehicles were involved. Officials said it appeared the driver

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Rankin County sees rise in marijuana DUI cases, issues reminder on state law

Rankin County sees rise in marijuana DUI cases, issues reminder on state law

Rankin County sees rise in marijuana DUI cases, issues reminder on state law RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – The Rankin County Prosecutor’s Office says they have seen an increase in DUI cases involving marijuana. With Mississippi’s medical cannabis program now in place, the department says it is important for the public to understand how state

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Mississippians learn beekeeping

Nearly 90 attend beekeeping course at Mississippi Ag Museum

Nearly 90 attend beekeeping course at Mississippi Ag Museum JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Eighty-seven people gathered at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum Saturday to learn how to keep bees, as organizers work to recruit new beekeepers amid what experts are calling the worst honeybee die-off on record. Between last June and March, beekeepers nationwide

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