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Jackson City Council has one more vote Richard's Disposal Inc. garbage contract in special meeting Monday.

With the 2023 Mississippi legislative session over, eyes are starting to move toward this year's elections. See what candidates say about the session.

The American Lung Association is warning survivors in Rolling Fork that hazardous debris can possibly cause long-lasting health threats.

In the past few years, Nashville, Tennessee's capital city, suffered a trash crisis. Here how Jackson could learn from that.

Realtors and real estate associations say the city seemingly in a constant state of crisis makes it hard to do their jobs of selling homes in Jackson.

First Baptist Church of Jackson celebrates the risen Lord Easter morning with a sunrise service at the Trademart and worship at its North Street church.

This singer-songwriter spent plenty of summers in Mississippi. How did that shape his musical style?

Competing rulings by federal judges in Texas and Washington on Friday plunged the future of mifepristone, a key abortion drug, into uncertainty.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and the city council have not come to an agreement as to which company should be awarded the garbage pick-up contract.

More than 500 river miles have been designated critical habitat for a threatened fish species the Pearl darter.