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Here's what you should consider before lighting fireworks of any shape or size this Independence Day weekend.

Aaron Banks, the Ward 6 Councilman, received a unanimous vote to serve as Jackson City Council president.

Temperatures are heating up across the Metro area as we approach the Fourth of July holiday. Jackson has opened up cooling stations across the city.

The Mississippi Democratic Party will have to figure out its next steps now that its chair Tyree Irving announced he will resign effective July 22.

The plan calls for CPKC to acquire about 50 miles of track between Meridian, Mississippi and Myrtlewood, Alabama, from a short-line railroad.

Here's everything you need to know before the Mississippi Supreme Court hears a challenge to controversial House Bill 1020 later this week.

The Celebrate America Balloon Glow, part of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest brings out the crowd to Northpark Mall. The festival continues in Canton today.

Hinds County's Board of Supervisors reached a deal that would leave no interruption of service in collection of residents' garbage.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion, comprised of Japanese American soldiers, trained at Camp Shelby during World War II.

Tracy Cook, a graduate of Alcorn State University, has been appointed as his alma mater as interim president. He will start in the role on July 8.