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Jayess, Mississippi shooting at Frog Ridge Rd: 1 killed, 1 injured

Ridgeland, Mississippi shooting at 839 Ridgewood Road: 1 injured

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said an 18-wheeler ran off the road and crashed into trees Monday morning. It happened around 1:00 a.m. on Interstate 20 eastbound near Norrell Road just before Clinton.

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi shooting at Sycamore Street: 3 injured

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi shooting at Sycamore Street: 3 injured

Hinds County deputies arrested two people Friday on I-20 and confiscated drugs. Ambra Pigeon and Maykol Diaz, both of Florida, were charged with trafficking a controlled substance.

One man is dead after a fatal house fire in Jackson early Saturday morning. Around 2 a.m. JFD arrived at the home at the intersection of Ludlow Ave. and Pillars Court. Fire officials said there was fire and smoke coming from the home.

Multiple law enforcement officers responded to an incident Friday night. 16 WAPT spotted a heavy police presence at the High St. on-ramp to I-55 S, which shutdown traffic in the area around 8 p.m.

PORTLAND LPD27, the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, sailed away yesterday from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula MS, for the west coast. Commissioning scheduled for April 21 in Portland OR.

Vicksburg: Two children, ages 1 and 2, were killed Thursday night in a fire, Vicksburg officials said. The Vicksburg Fire Department received a 911 call about 9:45 p.m. Thursday. When firefighters arrived to the 700 block of Johnson Street, a home was engulfed in flames.

Two women and a baby were inside a car Thursday when someone opened fire on the vehicle, Jackson police officials said. Someone driving a red late-model Toyota Camry fired several shots at about 12:25 p.m. at the car, which was parked in the yard of a home on Welota Drive, near Boling Street, Cmdr. Tyree Jones said

A driver escaped with only minor injuries Thursday when a train crashed into his pickup truck, Jackson police said. Officers were called about 7:15 a.m. to Highway 80 and West Street, where the crash was reported.

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at Lampton Avenue and Mayes Street: 1 injured

Gulfport, Mississippi shooting at 1700 block of 45th Ave: no casualities

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at Bowling Street: no casualities

Jackson: police arrested a man Monday after responding to a shots fired call near a school. Police said the man was test firing a rifle outside his home near Hillcrest Christian on Siwell Road. Someone called 911 and officers arrested the man on charges of shooting inside the city limits, which is a misdemeanor

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at W Capitol Street: 1 injured

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at 1600 block of 1st Avenue: 1 injured

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at Lynch Street: 1 injured

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at 1714 Country Club Rd: 3 injured

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at Highway 49: 1 injured

Pass Christian, Mississippi shooting at N/A: no casualities

Madison: A rollover crash on Interstate 55 left three people hospitalized on Sunday. Madison police said an SUV driven by Flavio Ivan Garcia, 26, swerved to avoid a collision with another car on the interstate and overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. The SUV rolled over four times, landing upside down and trapping the driver and two passengers.

[email protected]: It was my great honor to celebrate the opening of two extraordinary museums-the Mississippi State History Museum and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. We pay solemn tribute to our heroes of the past and dedicate ourselves to building a future of freedom, equality, justice and peace.

[email protected]: "Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. [is] a man that I've studied and watched and admired for my entire life." @POTUS​'s full address at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum​.

[email protected]: "Medgar [Evers] joined the @USArmy in 1943 when he was 17 years old. He fought in Normandy in the Second World War, and when he came back home to Mississippi he kept fighting for the same rights and freedom that he had defended in the war."

[email protected]: "These museums are labors of love: love for Mississippi, love for your nation, love for God-given dignity written into every human soul."

[email protected]: Heading to the great state of Mississippi at the invitation of their popular and respected Governor, @PhilBryantMS. Look forward to seeing the new Civil Rights Museum!

The heavy wet snow held on to power lines Friday morning and weighed down branches causing power outages across the state. As of 8:30 a.m. over 9,400 Entergy customers lost power.

Kemper County: officials are responding to a one car rollover accident with entrapment. It's located on Highway 16