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Rolling Fork, Miss., like much of the Delta, had already been wrecked by disinvestment and decline before a giant tornado swept through in late March, leaving residents to ponder whether to rebuild or move on.

Meridian cyclist Ed Abdella is well on his way to biking around the state of Mississippi as he neared Picayune mid-afternoon on Friday on schedule to reach Biloxi later in

Carbondale Arts Gallery, First Friday exhibitions, opening reception, Friday 5-7 p.m. Carbondale Arts presents “Use is Beauty” by mixed-media sculptor Justin Squier of Grand Junction, as well as “The Unimagined Place,” a shared exhibition for...

LeeOtis Hubbard Gladney of Amory became among the thousands of Mississippi victims who must rely on volunteer groups to rebuild their lives.

The Brown Grove Preservation Group collected items for a little more than a week before hitting the road to help a town full of strangers.

"Muddy Waters was born near Rolling Fork, Mississippi. And to me he's a Mississippi person that went to Chicago and play[ed]. John Lee Hooker was born in Mississippi and went to Detroit. B.B. King was born in Mississippi and went to Memphis." - B. B. King The news announced on B.B. King's web site that…

UPDATE: ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - Rolling Fork police said a Vicksburg man was arrested in connection to a shooting. According to investigators, 21-year-old Jentavious Kentrail Myles was captured by Rolling Fork police and Sharkey County deputies Saturday morning. Myles is being held at the Issaquena County Correctional Facility. ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - Rolling [...]

During the celebration of Independence Day, Maranatha Homeless Outreach will be holding a free Community Cookout on July 4. They have invited the community to…

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Saturday, June 24 marks three months since an EF-4 tornado swept through Rolling Fork, leaving a trail of destruction. Rolling Fork has come a long way with cleanup efforts over the past 90 days. They're now focused on rebuilding the city they know and love. "It blew the roof off, the [...]

Residents in Matador, Texas, are coming together and slowly picking up the pieces after a deadly tornado ripped through the small central Texas town late Wednesday night. The kindness and courageous acts of storm chasers, emergency responders and community members could be felt and seen immediately following the tornado. The twister, which still remains unrated by the National Weather Service (NWS), touched down just after 8 p.m. CDT on Wednesday in Matador, which is located roughly 70 miles nor