A $10 billion Amazon Web Services center that will generate 1,000 new jobs is coming to Madison County at two sites, Gov. Tate Reeves announced this week. 

A grass fire on the side of I-55 north of the Madison exit has left one southbound lane open to through traffic, authorities say.

MADISON — Road closures at the railroad will impact drivers here starting Monday.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on a drug warrant earlier today at a Canton apartment complex after a standoff, authorities say.

Randy Tyler, a retired career law enforcement officer who had signed on part-time with Madison PD seven years ago because he still had a desire to serve his community, was laid to rest in Madison …

A Madison Police officer was fatally wounded in the line of duty during a hostage standoff in Brandon Thursday, the authorities said.

Clark Beverage Group, a leading distributor of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages like Coca-Cola, is building a new 400,000 square-foot facility near Amazon at the Madison County Mega Site, officials announced this morning. 

MADISON — A precautionary Boil Water Notice has been given to all city of Madison water customers east of Crawford Street.

A children's book depicting Santa Claus as a gay man married to another man is part of a Christmas display at the Ridgeland Library.

Gov. Tate Reeves today announced that the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Mississippi National Guard, Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture, Andy Gipson, in conjunction with Hinds County and the City of Jackson are opening water distribution supersites throughout the area impacted by the water crisis.

JACKSON — Faucets could start flowing Wednesday evening as water tanks fill, Gov. Tate Reeves told reporters Wednesday afternoon without giving a precise time, as the state took command of the drinking water crisis that’s left hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses without running water. 

MADISON — Hoy Road east of Tisdale Road to Sundial Road will be restricted to local traffic only three days next week.

Madison County supervisors voted 3-2 this morning to opt-out of allowing medical marijuana dispensaries.

The city of Madison has opted out of medical marijuana.

Entergy officials say that just short of 900 customers remain without power in the city of Madison following storms that downed power lines Wednesday afternoon.

Yandell Road will be closed near Smith-Carr Road beginning Tuesday morning at about 9 a.m. for emergency bridge repair work that could take up to a month, officials said.

Former longtime Ward 4 Alderman Steve Hickok has died, Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler announced Friday evening.

RIDGELAND — Several books being displayed prominently at the public library here including “The Queer Bible” have drawn the concern of citizens over the political nature.

Creating a separate judicial district in Jackson to prosecute and adjudicate cases is one of the most effective ways to combat the soaring crime rate, State Auditor Shad White said on Thursday.

Rep. Jill Ford had hoped her proposed medical marijuana bill would have gotten some consideration. It did not.