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|By Mia Monet
A Jasper County mother pleads for justice to be served in the death of her daughter, Dominique Henry.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By John Fitzhugh
The data released on Monday is from a study of 2,268 children ages 5 to 11. The results show that the vaccine is safe and produced strong antibodies to fight the novel coronavirus.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Mia Monet
A Hattiesburg restaurant owner is planning to feed 1,000 people with a Thanksgiving food give-a-way.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By WDAM Staff
Officials said around 60 - 75 houses will be affected.
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Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Eddie Robertson
First constructed in 1928, it’s the last standing structure that was once part of a sprawling Oak Park Vocational High School campus.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
Witcher believes his billboard may have prompted the board of medical licensure adopting a Medical Misinformation or Disinformation policy.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By WDAM Staff
A Lumberton man was sentenced to at least 12 years for two counts of sexual crimes.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Mykal Vincent
Driving into New Orleans has been a challenge Monday.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By WDAM Staff
JCSD says the scene is still active but there is no further threat.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
The detained person is later seen with a bloody face. The person who sent the video said they believe he is an off-duty Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper.
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Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Devin Pavlou
Brian Laundrie possibly spotted in Alabama.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
The governors are requesting a meeting within the next 15 days.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn the decades-old abortion protections established under Roe v. Wade.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By WDAM Staff
The Jones County Sheriff's Department has been searching for the suspect since early September.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Associated Press
“Un(re)solved” focuses on the federal investigation of more than 150 cold cases under a law enacted in 2008, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
According to Copiah County Sheriff Byron Swilley, a body was found inside the trunk of a vehicle in Copiah County.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By WDAM Staff
Around 251 new cases and 11 deaths were reported in the Pine Belt.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Sharie Nicole
He downplayed the state’s death rate, reportedly the highest, per capita, in the country.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Mike Lacy
One man died and dozens of people there were left scared for their lives as they rushed to take cover.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Will Polston
October is set to be a big tourism month for the Hub City.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Caroline Wood
Jones County distributed statistics from its recently-ended "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 9:35 PM CDT
|By Rex Thompson
WDAM 7 meteorologist Rex Thompson offers his weekly Pine Belt forecast
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
A house in Laurel suffered major fire damage Sunday morning.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Will Polston
HubCon 2021 continued despite COVID-19, Hurricane Ida.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
Hattiesburg police are investigating an early Sunday morning shooting at Tatum Park that left two wounded.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Branden Walker
Hope Clinic prepares for 8th annual fundraising banquet in Hattiesburg
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 1:12 PM CDT
|By KCBD Staff
A delivery driver for Woody’s Brick Oven Pizza had to be rescued from an elevator at the Raider Park parking garage after it fell seven stories with him in it on Saturday.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 11:25 AM CDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The family said Amee Hagar “lost the battle with this horrible Covid,” in a post on CaringBridge.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
According to the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department, four inmates escaped from the Lenoir-Rowell Criminal Justice Center in the early morning hours of Sept. 19.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 1:43 AM CDT
|By Charles Herrington
Lots of people lined up at Laurel Ford Saturday to get free child car seats and booster seats.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 1:13 AM CDT
|By Will Polston
Vyzen holds community cookout for Hattiesburg residents.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 12:34 AM CDT
|By Caroline Wood
Law enforcement agencies across the Pine Belt are working to make sure kids are safe in the car, and place even more emphasis on that during "Child Passenger Safety Week."
Updated: Sep. 19, 2021 at 12:07 AM CDT
|By Branden Walker
WDAM 7's Branden Walker offered up his weekly weather forecast for the Pine Belt.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Charles Herrington
Volunteers from Covington County’s New Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church lent a hand to Ida victims in Golden Meadow, La.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Quentin Smith
362 days — that’s how long Joey Wall was in the hospital fighting for his life.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill
Willis is accused of shooting his mother while she was asleep after she punished him by taking his phone away.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Tim Doherty
Will Hall, seen here during a summer football scrimmage, will lead the University of Southern Mississippi against Troy University at 7 p.m. Saturday in Hattiesburg.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 2:55 PM CDT
|By Charles Herrington
A one-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon left one dead at the intersection of U.S. 49 and Campbell Loop.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 12:32 AM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
It was another busy Friday night of football in the Pine Belt as many times completed their non-region schedule.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Charles Herrington
The Army unit that oversees and validates training at Camp Shelby honored four of its soldiers Friday, who are retiring after a combined 83 years of service to the nation.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 10:22 PM CDT
|By Mia Monet
Recently the Governor’s task force released a report, making demands on behalf of educators in Mississippi.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Will Polston
Assistant Superintendent Jasmine Smith said the reaction was overwhelmingly grateful.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By Renaldo Hopkins
SNAP households in counties that suffered food loss because of the storm have until Monday, Sept. 20, to request replacement benefits.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Pacheco
Pine Belt resident, Zackery Wilson, will be featured in the hour-long presentation.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 4:02 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole and Roslyn Anderson
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, United States Attorney Office and the FBI are investigating.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 2:29 PM CDT
|By Renaldo Hopkins
HPD spokesperson Ryan Moore says the cause of the accident is under investigation.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 2:10 PM CDT
|By Lindsay Knowles
Authorities have since closed two roads to commercial truck traffic and are advising all drivers to detour to Highway 98 or Highway 57.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 1:21 PM CDT
|By Charles Herrington
The Sharon Volunteer Fire Department and Jones County TRIAD are hosting the giveaway.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
Corterrius “DaCakeGoat” Allen will face off against cake decorators from Nevada and Florida.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 10:34 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.