Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
At the age of 61, Tom Bradshaw became a father for the first time after his daughter went on a years-long mission to find him.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:10 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Andrew McMunn
In September 2022, Katie Baunach’s life was allegedly taken at the hands of her ex-husband, Ian Baunach, who is a bodybuilder and former Marine.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:40 AM CST
|By Josh Carter
Carolyn McKinney is now raising her grandchildren in Mississippi after her daughter, Katie Baunach, was allegedly killed by her ex-husband in Florida.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 2:35 PM CST
|By Josh Carter, Joseph Doehring and Jordan Gartner
Pro football Hall of Fame player Deion Sanders is selling his Mississippi home.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 1:49 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Joseph Doehring
The home is described as a “Farmhouse Oasis.”
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:25 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
The death penalty is seen as the ultimate punishment. Yet for some victim’s families, it yields a high cost.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 12:17 PM CST
|By Josh Carter, Anthony Warren and Debra Worley
Officers with the Jackson Police Department found a charred arm on the road and more of the body later in a wooded area behind a nearby abandoned home.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 10:44 AM CST
|By Josh Carter, Anthony Warren and C.J. LeMaster
Victim's body found behind abandoned home on Terry Road.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Coach Prime has instituted a rule for his players following a popular rapper’s shooting death in Houston.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 9:07 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Mississippi say a man pretending to be a cop recently startled several workers at an ice cream shop.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 10:31 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A reverend in Sumrall, Mississippi, refused to baptize an infant after initially agreeing to it. One reason he refused: the parents were living together "in sin."
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 10:21 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter, WDAM Staff and Debra Worley
Authorities said Inscoe became a suspect in Sistrunk’s killing after being stopped by an officer while she was driving a vehicle that belonged to the victim.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Honda Collier said the decision was a desperate yet necessary decision for both her safety and the safety of her grandson.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 11:10 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
How could a grandmother do that? She says it was for the safety of both her and her grandson.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Gov. Reeves said it is not “easy or fair” for those in the city to deal with this burden.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the water crisis in the City of Jackson, and the White House “stand[s] ready” to assist.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By Anthony Warren, Josh Carter and C.J. LeMaster
Reeves wasn’t sure how long the state would be assisting the city, but officials said it could be for several months.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
“Yellow 410" is the longest female alligator ever captured in Mississippi and could be anywhere from 75-100 years old.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
On August 4, a jury found Fox guilty of culpable negligence manslaughter.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The release of the footage comes after a video of the incident went viral, with the family claiming “violent behavior” on the trooper’s part.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A resident of Pelahatchie, Mississippi, has been named as a defendant in a $300 million, multi-country “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme.”
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
In a statement to NBC News, Airbnb said “properties that formerly housed the enslaved” have no place on the rental company.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The first case was reported in the state on July 25.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter, Anthony Warren and Quentin Smith
The crash is being investigated by the Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 9:59 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
According to a press release, it will be located off Interstate 55 in Ridgeland, northeast of the Renaissance at Colony Park.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:19 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The Unborn Child Support Act would allow a court to award child support payments while the child is still in the womb and, retroactively, up to the point of conception.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 12:11 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
On Tuesday, June 28, the “difficult decision” was made to suspend the search for Davis, according to the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 7:21 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Patrice Clark
The announcement came Sunday night at the BET Awards as Sean “Diddy” Combs accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
On Wednesday, Massachusetts reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada. The case is the first in the U.S. this year.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Mississippi has a new blue catfish state record.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Jordan Gartner
Three people are under arrest after an 18-year-old girl’s body was found dumped on the side of the road last month in Mississippi.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Quentin Smith
Three people are in police custody and charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting, kidnapping and raping a teenage girl, leaving her dead.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
One company is willing to pay you over $700 for your first 8 plasma donations. But their tactics have been subject to scrutiny.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Her visit comes nearly a year after First Lady Jill Biden visited Jackson in order to promote the coronavirus vaccine.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 4:32 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Prince, Cher, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Elton John and... Beyoncé!
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 4:08 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Bare-knuckle fighting is exactly what it sounds like. It's only legal in a few states, Mississippi being one of them. This is what it's like inside the ring.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 4:35 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
A Brandon man who received two life sentences in 2021 for crimes committed against two children and their grandmother has died.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Melissa Payne
The District Attorney of Jefferson Davis County says that a child’s innocence was lost after they were allegedly kidnapped and raped repeatedly by two men last week.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 11:02 PM CST
|By Josh Carter and Quentin Smith
Terrance Freeman swears that this actually happened.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:27 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Gov. Tate Reeves has joined four other governors in asking that their state’s National Guard members be exempt from a federal coronavirus vaccine mandate.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
A former presidential candidate and the country of Russia are criticizing Senator Roger Wicker for threats he lobbed during recent interviews.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 3:40 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Since the beginning of 2020, over $40 million in unclaimed property has been returned to Mississippians.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 3:48 PM CST
|By Anthony Warren and Josh Carter
Cox waived his attorney-client privilege shortly before his execution.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 4:34 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
Another record was also broken in June of 2021, which became the deadliest month in Jackson history with 17.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 6:32 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
According to the poll's results, Joe Biden has a negative approval rating in all but 6 states.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2021 at 3:18 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
A behind-the-scenes look at the hours leading to the execution of David Neal Cox.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 3:22 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
A Mississippi man has been arrested after allegedly making a “credible” threat directed at his church.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST
|By Josh Carter
The 12-ton tree will be cut down on Thursday, November 11, and will arrive at the famous Rockefeller Center on November 13.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter and Anthony Warren
Unbeknownst to her, the “hitman” she hired was an FBI Special Agent. The intended victim was unharmed.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 6:50 AM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A man, who was shot in the arm, drove himself and the woman, who was shot in the head. The woman was later flown to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Her current condition is unknown.