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Flora 365 days x 2 inmates = 730 days $6 rate: $4,380 $18 rate: $13,140 Canton 365 days x 19 inmates = 6,935 days $6 rate: $41,610 $18 rate: $124,830 Madison 365 days x 10 inmates = 3,650 $6 rate: $21,900 $18 rate: $65,700 Ridgeland 365 days x 10 inmates = 3,650 $6 rate: $21,900 $18 rate: $65,700 Madison County officials are proposing to triple the ... (more)

She lives in Canton, works as an anesthesia technician, and is a single mother to Will, a 5th grader in Canton public schools.

CANTON, Miss. -- Madison County Court Judge Ed Hannan has found rental property owner Mike Crook guilty of violating Madison's rental ordinance.

Cedric Sturdevant, who has lived with HIV since 2005, is a trainer/facilitator at My Brother's Keeper in Ridgeland.

In the running are mortgage banker Wint McGee, Ward 4 Alderman Brian Ramsey, former District 3 Supervisor D.I. Smith and attorney Cassandra Walter.

Owners of a Canton day care want to know when the raggedy road leading to their business will be fixed.

Some rivers are now near or just over flood stage after several inches of rainfall soaked parts of the state.

A second arrest has been made in the beating of a 62-year-old Vicksburg welder at a Jackson scrap... There are 60 new Mississippi school superintendents, including 8 districts with interim leaders.

Like the domestic rigs, the Titan Crew Cab is powered by a thirsty V8 engine. While not the most powerful crew cab pickup on the market or bestowed with the best tow-rating, the Titan drinks fuel as if it were.

Penn Road, which runs behind the Canton Country Club, was closed by the city last year after a giant pothole made it dangerous.

The scuttlebutt around Canton is that the highly anticipated Walmart Supercenter announced last April is a no-go. The large plot of land that sits on Feather Lane facing Interstate 55 is still waiting for contractors to break ground.

The old Supreme Court Chamber at the Capitol is filled nearly to capacity as state lawmakers host a public hearing on the issue of charter schools on Thursday.

As a resident of Madison since annexation took in his Robinson Springs Road home in 2008, Carpenter pays city taxes, which are used in part for the fire department.

In the wake of recent developments, University of Southern Mississippi film majors may soon find themselves in demand.

Canton, Your new career: Building a global logistics network Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is currently seeking a talented Sr.

After an all-night stand-off with police turned into a search for a Madison County man, he turned himself in not to authorities, but to WLBT's Bert Case.

CANTON, Miss. -- A Mississippi man accused of pointing a gun at a neighbor was arrested during a television interview that began when he walked up to a TV crew photographing his house, which deputies had surrounded and then searched earlier.

The search continues for a Madison County man considered armed and dangerous who apparently eluded authorities early this morning after an hours-long standoff.

CANTON, Miss. -- A Madison man has been sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter in a 2011 shooting death at a Canton apartment complex.

Guest speaker Dan Jones , chancellor of the University of Mississippi, receives the key to the city from Canton Mayor William Truly Jr.on Monday during Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.