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Christopher Fields

Reporter · US

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Christopher Fields

    Ole Miss students grapple with loss after two classmates die in separate incidents (opens the original)

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    OXFORD, Miss. (WLBT) - Ole Miss students are trying to figure out how to move forward a day after learning that two of their classmates died in separate incidents. Students described feeling shock and sadness over the deaths, with some sitting in disbelief and others talking about what happened. “It was a shock because the school is really just starting and to have a loss already is just truly sad,” said Xzayviane Fort, an Ole Miss student. One of the students who died resided at Stewart Hall. “

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Christopher Fields

    Jackson police provide major update in death of Tasia Fortune (opens the original)

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    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney provided a major update on the death of Tasia Fortune. The city’s top cop said during a press conference on Friday that JPD secured two search warrants and an arrest warrant for a man identified as Jacques Ratliff. Brackney said they executed both search warrants. Ratliff was not at the location when officers arrived. He was later found walking on Capitol Street, where he was arrested and taken into custody. Thursday night, medical ex

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Christopher Fields

    Exhibit tells story of 9/11 through eyes of three Mississippians (opens the original)

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    GREENWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - A new exhibit at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta is telling the story of Sept. 11, 2001, through the experiences of three Mississippians who lived it firsthand. The exhibit, called “Mississippi Bears Witness,” features photos, artifacts and stories from three men who found themselves inside one of the defining moments in American history. Scott Barretta, who wrote the exhibit, said the attacks happened long enough ago that younger generations do not remember them. “

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Christopher Fields

    Southern Poverty Law Center launches database on jail deaths in Mississippi (opens the original)

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    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Southern Poverty Law Center released a new database Wednesday tracking deaths in Mississippi jails and prisons. Andrea Alajbegovic, senior staff attorney at SPLC, said the group is trying to compile as complete a data set as possible. Federal law requires jails and prisons to report in-custody deaths, according to SPLC. The organization said that information is often hard for the public and grieving families to find. “These are real people who got caught up in the cri

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Christopher Fields

    Dolly Parton’s Mississippi visit gave dying Rankin County girl her wish (opens the original)

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    MISSISSIPPI (WLBT) - Country music legend Dolly Parton died at her home in Tennessee at 80 years old. In Mississippi, one Rankin County family says Parton gave their daughter a lasting memory before she died of brain cancer in December 2023. Gabby Buford’s longtime dream was to meet Dolly Parton in person. Before Buford died, her wish was granted. Three years ago, on August 26, 2023, Parton performed at the Ellis Theatre in Philadelphia, Mississippi. When Buford and her family learned of the con

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