The Latest Breaking News from Jackson

Football is a way of life in Jackson, Mississippi. So are boil water notices. The latest water crisis has not stopped fans from filling the stands to support a local college team.

Like Hurricane Katrina and Flint, Michigan, systemic racism fueled Jackson’s water crisis

The water crisis unfolding in Jackson, Mississippi, was decades in the making: the culmination of crumbling infrastructure, systemic racism and more extreme weather. It’s also a stark warning of trouble to come as climate change piles new stress onto the essential services Americans rely on every day.

Years of neglect, racism and poor infrastructure have created a "constant state of emergency"

Fox News anchor blamed a flood and a faulty water-treatment facility on the mayor’s progressive politics

For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis

Jackson, Mississippi, lost access to safe running water after flooding – but it’s the capstone to years of problems with race a possible factor

The water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city has become so dire that residents are being told to shower with cold water — and to keep their mouths shut while they do it.

Officials in Mississippi's capital city say water pressure is improving but the city remains under a boil-water notice for safety