(WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) announced the record for the largest black bear in the Black Bear Program’s history has been broken.

A retired combat soldier and Purple Heart recipient is credited with taking down “the largest (bear) ever harvested in ...

Fisheries and Parks is trapping and GPS-collaring black bears for research and the program leader recently caught and released a giant bear that is the biggest ever recorded in the state. "I knew he ...

The record for the largest black bear in the state’s history has been broken, according to MDWFP's Black Bear Program. A massive 510-pound black bear was collared earlier this week in Sharkey County. ...

His most notable performance came during Super Bowl XX. The Bears were able to win, 46-10, but Dent was awarded Super Bowl MVP, putting up three tackles. 1.5 sacks and forcing two fumbles. At the time ...

Deron Santiny, a Louisiana military veteran and Purple Heart recipient who grew up in Grand Isle and now lives in Lafayette, was on his first ever bear hunt last month ...