Category Archives: WJTV
Hinds County supervisors discuss solutions for detention center
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Hinds County Board of Supervisors held a meeting on Monday and returned to the issue of the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond. During the board meeting, Hinds C...
Jun 05, 2023
Five injured in shooting near Jackson bar
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Five people were hurt during a shooting near a Jackson bar. Bailey Martin, the press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said the shooting happened...
Jun 05, 2023
Two killed in Tupelo plane crash identified
TUPELO, Miss.. (WJTV) - The two people, who were killed in a plane crash near the Tupelo airport, have been identified. St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo identified the two men as Dr. Charles "Chaz"...
Jun 05, 2023
Michael Oher makes 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
OXFORD, Miss (WJTV) - Former Ole Miss offensive lineman Michael Oher is among 78 former players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision included on the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame b...
Jun 05, 2023
Escaped inmate talks with KLFY before getting captured
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Jody Thomas Thrasher, 47, who was on the run since Sunday after escaping from Evangeline Parish Jail, called News 10 and asked for help as he claimed he was injured and wanted...
Jun 05, 2023
Jackson councilman says man was shot by neighbor
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man was left with a gunshot wound and an expensive medical bill after he was hit by a bullet. Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 6, said 69-year-old Jack Jo...
Jun 05, 2023
Jackson police arrest teen for death of three-month-old
Editor's note: Jackson police released additional information about the arrest. The following story has been updated. JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a 17-year-old in connection to the...
Jun 05, 2023
Child injured after shots fired into Jackson apartment
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A child was injured during an early morning shooting in West Jackson. The shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 4 at the Windsor Park Apartments on Clinton Bouleva...
Jun 04, 2023
Jones County driver injured after crash on Highway 184
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A driver was injured and had to be extracted from a vehicle after a pickup truck crashed in Jones County. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 4 on Highway ...
Jun 04, 2023
Counties with the most farmland in Mississippi
Farmland across the U.S. is disappearing by the millions of acres each decade by some estimates as sprawling urban development driven by rising housing costs pushes further into rural pastures. The fa...
Jun 04, 2023