Category Archives: WJTV
JPD: Woman killed in attempted murder-suicide
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a woman was shot and killed. Officer Sam Brown said the shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Wabash Street and Ohio Street. Clinton fi...
May 21, 2023
Southern Miss hires next baseball coach
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Southern Miss has hired their next baseball coach. Christian Ostrander will be the 14th coach in USM history. Ostrander had been the pitching coach for the Golden Eagles fo...
May 21, 2023
Clinton firefighters respond to fire at Windsor Village
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Clinton firefighters responded to a fire at Windsor Village Sunday afternoon. Rankin County Judge Thomas Broome dies According to officials, the fire started shortly after lunc...
May 21, 2023
Rankin County Judge Thomas Broome dies
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County Court Judge Thomas Broome has died. He was 57. He passed away on Sunday, May 21 surrounded by his family after battling an illness for several weeks. He ser...
May 21, 2023
Man sentenced for access device fraud in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was sentenced in Mississippi for possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices with the intent to defraud. Henry Herrera Garcia, 31, of Cuba, was s...
May 21, 2023
Richland police help save life of one-year-old girl
RICHLAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Richland police helped save the life of a one-year-old girl who was choking. Police said they received a call on Saturday, May 20 about the girl choking on an unknown substanc...
May 21, 2023
Funeral held for Hinds County Judge LaRita Cooper-Stokes
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A celebration of life for the late LaRita Cooper-Stokes was held on Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. "I stand before you today with a heavy heart in tribute to a...
May 21, 2023
More than 12,400 McComb customers under boil water notice
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - The entire City of McComb has been placed under a boil water notice. According to city officials, the computer system that operates the water system malfunctioned. The notice af...
May 20, 2023
Body of missing Pearl River swimmer located
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - The body of a missing Pearl River swimmer has been located. Flowood police said the body was located on Saturday, May 20 near the Old Brandon Road river bridge. Trans girl miss...
May 20, 2023
Trans girl misses Mississippi graduation after being told to dress like boy
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not bl...
May 20, 2023