Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens announced investigators believe they have a confession from the person who killed Jaylen Burns. The shooting occurred at JSU on Octobe...

The Senate Elections Committee adopted a measure on Tuesday that would, at least partially, restore the system to allow Mississippians to bypass the Legislature and put issues to a statewide vote. The...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - While no ticket matched all six numbers to claim the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, two Mississippi Lottery players are celebrating wins totaling $150,000. One winning ticket ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A 19-year-old pled guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old in Jackson. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said Nikkifar Allen pled guilty to second-degree murder. ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police announced a woman was arrested for making a terroristic threat to Hillcrest Christian School. On February 4, 2026, police said Hillcrest Christian School receive...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An oxygen tank exploded during a house fire in Jackson Thursday morning. The fire occurred at a home in the 3400 block of Midlawn Street on February 5, 2026. Chief Fire Investi...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One of the brothers, who were not indicted in the mass shooting that followed the 2025 Hal's St. Paddy's Parade and Festival, was arrested again. According to the Hinds County ...

BYHALIA, Miss. -- A Byhalia city official entered an Alford plea Wednesday in a 2024 drug case. Byhalia Alderwoman Delainer Richmond pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime and manufacturing ma...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An Oxford, Mississippi mom says complete strangers came to her rescue after her 9-year-old daughter was burned in the face in a freak accident involving an extension cord. Jasmin Bla...

"We just want her home, and to find a way to get to the bottom of all of this, just like you do," the Pima County sheriff said.