Category Archives: WJTV
Jackson families displaced due to apartment fire
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Several families have been displaced from their homes after an apartment fire in Jackson. Firefighters responded to The Village Apartments on Raymond Road in Jackson Tuesday af...
May 16, 2023
Silver Alert issued for 50-year-old Laurel man
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 50-year-old Francisco Oxiries Caraballo Morales, of Laurel. He is described as five feet eight inch...
May 16, 2023
$276,000 worth of cocaine stashed in water tank of passenger bus
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Border officers discovered more than a quarter-million dollars worth of cocaine in the water tank of a commercial Saturday in Eagle Pass, Texas. The bus arrived at th...
May 16, 2023
Mississippi doctor accused of fondling teen patients
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi doctor has been arrested and had his medical license suspended over allegations that he fondled teenage patients. Dr. Mehul Dixit, 59, was charged with two counts...
May 16, 2023
Natchez man sentenced for fatal DUI crash
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Natchez man was sentenced in connection to a fatal DUI crash. Charles Mason (Courtesy: Adams County Jail) Judge Carmen Drake sentenced Charles Mason to 25 years in the M...
May 16, 2023
Family members, lawmakers fought his release. Today the convicted killer of two walked free.
Double murderer James Williams III walked free Tuesday from a Mississippi prison, despite pleas from family members and dozens of lawmakers to keep him behind bars. The state Parole Board voted to rel...
May 16, 2023
Democrat pledges ethics package in his challenge of Mississippi GOP governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Democrat running for Mississippi governor said Tuesday that he will push legislators to enact an ethics package that includes limits on campaign donations, frequent disclosure ...
May 16, 2023
Fundraiser helps Natchez dog shot in leg
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A GoFundMe has been set up for a Natchez dog that was shot in the leg. The Natchez Democrat reported the dog was struck in the leg while out walking with its owner on...
May 16, 2023
Favre asks Mississippi Supreme Court to remove him from welfare lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to remove him as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of miss...
May 16, 2023
Suspect killed in Meridian officer-involved shooting
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WJTV) - A fatal officer-involved shooting happened in Meridian Tuesday morning. Bailey Martin, the press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said the shoo...
May 16, 2023