Category Archives: WJTV
USM Baseball Coach Scott Berry to retire at end of 2023 season
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Scott Berry, the all-time winningest coach in Southern Miss baseball history, announced that he will retire from coaching at the end of the 2023 season. Berry, 60, has guid...
May 16, 2023
Man sentenced for robbing Ridgeland hotel clerk
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man has been sentenced for robbing a Ridgeland hotel clerk in 2021. Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said 24-year-old Noah Bradford was sentence...
May 16, 2023
Child dies months after falling into Byram day care pool
BYRAM, Miss. (WJTV) - A child has died months after falling into a pool at a Byram day care. Byram Police Chief David Errington said the child died on April 28, 2023. The department was notified by th...
May 16, 2023
Nearly 2,000 organ pipes stolen from Memphis church
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Restoration work on a nearly 100-year-old pipe organ at a historic downtown Memphis church has stopped after someone stole 1,800 pipes that had been boxed up and were headed to...
May 16, 2023
Pearl police find missing 16-year-old girl
UPDATE: PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl police said Kaitlin Castenada has been found safe. PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl police are working to find a missing/runaway teenager. They said 16-year-old Kaitlin ...
May 16, 2023
Canton School District investigates alleged testing irregularities
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Canton Public School District said an investigation is underway to determine if any alleged testing irregularities occurred at one of the district's schools. Su...
May 16, 2023
Warren County man arrested after chase ends in crash outside Jackson Wendy's
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Warren County man was arrested after a chase into the City of Jackson on Monday, May 15. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said a vehicle, which was reported stolen, wa...
May 15, 2023
Mississippi podiatrist gets 2-year sentence in health fraud scheme
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi podiatrist was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in defrauding Medicare and the military insurer Tricare by prescribing and dispensing med...
May 15, 2023
Jackson police arrest woman for Robinson Street homicide
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a woman in connection to a homicide. Captain Abraham Thompson said Silvia Aroche, 41, was arrested just before 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 14. 77-year-old...
May 15, 2023
4 dead, including suspect, after New Mexico shooting: police
FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) - At least four people are dead, including the suspect, and multiple others are injured after a shooting in northwestern New Mexico Monday, according to the Farmington Pol...
May 15, 2023