Category Archives: WJTV
Louisiana man sentenced for 2022 death of Canton man
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Louisiana man pled guilty to second degree murder in connection to the shooting death of a Canton man. District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Querjajuan Butle...
Apr 27, 2023
Hot food waivers approved for 13 Mississippi counties
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved a waiver allowing residents in select Mississippi counties to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to pur...
Apr 27, 2023
Former MDOC official pleads guilty to using excessive force
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A former case manager with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) pled guilty on Wednesday for using excessive force against an inmate, involving the use of a dangero...
Apr 27, 2023
Former Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler indicted on two federal charges
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A current candidate for Hinds County sheriff has been charged with soliciting bribes and providing ammunition to a convicted felon. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca announced a ...
Apr 27, 2023
Jackson lobbyist pleads guilty in timber fraud scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson lobbyist pled guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud investors in a timber deed investment scheme. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca said Ted Brent Alexander, 57,...
Apr 27, 2023
Two arrested in Louisiana in connection to Mississippi kidnapping
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss (WJTV) - Louisiana police helped arrest a Mississippi man accused of kidnapping a one-year-old child on Tuesday, April 25. The Natchez Democrat reported Vidalia police received a ...
Apr 27, 2023
Mississippi prepares to mark 2023 Hurricane Preparedness Week
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) declared April 30 through May 6, 2023, as Hurricane Preparedness Week for the State of Mississippi. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (ME...
Apr 27, 2023
Raising Canes raising average hourly wage to $19.50
LOUISIANA (KLFY) -- Fast-food chain Raising Cane's is raising its average minimum hourly wage to more than $19, company co-CEO and COO AJ Kumaran told Yahoo Finance last week. It's part of a more than...
Apr 27, 2023
Woman at center of Till killing has died
The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died. Megan LeBoeuf, chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner's office, confirmed Donham's death. The 88-ye...
Apr 27, 2023
New details emerge as bar owner faces kidnapping, sexual battery charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- New information is emerging as the owner of a popular bar is Oxford, Mississippi faces kidnapping and sexual battery charges. Rooster's Blues House on the Square in Oxford had not y...
Apr 27, 2023