Category Archives: WJTV
NWS: Rolling Fork tornado deadliest in area in more than 52 years
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Jackson said the March 24 tornado that hit Rolling Fork and Silver City is the deadliest in the area in more than 50 yea...
Mar 31, 2023
Pike County grandfather arrested after death of infant
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies arrested a grandfather in connection to the death of a two-month-old. Deputies announced they arrested Kenneth Ray Grayson, 55, of Summit. He was charg...
Mar 31, 2023
Federal assistance extended to two Mississippi counties affected by storms
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) announced FEMA Individual Assistance has been extended to residents in Montgomery and Panola counties after the March 24 tornad...
Mar 31, 2023
Vicksburg man accused of hitting child with baseball bat
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested a man for allegedly hitting a child with a baseball bat. Police said Darrell Smith, 42, was arrested on Wednesday, March 29 and charged with felony ...
Mar 31, 2023
Vicksburg police arrest 2nd suspect in Martha Street shooting
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police announced a second suspect was arrested in connection to a shooting on Martha Street. Police arrested 18-year-old Deionrick Dwayne O'Neal. He was charged wit...
Mar 31, 2023
Twin loses brother, parents in Mississippi tornado
CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - After a deadly tornado passed through Carroll County, three family members were found dead. The county was left in pieces after the fatal storm roared through last Frida...
Mar 31, 2023
Madison Parish crash claims the life of 49-year-old Mississippi man
Tallula, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- On Friday, March 31, 2023, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Louisiana Highway 602 at Hodge Ro...
Mar 31, 2023
1 dead, 1 injured after small plane crashes near Oxford, Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an airplane crash near Oxford, Mississippi, that killed one and injured another. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff's ...
Mar 31, 2023
Person injured in Jackson officer-involved shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities said a person suffered minor injuries in an officer-involved shooting in Jackson on Friday, March 31. Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS) Spokesperson Bai...
Mar 31, 2023
Family-oriented Emmett Till exhibit opens in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 is a tragic event in Mississippi and America's history. This weekend, the traveling exhibit "Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mob...
Mar 31, 2023