Category Archives: WJTV
FEMA opens mobile application centers for Mississippi tornado victims
SHARKEY COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mobile Application Centers are now open to ...
Mar 30, 2023
Man convicted of robbing Ridgeland hotel clerk
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man was found guilty by a Madison County Circuit Court jury for robbing a hotel clerk in 2021. District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced Noah Bradford, 24, wa...
Mar 30, 2023
Trial for former Madison County engineer pushed back
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The federal trial against former Madison County Engineer Rudy Warnock has been pushed back to June 5, 2023. The Madison County Journal reported that Warnock was initiall...
Mar 30, 2023
Suspect charged in New Orleans comedian Boogie B's murder extradited back to Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - A man accused of gunning down New Orleans comedian Brandon "Boogie B" Montrell has been extradited back to Louisiana. On Wednesday, 20-year-old Jabril Cowart was booked into the O...
Mar 30, 2023
Celebrating Remarkable Women 2023 winner Mary Kitchens
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Out of 167 nominations, WJTV 12 News' Remarkable Women contest winner is Mary Kitchens. She's working nonstop to get Mississippi's first and only year-round handicap-accessible...
Mar 30, 2023
Son of Mama Hamil's owner killed in Yazoo County accident
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in Yazoo County. According to MHP, the incident happened just after 12:00 a.m. on Th...
Mar 30, 2023
7 shot, 2 dead outside Tennessee restaurant with ties to rapper Yo Gotti
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) -- Police say two people were killed and five others wounded in a shooting Wednesday night at a Tennessee restaurant with ties to rapper Yo Gotti. According to police reports, th...
Mar 30, 2023
Silver Alert issued for 74-year-old Jackson man
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 74-year-old Hosse Lumpkin, of Jackson. He is described as six feet one inch tall, weighs 200 pounds, wit...
Mar 30, 2023
Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, angering some Black Democrats who s...
Mar 30, 2023
9 soldiers dead after 2 Black Hawk helicopters crash on training mission in Kentucky
TRIGG COUNTY, Ky. (WKRN) - Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, Army officials said Thu...
Mar 30, 2023