Category Archives: WJTV
Michael Owens charged with 3 more counts of sexual battery
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Michael Owens is facing three additional charges of sexual battery on top of the previous charges of murder, arson and sexual battery of a minor against him. Owens' wife, ...
Mar 27, 2023
Man claims self-defense after two killed in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man accused of killing two people in Jackson claimed he did so in self-defense in court on Monday, March 27. Joshua Spann, 27, and Auden Jubilee Simpkins, 23, were shot and k...
Mar 27, 2023
MEMA confirms 21 deaths from Friday's tornadoes
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said the Sharkey County shelter will relocate to South Delta Middle School, located at 86 Middle Schoo...
Mar 27, 2023
6 killed at Nashville school, deceased shooter identified
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Three children, three adults, and the female suspect were killed in a shooting at a school in the Nashville neighborhood of Green Hills on Monday morning. Nexstar's WKRN rep...
Mar 27, 2023
Former Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman dies
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said former Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman passed away recently. "Chief Coleman was a dedicated law enforcement professional and administ...
Mar 27, 2023
Six arrested in separate Jackson murder cases
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested six people in connection to separate murder cases. Captain Abraham Thompson said Cashmere Long, 29, was arrested for accessory after the fact in connect...
Mar 27, 2023
Nonprofit delivers coolers to Mississippi tornado victims
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - A local nonprofit organization started taking donations just hours after deadly tornadoes hit the Mississippi Delta. Comeback Coolers was formed in 2016 when a group of Oc...
Mar 27, 2023
Clinton Sonic sustains damage from strong winds
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Strong winds and hail caused damage across parts of the Jackson-metro area on Sunday, March 26. In Clinton, the awning at at the Sonic on East Northside Drive was ripped away f...
Mar 27, 2023
Severe weather causes school closures on Monday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Sunday's severe weather has caused school closures for some metro students on Monday, March 27. Leaders with Jackson Public Schools (JPS) made the following changes for Monday ...
Mar 27, 2023
Tornado recovery tough in Mississippi, one of poorest states
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) - A massive tornado obliterated the modest one-story home that Kimberly Berry shared with her two daughters in the Mississippi Delta flatlands, leaving only the foundation and...
Mar 27, 2023