Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi will decriminalize materials that allow people to test illegal drugs to detect if they are spiked with fentanyl, a highly powerful synthetic opioid painkiller. Republ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Several Back Yard Burgers locations in the Jackson-area have closed. Officials said the State Street location closed last week as part of a company restructuring. The locations...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Rankin County Chancery Court ruled that the Rankin County Sheriff's Office violated the Mississippi Public Records Act. According to the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ),...

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said the body of a missing Louisiana man was found in the Mississippi River. According to Patten, the body of Donny Mitchell was found around...

ATTALA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The son of the Attala County woman who drowned in Louisiana this weekend has been released from the hospital. According to Breezy News, the nine-year-old boy was rescued&...

LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) - One Jones County educator is shattering the glass ceiling for women of color. Dr. Toy Watts is the first Black woman to become superintendent of the Laurel School District. "It ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) - Kyle Chrisley, the son of former reality TV star Todd Chrisley, was arrested in Tennessee Tuesday following an alleged workplace altercation. Smyrna police say Chrisley, an empl...

JACKSON, Miss (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships. Defying calls fr...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Thomas Hudson has resigned as the president of Jackson State University (JSU). Leaders with the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) announced ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg city officials hope that new state-of-the art security cameras will help combat crime. The city is partnering with a New Orleans nonprofit, Project NOLA, to place 6...