Category Archives: WJTV
Two arrested after Gluckstadt police chase, shooting
UPDATE: GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials identified the two people arrested in connection to the incident. Officials with the Gluckstadt Police Department (GPD) said Javontea D. Warren, 26, was ch...
Mar 10, 2023
Man shot after fight at Vicksburg apartment
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was shot after a fight broke out at a Vicksburg apartment on Thursday, March 9. Officials with the Vicksburg Police Department (VPD) said the shooting happened around 9...
Mar 10, 2023
Natchez's first female police chief takes charge
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Natchez begins Women's History Month by making history of its own by naming the city's first female police chief. Cal Green is now the city's top cop, who has a cle...
Mar 09, 2023
Gulfport man sentenced for hate crime after burning cross
GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, a Mississippi man was sentenced for burning a cross in his front yard with the intent to intimidate a Black family. Prosecutors said Axel Cox, 24, was sentenced b...
Mar 09, 2023
Missing Arkansas teen found dead in Mississippi forest
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) --- An 18-year-old reported missing from Arkansas was found dead in a national forest in Mississippi on Wednesday. Police said Fredarrious Wilson was last seen in West Memphis on...
Mar 09, 2023
MSDH announces new rules for newborn syphilis cases
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Doctors say the rise in congenital syphilis cases in newborns has become a crisis in Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has new rules and regulation...
Mar 09, 2023
Jackson bills face debate at Mississippi State Capitol
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two bills are still alive this legislative session that would expand the jurisdiction of Capitol police throughout the City of Jackson. While the House and Senate have passed d...
Mar 09, 2023
Rankin County neighbors concerned after shots fired at vehicle
UPDATE: RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies said one suspect was arrested in connection to the Wednesday, March 8 shooting in the Fox Bay area. Investigators said Perry K. Davis, Jr.,...
Mar 09, 2023
Man convicted of 2019 homicide on Wacaster Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was conviction in connection to a 2019 homicide that happened on Wacaster Street in Jackson. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said Devon Odom was convicting of f...
Mar 09, 2023
Hinds County Judge Larita Cooper-Stokes hospitalized
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Judge LaRita Cooper-Stokes was rushed to a hospital on Thursday, March 9. She is the wife of Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3. A spokesperson for the...
Mar 09, 2023