Category Archives: WJTV

Mississippi Lottery transfer exceeds $80 million for fiscal year
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With the Mississippi Lottery's February transfer of $9,683,605.23, the total fiscal year-to-date transfer to the state reached $84,166,653.80. The first $80 million in ne...
Biancca Ball Mar 09, 2023

Mississippi murder suspects arrested in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) -- Two suspects in a recent homicide in Pascagoula were arrested on I-10 in Mobile Thursday morning, according to the Mobile County Sheriff's Office. The MCSO and U.S. Border Patro...
Tom Ingram Mar 09, 2023

Mississippi Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling on Jackson garbage contract case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a ruling of a lower court that sided with the Jackson City Council in the garbage contract case. According to the ruling by the Supreme Cou...
Kaitlin Howell Mar 09, 2023

Second teen charged after Hattiesburg mall shooting
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A second suspect has been charged in connection to a shooting that happened at Turtle Creek Mall in Hattiesburg on Saturday, March 4. Hattiesburg police responded to a repo...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 09, 2023

Construction worker suffers fatal fall at Rankin County school
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A construction worker died after falling at a Rankin County school. Pedestrian fatally hit by train in Hattiesburg The Rankin County coroner said the incident happened at...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 09, 2023

Vicksburg man indicted on rape, kidnapping charges
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A Vicksburg man was indicted on felony charges of kidnapping, rape and armed robbery. Ridgeland man sentenced for making threats against CDC director Vicksburg Daily News rep...
Malaysia McCoy Mar 09, 2023

Vicksburg holds meeting to address youth crime
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Vicksburg formed the Youth Violence Prevention Committee to help combat juvenile violence. The committee held a meeting with interested community members on Wedne...
Morgan Gill Mar 09, 2023

Officials discuss litigation after fatal Brookhaven apartment fire
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials are considering litigation after a fatal fire at a Brookhaven apartment complex. The fire happened just after 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 26 on East Chippewa St...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 09, 2023

Pedestrian fatally hit by train in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a train in Hattiesburg on Thursday, March 9. Arson suspected in Jones County playground fire Officials with the Hattiesburg Polic...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 09, 2023

Lafayette man doing yard work hears cries for help; thwarts suicide attempt
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man may have hung himself to death days ago had it not been for a neighbor who heard screams for help coming from inside a home. Kirsten Guidry, the victim's mother, ...
Dionne Johnson, Editor Mar 08, 2023
