Category Archives: WJTV
Yazoo County judge wants bigger juvenile detention center
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Yazoo County Youth Court Judge wants to expand the capacity of the county's juvenile detention center. The Yazoo Herald reported Judge Betsy Cotton asked the Board of Su...
Feb 19, 2023
Arrests made in Mississippi agricultural crime cases
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Arrests have been made in connection to two unrelated agricultural theft cases in Mississippi. The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB), the law enforceme...
Feb 19, 2023
Where people in Jackson are looking to buy homes
The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a period of frantic, domestic migration that saw Americans moving farther away from established urban centers.The number of homes sold every month has slowed as intere...
Feb 19, 2023
One dead, 10 injured after overnight shootings in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - One person was killed and 10 more were injured in two shootings Memphis Police believe are related. Both shootings were in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven. At 12:43 a.m....
Feb 19, 2023
Former President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care
Former U.S. President and Plains, Georgia native Jimmy Carter has elected to go in to hospice care. The news comes following a statement from the Carter Center, saying quote, "After a series of short ...
Feb 18, 2023
Man recounts home assault amid 6 fatal Mississippi shootings
ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) - A gunman authorities say killed six people in Mississippi busted into his ex-wife's home and smashed her boyfriend in the head with the butt of a gun before shooting her in the...
Feb 18, 2023
Three tornadoes confirmed during Feb. 16 storms in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Jackson confirmed three tornadoes touched ground in Mississippi during the Thursday, February 16 storms. According to the NWS, the first t...
Feb 18, 2023
Exxon store clerk robbed at gunpoint in Natchez
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Natchez police are searching for the person who robbed an Exxon store at gunpoint on Saturday, February 17. The Natchez Democrat reported a man wearing a medical face mask ente...
Feb 18, 2023
Vicksburg teen arrested after armed robbery, shooting
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A second suspect was arrested in connection to a shooting that injured a man in Vicksburg on Tuesday, February 14. Charlie Brown, 27, was robbed and shot in his hip just afte...
Feb 18, 2023
Brandon woman pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Brandon woman pled guilty to theft of unemployment insurance benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca said Aubrey D. Martinez, 36, assisted ...
Feb 17, 2023