Category Archives: WJTV
Tyre Nichols video: When will Memphis police release body cam footage?
VIDEO: Tyre Nichols videos show what happened in fatal Memphis traffic stop beating MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The city of Memphis, and the country, is awaiting release of video showing the traffic stop that re...
Jan 27, 2023
Federal sentencing delayed in Mississippi welfare fraud case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge signed an order Friday to indefinitely delay sentencing of a former Mississippi welfare director in a case about misspending money that was intended to ...
Jan 27, 2023
Four arrested, 1 wanted for stealing dirt bikes, gun in Byram
BYRAM, Miss. (WJTV) - Byram police arrested four suspects and are searching for a fifth in connection to a business burglary investigation. Police said they responded AAA Powersports on Interstate 55 ...
Jan 27, 2023
Hazmat incident forces Madison County schools, businesses to evacuate
UPDATE: GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (WJTV) - The hazmat incident has been cleared, according to MDOT. GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (WJTV) - A hazmat incident has blocked all lanes of Gluckstadt Road near Interstate 55 in ...
Jan 27, 2023
Hinds County deputies seize 240lbs of marijuana, 4 arrested
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said deputies made a huge drug bust Thursday evening. Deputies executed a search warrant on a property on Manhattan Road in Jackson based ...
Jan 27, 2023
Mississippi Match 5 jackpot climbs to $605,000
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Match 5 jackpot for Saturday's drawing climbed to $605,000 after no one won the jackpot during Thursday's drawing. To win the second-largest Match 5 jackpot to ...
Jan 27, 2023
8 suspects wanted out of Mississippi, arrested in Gonzales
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. GONZALES, La. (BRPROUD) - Eight people accused of crimes out of Mississippi were arrested Thursday night in Gonzales, La. According t...
Jan 27, 2023
Tyre Nichols' family before video release: 'We want peace'
VIDEO: Tyre Nichols videos show what happened in fatal Memphis traffic stop beating Video of the traffic stop that preceded Nichols' death will be publicly released after 6 p.m. (CT). MEMPHIS, Tenn. -...
Jan 27, 2023
DEA raids Biloxi councilman's home, businesses
BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and other law enforcement officers raided the home and businesses of a Biloxi city councilman. The Sun Herald reported the home and ...
Jan 27, 2023
Baton Rouge man gets 25 years for stealing RV in Pearl
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, man was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing an RV from a storage facility in Pearl. Christopher William Oldenburg (Courtesy: D...
Jan 27, 2023