Category Archives: WJTV
KKK costume sparks stabbing at Alabama Halloween party
SLOCOMB, Ala (WDHN)- One man was stabbed at a Halloween costume party in Slocomb over a racist costume, according to Geneva County Sheriff's Office Michael Harrison Barrett, 18, a senior at Slocomb Hi...
Nov 01, 2022
$2.5M available for Mississippi human trafficking victims
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the application period for the first distributions from the Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fu...
Nov 01, 2022
Hinds County Jail taken out of local control under appointed receiver
A former Baltimore jail warden and current criminal justice adjunct professor was appointed receiver of the Hinds County Detention Center, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves ruled Monday evening...
Nov 01, 2022
12 Starkville students, bus driver injured in crash
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - A bus driver was airlifted to the hospital, and 12 students were hospitalized after a school bus accident in Starkville. According to WCBI, the accident happened near Highwa...
Nov 01, 2022
How to submit your design for Mississippi's next car tag
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced that the Mississippi License Tag Commission is accepting design submissions for the state's next official car tag. Proposed...
Nov 01, 2022
Alabama burglary suspect arrested in Perry County on drug charges
PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Perry County deputies arrested a man on drug charges during a driver's license checkpoint on Sunday, October 30. Hattiesburg man arrested for firing shots into vehicle The...
Nov 01, 2022
Hattiesburg man arrested for firing shots into vehicle
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A Hattiesburg man was charged with aggravated assault after a vehicle was stuck by a bullet on Monday, October 31. Woman indicted for $39K SNAP fraud Hattiesburg police sai...
Nov 01, 2022
Applications open for 2022 Wild Hog Control program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) is now accepting a new round of applicati...
Nov 01, 2022
Ex-Broadmoor Baptist youth pastor accused of sex abuse
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - Broadmoor Baptist Church, located in Madison, announced allegations that a youth pastor in the 1980s groomed a 12-year-old girl. The Clarion Ledger reported an abusive sexual r...
Nov 01, 2022
Vicksburg teen killed in shooting at apartment complex
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A Vicksburg teenager was identified as the person who was shot and killed on Blossom Lane in Warren County on Sunday, October 30. Vicksburg Daily News reported the victim was...
Nov 01, 2022