Category Archives: WJTV
Tracking the Tropics: 2 disturbances being monitored for development
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The tropics have been relatively quiet since Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida last month. But with just about a month left to go in hurricane season, we are seeing some activi...
Oct 26, 2022
Canton woman pleads guilty to mail theft
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca announced a Canton woman pled guilty to the federal crime of embezzling mail. Sherice E. Davis, 34, pled guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Cour...
Oct 26, 2022
Two men arrested after high-speed chase ends in Brookhaven
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A high-speed chase ends with the arrests of two men in Brookhaven. The Vicksburg Post reported the chase, which reached a top speed of 156 mph, happened on Interstate 55 on ...
Oct 26, 2022
Man convicted of attacking father-in-law with baseball bat in Madison County
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was convicted by a Madison County jury of aggravated assault for hitting his father-in-law in the head with a baseball bat. Madison County deputies responded to a ...
Oct 26, 2022
1 killed, 1 injured in Leflore County shooting
LEFLORE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Leflore County. The Greenwood Commonwealth reported the shooting happened on U.S. 49 between Sidon and Cru...
Oct 26, 2022
1 killed, 1 injured in Natchez shooting
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Natchez police are investigating after one person was killed and another was injured during a shooting on Tuesday, October 25. The shooting happened at the intersection of Col....
Oct 26, 2022
1 dead, 6 injured in crash involving school bus
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- The Baton Rouge Police Department was called to the scene of a crash involving a school bus on Wednesday morning around 6:35 a.m. The two-vehicle crash happened on Florid...
Oct 26, 2022
Alabama armed robbery suspect arrested in Pearl
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - An armed robbery suspect wanted in Columbiana, Alabama, was arrested at a Pearl hotel on Tuesday, October 25. Pearl police arrested Douglas York at the Econolodge. According to p...
Oct 26, 2022
Record fish caught in Mississippi
Anglers the world over gather regularly for fishing derbies to see who can land the biggest catch. But record-breaking fish can be caught at anytime, weighed on an International Game Fish Association-...
Oct 26, 2022
Former jailhouse lover testifies in Taylor Parker trial
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) - In an emotional outburst on the stand Monday, a former jailhouse lover angrily addressed Taylor Parker as she testified about the lies Parker told her surroundin...
Oct 26, 2022