Category Archives: WJTV
Man found shot, killed in Brookhaven home
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was found shot and killed in a Brookhaven home on Tuesday, July 12. Now, police are asking anyone with information about the murder to come forward. Brookhaven Police ...
Jul 15, 2022
JSU awarded over $159k for engineering project
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The National Science Foundation awarded $159,865 to Jackson State University (JSU). The award was granted for the "Collab...
Jul 15, 2022
Vendors wanted for Cosplay for a Cause charity event
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV)- Cosplay for a Cause, a charity event for the Blair E. Batson Children's of Mississippi Hospital, is set to take place on Saturday, October 1. According to Vicksburg Daily News...
Jul 15, 2022
Backpack drive to be held for elementary students
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- Leaders with Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center (JHCHC) will host a back to school backpack drive on Saturday, July 30. Salvation Army to host 2022 Back to School Bash Th...
Jul 15, 2022
Richard's Disposal files $1.6M suit against Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Richard's Disposal filed a $1.6 million lawsuit against the City of Jackson on Wednesday, July 13. The suit states the garbage collection company is seeking payment for its ser...
Jul 15, 2022
Missing Endangered Child Alert canceled for Tupelo boy
UPDATE: 07/15/2022 2:30 a.m. TUPELO, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has canceled the Endangered/Missing Child Alert for Robert Holcomb Jr. MBI officials said Holcomb has ...
Jul 14, 2022
Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither identified him to the killers nor w...
Jul 14, 2022
Jackson attorney pleads guilty in timber fraud scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson attorney pled guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud investors in a timber deed investment scheme. Attorney Jon Darrell Seawright, 50, pled guilty before U.S. D...
Jul 14, 2022
Voting machine delivery under debate in Hinds County
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The delivery of voting machines is on the minds of the Hinds County election commissioners. The topic came up at Thursday's open board meeting. The Hinds County Election C...
Jul 14, 2022
Missing Ole Miss student's car sent to crime lab
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - Investigators announced that search warrants have been issued in the case of missing University of Mississippi (UM) student Jimmie "Jay" Lee. Lee was last seen leaving Campus Wa...
Jul 14, 2022