Category Archives: WJTV
Man injured after shot fired into Vicksburg home
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police are investigating after a man was injured when shots were fired into a home. The incident happened early Wednesday morning at a home in the 100 block of Mead...
Jun 29, 2022
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955...
Jun 29, 2022
2 Monroe County inmates accused of planning assault on authorities
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two inmates housed in the Monroe County Jail attempted to carry out a planned assault on deputies and corrections officers, according to Sheriff Kevin Crook. Joshua Mille...
Jun 29, 2022
‘It doesn’t look good’: At 3-year mark, more questions than answers in Mississippi welfare fraud scandal
Former Gov. Phil Bryant's own words about his role in the state's welfare fraud scandal are a great understatement. And now at the three-year mark since investigators began nibbling at the edges of wh...
Jun 29, 2022
Tracking the Tropics: 3 systems in Atlantic basin pose no threat to US
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- As the first month of hurricane season comes to an end, we're starting to see a slight uptick in tropical activity with three systems currently being monitored in the Atlantic ba...
Jun 29, 2022
1 arrested, 1 wanted for deadly drive-by shooting on Lakewood Drive
JACKSON Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man and are searching for a second suspect in connection to a deadly drive-by shooting. The shooting happened on Lakewood Drive on Tuesday, June 28. De...
Jun 29, 2022
Two injured in crash on I-59 in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - An adult and a child were injured in a singe-vehicle accident on Tuesday, June 28. The accident happened on Interstate 59 southbound at the 84 mile marker south of Ellisvi...
Jun 29, 2022
Ole Miss celebrates College World Series championship in Oxford
OMAHA, Neb. (WJTV) - The last team to get into the NCAA baseball tournament was the last team standing. Ole Miss scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their firs...
Jun 29, 2022
State trooper arrested for domestic violence in Kosciusko
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) trooper was arrested on domestic violence charges in Kosciusko. Kosciusko Police Chief R.J. Adams said Trooper Jeff Watson, 36, was arreste...
Jun 29, 2022
Mobile man, woman arrested after Hattiesburg police seize stolen weapons
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg police arrested a man and a woman on multiple felony charges on Tuesday, June 28. Authorities served a search warrant at Pineview Apartments on Country Club Roa...
Jun 29, 2022