Category Archives: WJTV
Two 18-wheelers crash, chemical spilled in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Two 18-wheelers crashed in separate circumstances, causing a chemical spill in Jones County. Crews responded to the first crash on Interstate 59 northbound at mile marker ...
May 26, 2022
Mississippi men charged in multi-state Lowe's theft case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two Mississippi men and a Tennessee woman face theft charges in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Their arrests were made in connection to "large scale" thefts from Lowe's stores in b...
May 26, 2022
Car show to be held at Outlets of Mississippi
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The Outlets of Mississippi will host their annual "CorVettes for Vets" Car, Truck & Bike Show on Saturday, May 28. The event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The ...
May 26, 2022
State Auditor issues civil demand on former DHS deputy director
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, May 26, State Auditor Shad White announced his office served a civil demand for $3,648,557.60 on former Deputy Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Serv...
May 26, 2022
Man sentenced to 190 years for Shreveport crime spree
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - A Farmerville man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 200 years in prison for a crime spree committed in Shreveport in August 2020. Taniel Cole was found guilty of attempte...
May 26, 2022
Florida doctor allegedly tried to buy sex slave with bitcoin: FBI
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The FBI has arrested a Florida doctor after an Ohio woman sent in a tip alleging that he tried to buy underage girls as sex slaves. Alan Li, 26, faces charges of attempted sex ...
May 26, 2022
Agents locate 70 missing minors, some were abused
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) - Seventy minors, many lured from their homes by online acquaintances and some subjected to sexual exploitation, are now safe thanks to the work of West Texas law enforc...
May 26, 2022
'Warrior' teacher Eva Mireles killed in Texas school shooting
(NewsNation) - Eva Mireles, 44, was a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary School who lost her life during the mass shooting. Mireles had been an educator for 17 years and co-taught with fellow fou...
May 26, 2022
Umbrella cyclone: Waterspout makes landfall on 30A beach
GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) -- A waterspout took over beach set-ups Tuesday in Northwest Florida. Beachgoers at Grayton Beach off County Highway 30A in Walton County saw the massive tunnel of water pic...
May 26, 2022
Jackson's religious community speaks out after Texas school shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Members of Jackson's spiritual community are calling for people to come together after a school shooting in Texas on Tuesday, May 24. Bishop Brian Seage of the Episcopal Dioces...
May 25, 2022