Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi receives $250K in Ford Motor Company settlement
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Wednesday, May 18, Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced a 41-state settlement with Ford Motor Company. According to several claims, Ford falsely advertised the re...
May 18, 2022
Jones County kidnapping suspect arrested in Perry County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A man was arrested in connection to the kidnapping and beating of another man in Jones County. Investigators said a multi-agency raid on Tuesday, May 17 led to the arrest ...
May 18, 2022
District attorney warns of jury duty scam
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett warned neighbors about a recent telephone scam. According to Bramlett, scammers call to inform the victims ...
May 18, 2022
New date set for Pepsi Pops at Old Trace Park
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra announced Pepsi Pops has a new date. The event will now be held on Friday, May 27 at Old Trace Park in Ridgeland. CelticFest o...
May 18, 2022
Mississippi governor announces new hires for Department of Public Safety
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell announced new hires for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety's leadership team. These incl...
May 18, 2022
'There's literally blood everywhere': Virginia students find school halls covered in blood
WARNING: Graphic photos below. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Students at Richmond Community High School walked into bloody hallways Monday morning. Pictures shared with WRIC show blood splattered around the...
May 18, 2022
Louisiana mother wants justice for daughters pistol whipped, beaten with baseball bat
RAYNE, La. (KLFY) -- A Rayne mother is speaking out and wants justice for her daughters who she says were beaten with a baseball bat, and says it didn't end there. One was also pistol whipped. "It's e...
May 18, 2022
12th Annual Fallen Officers Memorial held in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In honor of National Police Week, the commemoration continues across Mississippi remembering the fallen men and women in blue. Police departments throughout the state, public o...
May 17, 2022
Juvenile escapes from Henley-Young Youth Detention Center
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County deputies are searching for a juvenile escapee from the Henley-Young Youth Detention Center on McDowell Road. Sheriff Tyree Jones said the escapee is Rondarius...
May 17, 2022
'I don't know why I wasn't scared. I'm just brave': 8-year-old girl hid in a cooler during Buffalo shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Calling 8-year-old Londin Thomas brave is an understatement. She was inside the Jefferson Avenue Tops grocery store with her parents Saturday during a deadly mass shooting. Thro...
May 17, 2022