Category Archives: WJTV

Warren County deputies, Vicksburg police arrest 3
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Warren County deputies and Vicksburg police worked to arrest three people with various charges. Man sentenced to life for murder of Courtney Anderson The Vicksburg Post r...
Rachel Hernandez May 14, 2022

Harassment stops pavement work at Yazoo City school
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pavement work at Yazoo City High School (YCHS) has been temporarily stopped after workers were reportedly harassed. The Yazoo Herald reported Delta Asphalt workers were begi...
Rachel Hernandez May 14, 2022

Reservoir police warn of alcohol on water on Memorial Day
BARNETT RESERVOIR, Miss. (WJTV) - Reservoir police are reminding boaters about alcohol safety ahead of Memorial Day. The Northside Sun reported there was one BUI and 29 DUIs at the Reservoir last year...
Rachel Hernandez May 14, 2022

T'Kia Bevily found not guilty of capital murder
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - T'Kia Bevily was found not guilty of capital murder on Friday, May 13. Bevily was accused of killing her stepdaughter in October 2017. Investigators said the cause o...
Rachel Hernandez May 13, 2022

Federal baby formula help website launched amid shortage
(NEXSTAR) -- On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched its Fact Sheet: Helping Families Find Formula During the Infant Formula Shortage, which provides resources for familie...
Russell Falcon, Nexstar Media Wire May 13, 2022

U.S. 51 in Lincoln County to close for bridge work
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced U.S. 51 in Lincoln County will be closed starting Monday, May 16. Both directions of U.S. 51 b...
Biancca Ball May 13, 2022

Texaco clerk accused of shooting Jackson customer
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a 40-year-old customer was shot multiple times at a Texaco gas station. The shooting happened Thursday night at the Texaco on Northside D...
Biancca Ball May 13, 2022

Man sentenced to life for murder of Courtney Anderson
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Courtney Anderson. Pearl mother charged with attempted murder of infant Vicksburg Daily News reported Vi...
Rachel Hernandez May 13, 2022

Pearl infant "unresponsive" after mother charged with attempted murder
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities in Rankin County will held a news conference about a mother who has been accused of trying to kill her nine-week-old daughter. Pearl Police Chief Dean Scott said the ...
Thao Ta May 13, 2022

Mississippi judge nominated for U.S. Sentencing Commission
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves was nominated for the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Judge Reeves is one of seven nominees that could serve on the bipartisan independent age...
Rachel Hernandez May 13, 2022
