Category Archives: WJTV
19-year-old, 3 other teens face capital murder charge
WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) - A 19-year-old man and three teenagers each face a capital murder charge in the mid-March death of a Mississippi man, authorities said. The Clay County Sheriff's Office on Tues...
May 05, 2022
‘No-Show Palazzo’: Congressman, still under investigation, absent from campaign trail
OCEAN SPRINGS - Just a few hours before a congressional candidate's forum was slated to begin on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo's staff called event organizers and said he couldn't make it bec...
May 05, 2022
How gas prices have changed in Mississippi in the last week
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.19-up seven cents this week compared to last.Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Mississippi using data from AAA. Gas prices ...
May 05, 2022
Person tries to rob Murrah High School student
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Public School (JPS) Campus Enforcement are investigating after someone attempted to rob a Murrah High School student. Body found on University Boulevard in Jackson ...
May 05, 2022
Man dies after being hit by car on Highway 49
UPDATE: HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Forrest County Coroner Lisa Klem identified the man as Chris Hornsby, 59, of Hattiesburg. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A pedestrian died after being hit by a car in ...
May 05, 2022
10M bond set for New Iberia man accused of shooting infant in head, mom in eye
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) -- The man accused of shooting and wounding seven people including a baby girl and her mother in New Iberia, was ordered held in the Iberia Parish jail on a $10 million bond. Am...
May 05, 2022
Relationships between staff and prisoners is 'classic': ex-inmate
(NewsNation) - As a nationwide manhunt stretches on, investigators confirmed to NewsNation that an escaped Alabama inmate and his corrections officer shared a "special relationship." Relatio...
May 05, 2022
Deputy patrolling Florida beach drives over woman lying in sand
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) - A deputy assigned to patrol a Florida beach ran over a beachgoer on Wednesday afternoon, according to the local sheriff's office. The deputy-involved accident took place ...
May 05, 2022
Body found on University Boulevard in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a body was found on University Boulevard early Thursday morning. Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn said the male victim had been shot multi...
May 05, 2022
MHP traffic stop leads to drug bust in Pike County
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A suspect was arrested after drugs were found during a traffic stop in Pike County. A Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) trooper stopped a white 2004 Kia Sonoma for a traffic ...
May 04, 2022