Category Archives: WJTV
Over the Edge 2022 raises more than $101K for children's hospital
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The sixth-annual Over the Edge with Friends with fundraiser raised $101,400 for Friends of Children's Hospital. The event was held on Saturday, April 23 at the District at East...
Apr 26, 2022
Moore Funeral Service destroyed by fire
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - The Moore Funeral Service building in Purvis was destroyed in a fire that happened on April 23, 2022. Jones County firefighters respond to mobile home fire Pine Belt News ...
Apr 26, 2022
Man arrested after deadly shooting at Canton apartment complex
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Canton police arrested a suspect after a deadly shooting on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The shooting happened at an apartment complex on South Canal Street just after 8:30 a.m. Pol...
Apr 26, 2022
Over 60 tons of ground beef recalled
(WKBN) -- Approximately 120,872 pounds of ground beef products have been recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's website, Lakeside Refrigerate...
Apr 26, 2022
Search for missing kids concludes Monday; no recovery
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -The search for the three children, who went missing in the Mississippi River Saturday evening, will pick back up Tuesday morning. Although the Coast Guard suspended their search Su...
Apr 26, 2022
'I want to see her prosecuted' Father speaks after toddler fatally shot self with gun left in motel room
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) After a toddler fatally shot himself inside a motel room on the Evangeline Thruway, the child's father says he wants justice for his son. Lafayette toddler dies from gunshot woun...
Apr 26, 2022
Family speaks out after body found in a Rankin County ditch
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The family of 22-year-old Keair Stowers, who was found dead Sunday, April 24, is speaking out. Family members said Stowers had autism and was loved by everyone around him...
Apr 25, 2022
Jackson man killed in crash on I-55 S. in Rankin County
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating a crash that killed a Jackson man. The crash happened after 6:30 p.m. on Interstate 55 South in Rankin County. Accor...
Apr 25, 2022
Man arrested after Fentanyl pills found during Rankin County traffic stop
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies arrested a man on Monday, April 25, after investigators said they found more than three pounds of pills that contained Fentanyl. A deputy made a tr...
Apr 25, 2022
Marion County deputies arrest 21 people, 7 at large in drug round-up
MARION COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Marion County deputies arrested 21 people during a "drug round-up" on Saturday, April 23. The following suspects were arrested and charged: Barbara Beal - (2) counts of S...
Apr 25, 2022