Category Archives: WJTV
5 arrested, 1 wanted for drive-by shooting in Adams County
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies arrested five people in connection to a drive-by shooting. Investigators said the incident happened on Red Bud Lane on Saturday, April 16, 2022. They...
Apr 20, 2022
Mississippi man gets house arrest for pointing laser at Memphis planes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Mississippi man has been sentenced to house arrest and probation for pointing a green laser at FedEx airplanes flying into Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, federal p...
Apr 20, 2022
Columbia man arrested in connection to death of wife
COLUMBIA, Miss. (WHLT) - A Columbia man was arrested in connection to the death of his wife. Columbia police said they arrested Ellis John Peavy, 36, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. Former pro...
Apr 20, 2022
4-week-old dies after father put alcohol in baby bottle, according to deputies
TAMPA (WFLA) - A Georgia couple accused of giving their 4-week-old alcohol in a baby bottle have been charged with murder. Detectives arrested 25-year-old Marquis Colvin and 24-year-old Sydnei Dunn, t...
Apr 20, 2022
Florida sheriff's daughter arrested on meth trafficking charges
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) - Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith's daughter was arrested on Monday afternoon on meth trafficking charges. "You think I like seeing my child in an orange jumpsuit in a ...
Apr 20, 2022
Mississippi officers cleared in shooting deaths of man, baby
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi grand jury has found no criminal fault by law enforcement officers in the shooting deaths of a Black man and his baby after a low-speed highway chase nearl...
Apr 20, 2022
Councilman Vernon Hartley hosts town hall
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Ward 5 Councilman Vernon Hartley invited local experts to the town hall to provide necessary information to answer questions his constituents had about community improvements. ...
Apr 19, 2022
Vicksburg mayor considers emergency order in wake of violence
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said he's considering a civil emergency after a string of violence in the city. The mayor said the most recent incidents have happened at Ja...
Apr 19, 2022
Feds will appeal mask ruling only if mandate still needed
(AP) - The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not appeal a federal district judge's ruling that ended the nation's federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control an...
Apr 19, 2022
Teen arrested for allegedly shooting 71-year-old woman in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police announced they arrested a 16-year-old girl who was accused of shooting a 71-year-old woman. Reward offered for information in death of Robert Williams The shooti...
Apr 19, 2022