Category Archives: WJTV
12-year-old bicyclist hit, killed on U.S. 49 in Simpson County
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating a crash that killed a 12-year-old bicyclist. The incident happened on U.S. 49 in Simpson County on Tuesday, April 5...
Apr 06, 2022
MBI investigates officer-involved shooting outside Madison restaurant
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened in Madison. The incident happened just before 9:30 p.m. o...
Apr 06, 2022
US to send $100M in additional military aid to Ukraine
(The Hill) - The U.S. is sending up to $100 million in additional military aid to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the country continues. The State Department and Pentagon announced the military fundin...
Apr 06, 2022
Death of 18-year-old Naomi Irion ruled a homicide, cause of death released
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A Nevada coroner's office has determined the cause of death for Naomi Irion to be gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Irion's body was found in a remote gravesite in Churchill Co...
Apr 06, 2022
NASCAR driver Hailie Deegan skips race after boyfriend receives death threat
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) - NASCAR driver Hailie Deegan skipped last week's Freedom 500 at Bradenton's Freedom Factory in Florida, saying on Instagram that she had to "deal with something on the persona...
Apr 06, 2022
Salvation Army to distribute 1,000 food boxes to Holmes residents
GOODMAN, Miss. (WJTV)-The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Department and volunteers from Holmes Community College will distribute 1,000 food boxes to the residents of Holmes County impacted...
Apr 06, 2022
Missing couple found; uncle dead, aunt alive, nephew says
ESMERALDA COUNTY, Nev. (KLAS) -- The nephew of the missing couple who were driving through Nevada says they have been found shortly after their RV was found empty earlier Tuesday. Ronnie and Beverly B...
Apr 06, 2022
Mississippi doctor convicted of hospice health care fraud
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A federal jury has convicted a Mississippi doctor of referring and certifying patients to hospice care who were not terminally ill and didn't know what sort of treatment they ...
Apr 06, 2022
Jackson neighbors frustrated as garbage pickup is a no-show
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In the midst of the garbage collection contract fight in Jackson, one neighborhood still hasn't had a trash day since the expiration of the contract with Waste Management. The ...
Apr 05, 2022
'If something happens to me, I love you': Trucker drives through possible tornado in Collins
COLLINS, Miss. (WHLT) - A truck driver in Collins drove through a possible tornado on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. In the video, Tillman B. Rodabough IV could be heard saying, "I am in a tornado. I just wa...
Apr 05, 2022