Category Archives: WJTV

Shoplifting suspect leads Pearl police on chase into Jackson
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl police announced a man and a woman were arrested after a chase into Jackson. Pearl Police Chief Nick McLendon said officers attempted to stop a driver after receiving a rep...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 13, 2025

JXN Water rate increase faces opposition from city leaders
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with JXN Water and the City of Jackson returned to federal court on November 13, 2025, for a hearing on a 12% water rate increase. Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Hen...
Brandon Raines Nov 13, 2025

85% of Mississippi third graders pass reading assessment
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced 85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest for the 2024-25 sch...
Tommy West Nov 13, 2025

Full SNAP benefits to be restored by Monday: Agriculture secretary
SNAP recipients will soon receive their benefits, if they haven't already.
Ashleigh Fields Nov 13, 2025

Mississippi man gets 80 years for child pornography
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A 43-year-old man was sentenced for possessing child pornography in Madison County. Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney John K. "Bubba" Bramlett announced tha...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 13, 2025

McComb man found shot to death inside vehicle
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was killed during a shooting in McComb. The shooting occurred on Wall Street near Quitman Street on November 12, 2025. According to the Pike County coroner, the victim, 36...
Tommy West Nov 13, 2025

Uncle, nephew killed in Warren County crash
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two people were killed during a two-vehicle crash in Warren County. The crash occurred in the 6000 block of Fisher Ferry Road near Hometown Road just before 8:45 p.m. on ...
Tommy West Nov 13, 2025

Man sentenced for trying to kill wife in Madison County
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man pled guilty for trying to kill his wife in Madison County, according to prosecutors. Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney John K. "Bubba" Bramlett announ...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 13, 2025

Jefferson Davis County woman arrested for SNAP fraud
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A Jefferson Davis County woman was arrested for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud. According to the Division of the Mississippi Department o...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 13, 2025

Men 'dressed as women' in custody after robbery, chase into MS: MPD
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Three men are in custody after an armed robbery in which two men "dressed as women" led police on a chase from Whitehaven to Mississippi on Tuesday night, police say. Tevin Gathings,...
Vivian Nguyen Nov 13, 2025
