Category Archives: WJTV
Student debt to be erased for 40K borrowers, 3.6M brought closer to cancelation: Here's why
(NEXSTAR) - Several thousand borrowers will have their student debt canceled as part of newly announced actions by the Department of Education to "fix longstanding failures in the student loan program...
Apr 19, 2022
Missing Arkansas teen found hours after $10K ransom demanded
GARLAND COUNTY, Ark. (KARK) - The 17-year-old Arkansas girl who was reported missing Tuesday has been found safe, officials say -- hours after a $10,000 ransom was demanded for her return. Arkansas St...
Apr 19, 2022
Yogi Bear statue stolen from Rankin County park
PELAHATCHIE, Miss. (WJTV) - Pelahatchie police are working to identify the suspect who stole the Yogi Bear statue from the Jellystone Park Camp-Resort. Police said the statue, which was located at the...
Apr 19, 2022
Benton County clerk arrested for embezzlement
BENTON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, April 19, State Auditor Shad White announced special agents from his office arrested the former town clerk of Hickory Flat. Stephanie Churchill was arrested a...
Apr 19, 2022
2 injured in natural gas pipeline explosion on BAFB
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - Two people were injured Tuesday morning in a natural gas pipeline explosion on the East Reservation of Barksdale Air Force Base, according to base officials...
Apr 19, 2022
Louisiana prison guard arrested on excessive force charges
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A guard at Louisiana's maximum security prison is in custody after he allegedly used excessive force that left "scratches and scrapes" on an inmate who was being placed in rest...
Apr 19, 2022
How gas prices have changed in Mississippi in the last week
Average gas prices per gallon in the U.S. are up slightly from the weekend but down about three cents from one week ago.Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Mississippi and created free to use...
Apr 19, 2022
Man wanted for stealing catalytic converters in Brookhaven
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Brookhaven police are working to find the man who allegedly stole catalytic converters at Region 8 on Highway 51 North. Police said the incident happened on Monday, April 18...
Apr 19, 2022
Marcus Spanevelo, Cassie Carli's ex-boyfriend, appears in court
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) - Marcus Spanevelo, the only named suspect in the death and disappearance of Navarre's Cassie Carli, appeared in court in Santa Rosa County Tuesday morning. During his first appear...
Apr 19, 2022
Mother, son kidnapped at Dollar General store in Marshall County, MS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- A Marshall County woman and her son are safe after they say they were kidnapped shortly after leaving a Dollar General near Chulahoma. The woman does not want to be identified, but ...
Apr 19, 2022