Category Archives: WJTV

Carthage police search for armed robbery suspect
CARTHAGE, Miss. (WJTV) - Carthage police are asking for the public's help in identifying an armed robbery suspect. Driver wanted after crashing into Yazoo City home Police said they received a call ab...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 27, 2022

Alligator hunts possible next year in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The number of alligators in Pelahatchie Bay is becoming a problem so the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks has proposed a hunting season to help reduce the ...
The Associated Press Mar 27, 2022

Endangered Child Alert canceled for three Jackson children
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has canceled an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for three children from Jackson. The three children have been located and a...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 27, 2022

Jackson mayor receives John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award on Saturday, March 26. The Harvard Kennedy School presents the award to those under the age o...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 26, 2022

Ukrainian Refugee Benefit event to be held in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Ukrainian Refugee Benefit Concert and Silent Auction will be held in Jackson on Friday, April 1. Local artists including Ben Ford, Tatum Henry and Hannah Everhart will perfor...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 26, 2022

Mississippians gather for Hal and Mal's parade
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Thousands of Mississippians gathered downtown to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. People flooded downtown Jackson for the Hal and Mal's Parade. This year's theme was "Go Big or Go ...
Marie Mennefield Mar 26, 2022

Neighbors find body in Canton ditch
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Canton neighbors discovered a body inside a ditch on Friday, March 25. Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said police responded to the call around 5:30 p.m. on Hickory Street. Offic...
Anna Farish Mar 26, 2022

Driver wanted after crashing into Yazoo City home
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - Yazoo City police are searching for a driver who crashed into a home after their car was shot at on Sunday, March 13. The Yazoo Herald reported police responded to a call ab...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 26, 2022

Woman dies in rollover crash on Highway 49
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman died in a rollover crash on Highway 49 in Yazoo County on Sunday, March 20. Canton man wanted for escaping from Ridgeland police custody The Yazoo Herald reported ...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 26, 2022

Jackson police respond to Trustmark Bank break-in
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police responded to an alarm at Trustmark Bank on Woodrow Wilson Drive on Saturday, March 26. Man grazed by bullet along Robinson Road in Jackson Police said there was ...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 26, 2022
