Category Archives: WJTV
Arraignments set for Hinds County election commissioner, 2 others charged in fraud case
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Arraignments have been scheduled for three people, including a Hinds County election commissioner, who were arrested in connection to an embezzlement case. Toni Johnson wa...
Mar 02, 2022
448 new coronavirus cases, 15 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 448 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 15 additional deaths. The new cases were r...
Mar 02, 2022
Fastest-growing counties in Mississippi
From 2019 to 2020, the U.S. population grew by .35%, its slowest rate since 1900. Declining births, increasing deaths largely due to the graying Baby Boomer population, and a crackdown on immigration ...
Mar 02, 2022
Yazoo City amnesty day to be held in March
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - Amnesty days will be held every day in March 2022 in Yazoo City. Financial coaching offered at Jackson bank The Yazoo Herald reported the Yazoo City Municipal Court will hol...
Mar 02, 2022
Mississippi teacher pay survives legislators’ political spat
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Proposals to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the U.S. were in danger Tuesday as Mississippi legislators engaged in a political showdown. Hours before a big deadli...
Mar 02, 2022
Search underway for Jones County inmate trustee
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies are searching for an inmate trustee who ran away from a work detail. Deputies said James Lee Boleware, 25, was working a detail on Westside Drive in ...
Mar 02, 2022
Two arrested, stolen cars recovered in Adams County
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies arrested two people and recovered two stolen vehicles. Woman, man arrested for leading Flowood police on chase Deputies stopped a 2018 Ford Escape on...
Mar 02, 2022
Hattiesburg man in custody for September 2021 shooting
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A Hattiesburg man turned himself in for a shooting that happened on September 23, 2021. Hattiesburg police said Tarvez McCarty, 21, turned himself in to the Mississippi Dep...
Mar 02, 2022
NOPD arrests 20-year-old for firearms, narcotics possession along parade route
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - The New Orleans Police Department reported the arrest of 20-year-old Jalan Jackson in connection with Illegal Possession of a Firearm, Illegal Possession of Narcotics and Resistin...
Mar 02, 2022
Deadly crash after Tesla 'came to a stop' on Missouri highway, investigators say
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (WDAF) - New details are emerging in the wake of a deadly car crash involving a Tesla that stopped in the middle of a Missouri interstate Sunday night. Police believe the car failed ...
Mar 02, 2022