Category Archives: WJTV
Silver Alert issued for Sandy Edney of Adams Co.
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has issued a Silver Alert for Sandy Edney of Natchez, in Adams County. MBI officials said Edney is 59-years-old, five feet an...
Feb 26, 2022
Hinds Community College opens "The Hub" to honor African American heritage
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds Community Colleges, Jackson Academic Technical Center had a grand opening for the hub. The brand new hub is a place to honor African American heritage. Artwork of notable...
Feb 25, 2022
Spillway Road lane closure set for March 1-3
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD) announced there will be a lane closure on Spillway Road. Temporary bridge closure in Yazoo County The c...
Feb 25, 2022
66th Recruit Class graduates from Jackson Police Training Academy
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 66th Recruit Class graduated from the Jackson Police Training Academy on Friday, February 25. The class of eight started their training in December 2021, but they were sent...
Feb 25, 2022
Family wants justice for 3 killed in 2021 Club Rain shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Four months after a shooting that killed three people at Club Rain in Jackson, police still searching for those responsible for the crime. Deanne Bell and Eli Bridges were two ...
Feb 25, 2022
Jones County Dollar General employee charged with embezzlement
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies arrested a Dollar General employee on an embezzlement charge. Hattiesburg man arrested on drug charge in Jones County Christi Causey, 60, of Soso, wa...
Feb 25, 2022
Suspect convicted for 2019 Holmes County homicide
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - After a three-day trail in Holmes County Circuit Court, Ashia Williams-Forrest was found guilty of first-degree murder. Man wanted for stealing $8K worth of cigarettes fr...
Feb 25, 2022
Jackson police chief responds to lawsuit over checkpoints
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Police Chief James Davis spoke about a recent lawsuit that was filed against the police department's Ticket, Arrest, and Tow (TAT) initiative. The Mississippi Center fo...
Feb 25, 2022
Man wanted for stealing $8K worth of cigarettes from Brookhaven business
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Brookhaven police are working to identify a man who stole $8,000 worth of Newport cigarettes from a business. The burglary happened on Sunday, February 20 at McLane Southern...
Feb 25, 2022
$32.7 million awarded for Mississippi broadband infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJTV) - The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $32.7 million to expand broadband infrastructure in Mississippi. This grant, sought by the State...
Feb 25, 2022