Category Archives: WJTV
Yazoo County EMA offers safety tips for freezing temperatures
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - With temperatures dropping across Mississippi, leaders with the Yazoo County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) offered some tips for neighbors to stay safe. Neighbors are en...
Feb 03, 2022
Father tells police he threw baby in river, killed her mother
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A young father charged with killing his two-day-old child and her mother admitted that he lured the woman to her death, then took the baby and threw her into the Mississippi River, a...
Feb 03, 2022
Pike Co. deputies warn of increase in catalytic converter thefts
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies warned neighbors about a person who is leaving cards about catalytic converters at homes with vehicles in the yard. Man convicted of child molestation ...
Feb 03, 2022
MDOT crews work to keep roads safe during icy conditions
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) said crews responded to icy conditions in Mississippi on Thursday, February 3. There have been reports of ice i...
Feb 03, 2022
8 championship rings stolen from Hattiesburg vehicle
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg police are asking for the public's help after a eight championship rings were stolen from a vehicle. The burglary happened at a home on Augusta Court East on Th...
Feb 03, 2022
MDOT reports flooding on U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) reported flooding on U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg Thursday afternoon. How to stay warm, safe during cold temperatures The floo...
Feb 03, 2022
George County man accused of killing 80-year-old father
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A George County man has been charged in connection to the death of his 80-year-old father. Deputies responded to a call on February 2 for a possible death at a home on Qu...
Feb 03, 2022
Madison County leaders warn about check fraud scheme
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with Madison County warned neighbors about a fraud scheme involving forged Madison County, Mississippi, checks. Madison Co. woman pleads guilty to SNAP fraud If ...
Feb 03, 2022
Man convicted of child molestation in Lawrence County
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities announced a man was convicted of child molestation in Lawrence County on Wednesday, February 2. Father of missing newborn charged with murder According to t...
Feb 03, 2022
US raid in Syria targeted the leader of ISIS, Biden says
ATMEH, Syria (NewsNation Now) - President Joe Biden said the United States took every possible precaution to minimize civilian casualties in a U.S. special forces counter-terrorism raid over...
Feb 03, 2022