Category Archives: WJTV
Man in custody after chase through Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested after a high speed chase through Vicksburg on Wednesday. 3 wanted for robbing Golden Star Beauty Supply in Jackson Vicksburg Daily News reported a man in a...
Feb 09, 2022
Schools encouraged to sign up for PROM program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) are encouraging Mississippi schools to sign up for the 2022 PROM campaign. During the PROM (Please Return On Monday) program, ...
Feb 09, 2022
Statue of racist Mississippi ex-Gov. Bilbo stashed in closet
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mystery solved: The top administrator in the Mississippi House says he unilaterally made the decision to take a statue of a racist former Gov. Theodore Bilbo off public display a...
Feb 09, 2022
Two men shot on Main Street in Canton
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two men were shot during separate incidents in Canton on Tuesday, February 8. Madison County Sheriff's Office's spokesman Heath Hall said the first man was shot while he was dri...
Feb 09, 2022
2,322 new coronavirus cases, 77 additional deaths in MS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 2,322 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 77 additional deaths. The new cases were...
Feb 09, 2022
3 wanted for robbing Golden Star Beauty Supply in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police and the FBI are investigating an armed robbery of a business. The robbery happened at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8 at Golden Star Beauty Supply on North Stat...
Feb 09, 2022
Driver killed in 3-vehicle crash in Hinds County
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating after a driver died during a three-vehicle crash on Wednesday, February 9. The crash happened before 6:45 a.m. on Hig...
Feb 09, 2022
Natchez crash leaves woman dead, two critically injured
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A rollover crash in Natchez left one woman dead and two others critically injured. The Natchez Democrat reported the crash happened on Melrose Montebello Parkway near United Mi...
Feb 09, 2022
Man indicted for 2020 homicide outside LD's Kitchen
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was indicted for a homicide that happened outside LD's Kitchen in Vicksburg in 2020. Vicksburg Daily News reported James Winters was indicted this week for the murder o...
Feb 09, 2022
Former State Hospital officer indicted for fraud
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A former Mississippi State Hospital Police Department officer was arrested in Texas and extradited back to Mississippi after he was indicted for fraud by a Rankin County grand ...
Feb 09, 2022