Category Archives: WJTV
Hinds County Sheriff's race heads to runoff on Nov. 23
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Hinds County Sheriff's race will head to a runoff on November 23, 2021. Both interim Sheriff Marshand Crisler and Tyree Jones said they're hitting the ground running. ...
Nov 03, 2021
Jackson man dies in house fire on Deer Park Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man died during a house fire in Jackson Tuesday night. According to investigators, the fire happened at a home on Deer Park Street around 11:00 p.m. Firefighters found the vi...
Nov 03, 2021
Jackson man accused of shooting brother during fight
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man allegedly shot his older brother on Wednesday. The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. on Thousand Oaks Drive. Officer Sam Brown sai...
Nov 03, 2021
Mississippi State cheese holiday shipping sales suspended
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with Mississippi State University (MSU) announced the university has reached capacity for shipping holiday cheese. They said with two weeks remaining for ordering of...
Nov 03, 2021
Pelahatchie woman arrested in murder-for-hire plot
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent Jermicha Fomby reported that a Pelahatchie woman was arrested in a murder-for-hire plot on Tuesday, November 2nd. Officials sa...
Nov 03, 2021
McComb police recover AR-15, drugs during traffic stop
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - McComb police found an AR-15, a handgun, 1,500 DU of ecstasy, more than 100 grams of marijuana and cash during a traffic stop on October 15, 2021. McComb man arrested in connect...
Nov 03, 2021
Three arrested in Pike County after 10 pounds of marijuana, THC wax found in bust
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Pike County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics arrested three people after conducting a search warrant on Monday, November 1...
Nov 03, 2021
Ballots from Hinds County precinct unaccounted for after special election
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Ballots from one Hinds County polling location were still missing as of Wednesday afternoon after the special election on Tuesday. Officials said all of the ballots from P...
Nov 03, 2021
Man charged with killing two Brookhaven officers pleads guilty, sentenced to life in prison
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - The man charged with the shooting deaths of two Brookhaven police officers in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. The Daily Leader reported Marquis Aaron Flow...
Nov 03, 2021
Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Wanda meandering in Atlantic
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The last month of hurricane season is underway and the 21st storm of the year is churning in the northern Atlantic. While this poses no threat to the United States, it used the l...
Nov 03, 2021