Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are searching for suspects after one person was killed during a shooting. The shooting occurred in the 900 block of Cooper Road on October 19, 2025. Interim Jack...

LELAND, Miss. (AP) - A seventh person has died from injuries sustained in a mass shooting after a high school football homecoming game earlier this month in the Mississippi Delta town of Lel...

NESBIT, Miss. - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting involving the Desoto County Sheriff's Office, deputies confirm.  The incident happe...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two people were killed during a crash in Hinds County. The crash occurred on Raymond Road near Robinson Road Ext. on October 18, 2025. Byram police said there was a theft at th...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) is searching for the next president of Jackson State University (JSU). The IHL voted to hire AGB Search to lead the national search. T...

HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was found guilty of first-degree murder after a two-day trial in Holmes County. According to prosecutors, Melvin Day was found guilty on October 16, 2025, in connec...

LORMAN, Miss. (WJTV) - Bond has been denied for the man charged in connection to the fatal shooting at Alcorn State University. Claiborne County deputies said Taevion Doss, 26, appeared in court ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man was found dead at the bank of a lake in Tunica County with a truck and trailer submerged in water, the sheriff's office says. Around 1:40 p.m., the Tunica County Sheriff's Offi...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The DeSoto County District Attorney has filed a motion to resentence a former youth minister convicted of sexual battery of a minor on Monday. Thursday, District Attorney Matthew Bar...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Capitol police are investigating after three people were injured during two separate shootings. Bailey Martin, spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDP...