Category Archives: WJTV
Former youth minister pleads guilty to sexual battery of minor
HERNANDO, MS. -- A woman indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury for sexual battery of a child pleaded guilty on Monday. Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister and basketball coach at Getwell Churc...
Oct 14, 2025
Teen killed, driver airlifted after Copiah County crash involving tractor-trailer
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An 18-year-old was killed and another person was seriously injured during a tractor-trailer crash in Copiah County. The crash occurred on Interstate 55 near Hazlehurst ar...
Oct 13, 2025
Plea talks continue for woman charged in Louisiana girls' abduction
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The woman who was charged in connection to the abduction of two Louisiana girls, which ended with one of them deceased in Mississippi, appeared in court on October 13, 2025. Vi...
Oct 13, 2025
Leland mayor confirms arrests in mass shooting
LELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The mayor of Leland told WJTV 12 News that suspects have been arrested in connection to the mass shooting that killed six people in the town. "They are working diligently right ...
Oct 13, 2025
MHSAA advises halting campus tailgates over safety concerns
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After a weekend of violence at Mississippi high school football games, Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Executive Director Rickey Neaves recommended that ...
Oct 13, 2025
Execution of Mississippi death row inmate will proceed, governor says
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced the execution of a Mississippi death row inmate will proceed this month. Officials said the lawyers for Charles Ray Crawford filed an&n...
Oct 13, 2025
Four more arrested for fatal shooting at Heidelberg High homecoming game
JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Authorities in Jasper County announced more arrests have been made in connection at Heidelberg High School's homecoming game on October 10, 2025. According to Jasper Coun...
Oct 13, 2025
Woman found dead at Clinton apartment complex
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Clinton police are investigating a homicide at an apartment complex. According to officials, police responded to conduct a welfare check at Windsor Village on Woodstone Road on...
Oct 13, 2025
Man found dead from gunshot wound in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating a homicide after a 33-year-old man was found deceased from a gunshot wound. Interim Jackson Police Chief and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones s...
Oct 13, 2025
Two killed in separate weekend crashes in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating two separate crashes that killed two people. The first crash occurred on Highway 84 in Lincoln County after 9:15 p.m. on O...
Oct 13, 2025