Category Archives: WJTV
Biloxi man arrested for crimes involving children
Video above: 'News 5 Now' - Top Stories from April 29, 2026 JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WKRG) - A Biloxi man has been arrested on two charges related to crimes involving children. According to a Jackson Co...
Apr 30, 2026
Jackson hotel deals with recurring brown water issues
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Management at the Residence Inn by Marriott at the District at Eastover said they have been dealing with ongoing brown water issues. They said the faucets have been releasing b...
Apr 30, 2026
Mississippi deputy's patrol car flips during severe storms
MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. -- The Marshall County Sheriff's Office says a deputy is lucky to be alive after Tuesday's powerful storms threw his patrol car off the interstate. A Marshall County deputy is r...
Apr 30, 2026
Child dies after being found unresponsive in Natchez pool
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Natchez police are investigating a child's death after the juvenile was found unresponsive in a swimming pool. According to Natchez Police Chief Lee Best, officers received a c...
Apr 29, 2026
Two Tallahatchie County employees arrested for fraud
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - State Auditor Shad White announced two Tallahatchie County Road Department employees were arrested. According to White, Willie Garner and Willie Williams defrauded Tallahatchie...
Apr 29, 2026
Mississippi launches Rural Health Transformation Program Office
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced the establishment of the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Office and launch of the official Mississippi RHTP webs...
Apr 29, 2026
Mississippi students to be honored for stopping bus from crashing
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Five Mississippi middle school students will be honored for keeping their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway. The Youth ...
Apr 29, 2026
Bond set for woman charged in deaths of two Jackson students
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Bond has been set for the woman arrested in connection to the shooting deaths of two teenagers in Hinds County. During her initial court appearance on April 28, 2026, Milisen M...
Apr 29, 2026
Man charged with trying to kill Trump at dinner took photo with knife in hotel: DOJ
The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and is accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes...
Apr 29, 2026
Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map
The Supreme Court declared Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander on Wednesday, a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that weake...
Apr 29, 2026