Category Archives: WJTV
MDOT to give away Tallahatchie County steel bridge for free
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Miss. -- A 76-year-old steel bridge on Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County, Miss., is on the market, free of charge. The Mississippi Department of Transportation is planning to buil...
Mike Suriani Sep 09, 2025

Warrants issued for three teens in Jackson homicide case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police announced arrest warrants have been issued for three teenagers in connection to a recent homicide. Detective Tommie Brown, with the Jackson Police Department (JP...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 08, 2025

Family of missing Mississippi man seeks answers after 8 years
PURVIS, Miss. (WHLT) - A Pine Belt family is searching for answers eight years after their son, Tim Boshart, disappeared. Boshart was last seen on September 3, 2017, in Purvis. He was 33 at the time o...
Brandon Raines Sep 08, 2025

Teen arrested for fatal shooting at Lexington lounge
LEXINGTON, Miss. (WJTV) - An 18-year-old was arrested in connection to the shooting death of another teenager at a Lexington lounge. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Blackout Lounge in ...
Sethanie Smith Sep 08, 2025

Three-year-old dies in Mississippi crash
BOLIVAR COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A three-year-old was killed and two others were injured during a crash in Bolivar County. The crash occurred on Highway 1 south of Gunnison around 8:00 p.m. on September...
Sethanie Smith Sep 08, 2025

Michael Owens found guilty of killing wife in 2023
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The man charged with killing his wife in Hinds County was found guilty by a jury on September 8, 2025. The jury found Michael Owens guilty of first-degree murder and third...
Delesha Banks Sep 08, 2025

Five Mississippi tickets win big prizes in Powerball drawing
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Even though no one in Mississippi won the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot on Saturday, there were still some big wins in the state! Five tickets in Mississippi matched four ou...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 08, 2025

Man killed in Jones County shooting; woman arrested
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies are investigating after a man was shot and killed early Monday morning. 1 dead, 3 rescued in Jones County house fire The shooting occurred in the 500...
Sethanie Smith Sep 08, 2025

Man stabbed to death in Mississippi Walmart: Police
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man was stabbed to death at a Walmart in Horn Lake, Mississippi, after a fight with an employee Sunday night, according to the Horn Lake Police Department. Officers say they were c...
Deja Davis Sep 08, 2025

Jackson police investigate fatal shooting on Woodbine Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man died during a shooting. Interim Jackson Police Chief and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said the incident occurred in the 3000 bl...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 07, 2025
