Category Archives: WJTV

Medical helicopter makes emergency landing in Smith County
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A medical helicopter made an emergency landing in Mississippi this weekend. According to the Smith County Emergency Management, Rescue 7 was transporting a patient from Ha...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 21, 2025

15-year-old killed in Jackson shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a 15-year-old was killed during a shooting. The shooting occurred on O Bannon Drive at Sunset Drive in Jackson just before 6:15 p.m. on S...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 20, 2025

Crash in Warren County claims life of Yazoo County man
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Yazoo County man was killed during a crash in Warren County. The crash occurred on MS-3 South near U.S. 61 just before 2:00 a.m. on July 20. Ole Miss football player de...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 20, 2025

Ole Miss football player dead after five people shot in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An 18-year-old has died after the Shelby County Sheriff's Office says five people were shot outside a house in Cordova Saturday night. SCSO detectives identified the victim as 18-year...
Billy Gibbs Jul 20, 2025

Man hospitalized after being trapped underneath vehicle in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A man was hospitalized after being trapped underneath a vehicle in Jones County. According to investigators, they received a report of a man trapped underneath a vehicle o...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 20, 2025

One killed, one injured in Jackson four-wheeler crash
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was killed and another was critically injured during a four-wheeler crash in Jackson, police said. The crash occurred in the 2500 block of South Gallatin Street just...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 20, 2025

One injured in officer-involved shooting in Tupelo
TUPELO, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Tupelo. The incident occurred near McCullough Boulevard and Interstat...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 19, 2025

Driver of car that injured dozens at LA club was shot, attacked by crowd
(NewsNation) - Bystanders outside a nightclub in Los Angeles attacked and shot the driver of a car that slammed into a crowd, injuring around at least two dozen people early Saturday morning, authorit...
Ashley N. Soriano Jul 19, 2025

Mississippi State Forensic Unit aids in La'Datra Williams case
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials said Mississippi State University's (MSU) Forensic Recovery Unit worked on the case of a missing Kansas woman whose body was recovered on July 14 from a shall...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 18, 2025

Body found inside vehicle at Ridgeland apartment complex
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police are investigating after a body was found inside a vehicle. The incident occurred at Sunchase Ridgeland Apartments on William Boulevard on Friday, July 18. Ri...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 18, 2025
