Category Archives: WJTV

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Lafayette County, Mississippi, inmate was captured after a brief escape from a work detail on Monday, according to the sheriff's office. At around 2:30 p.m., Lorenzo Shaw allegedly...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man and a woman are now behind bars after a one-year-old was found with unexplained injuries last Friday in Oxford, Mississippi, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office....

(WJW) - A public health alert has been issued for organic ground beef products that reportedly could be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection ...

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Voters in the City of Pearl voted in favor of a liquor referendum. The referendum would permit wine and liquor sales in the city, with certain restrictions. Click here to vi...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Vicksburg has elected a new mayor. The unofficial results showed Willis Thompson (D) received 1,770 votes. Incumbent Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr., (I) recei...

BYRAM, Miss. (WJTV) - Incumbent Byram Mayor Richard White (I) is the apparent winner of the mayoral race. The unofficial results showed White defeated challenger Elroy Winding (D). Click here to ...

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Incumbent Pearl Mayor Jake Windham (R) is the apparent winner of the mayoral race. The unofficial results showed Windham defeated challenger Willie Robinson (D). Click here ...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland residents voted in favor of a referendum that proposed a temporary 2% tax increase on hotels and 1% tax increase on restaurants within city limits. According to Rid...

CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Tim Taylor (D) is the apparent winner of the Canton mayoral race. The unofficial results showed Taylor defeated Chip Matthews (R) and Walter Peeples (I). Comelia Walker, who los...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The unofficial results have been released for the Jackson municipal elections for the City Council seats. Ward 1 The Ward 1 race is too close to call. With 10 out of 10 precinc...