Category Archives: WJTV

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brandon High School helped make a little girl's special wish come true on Friday. Last September, 9-year-old Bree Wood was diagnosed with medulloblastoma. The Brandon High Scho...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Police are investigating after human remains were found in South Jackson. Detective Tommie Brown, with the Jackson Police Department (JPD), said the skeletal remains were found...

SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An inmate who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) was captured in Sunflower County on Friday, March 7. According to the Mississippi Department of Cor...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) - Law enforcement and university officials have released details about the hazing death of Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old Southern University student and member of the ...

OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - The tampering with evidence charge has been dismissed for the man accused of killing Jimmie "Jay" Lee. Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther ruled on Friday, Ma...

COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A pastor and a church deacon in Mississippi have been charged with embezzling church funds. Stricjavvar Strickland, the pastor of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in ...

WOODVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman who was reported missing in Wilkinson County has been found deceased. The Natchez Democrat reported the family of Bernadine Rogers, 60, said she had been confirmed de...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Police Department (JPD) announced the passing of Corporal Christopher Gallion, Sr. According to Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade, Gallion died on Thursday, March 6....

(NEXSTAR) - The causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were released Friday after days of mystery and speculation. At a media conference Friday, Dr. Heather Jarrell, chief m...

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Mississippi on Tuesday, March 4. An EF-2 tornado was reported in Wayne County, and an EF-1 tornado was ...