Category Archives: WJTV
Islamic State-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage, Biden says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans' raucous New Year's celebration, killing 15 people as he stee...
Jan 01, 2025
Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 15; FBI doesn't believe he acted alone
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans' raucous New Year's celebration, killing 15 people as he steered ...
Jan 01, 2025
Blood donations needed after New Orleans attack
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) is working to help supply blood to The Blood Center of New Orleans after an attack killed 15 people on New Year's Day. The attack occurred at t...
Jan 01, 2025
1 dead, 7 injured in Tesla fire, explosion at Las Vegas Trump International Hotel in 'intentional' act
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- One person is dead and seven others are injured following the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the main entrance to the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel on Wednesday morning. ...
Jan 01, 2025
3 killed in New Year's robbery at Mississippi gas station
MISSISSIPPI (WKRG) - Law enforcement in Mississippi is looking for the suspect connected to the shooting death of three people at Clark's Exxon Oil #1 gas station in State Line, Mississippi. (News 5) ...
Jan 01, 2025
Driver wanted after fatal hit-and-run in Mississippi Delta
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating after a pedestrian was killed during a hit-and-run. The incident occurred on Monday, December 30 around 12:01 a....
Jan 01, 2025
Two Brookhaven men charged with first-degree murder
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Two Brookhaven men have been arrested in connection to a homicide. The Daily Leader reported the fatal shooting occurred on Auburn Drive near Arlington Road in Lincoln ...
Jan 01, 2025
1 killed, multiple hurt during New Year's Eve shooting in Mississippi
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - One person died and multiple others were injured during a shooting on New Year's Eve in Adams County. The Natchez Democrat reported that the shooting occurred around ...
Jan 01, 2025
Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 10. FBI investigating as 'act of terrorism'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, ramming a pickup truck into a crowd and killing 10 people before being shot to death by police...
Jan 01, 2025
DeSoto County former youth minister, coach indicted on sexual battery charge
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A former youth minister and basketball coach was indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury this week on one count of sexual battery of a child, according to DeSoto County District Attor...
Jan 01, 2025