Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are upgrading their video surveillance gear. The Jackson City Council approved 16 new license plate readers for the Jackson Police Department (JPD). Mississippi ...

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two people are in custody and two others are wanted after a shooting in Adams County. The shooting happened on Myrtle Drive on Thursday, September 26. Adams County Sheriff...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathi...

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - The decomposed body of a man was located in a wooded area near Natchez High School. The Natchez Democrat reported the body was discovered off of Sergeant S. Prentiss Drive on W...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The state of Mississippi will send assets to Florida in response to Hurricane Helene. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has coordinated with the Mississip...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Capitol police arrested a 23-year-old man in connection to the mass shooting at the Daiquiri Bar in Jackson. Police said Cleon Walker has been charged with one count of murder ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man and woman in Mississippi are charged with stealing a gun from the scene of a wreck in which two people died. Tunica County sheriff's deputies responded to a two-vehicle wreck Mo...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters warn that the enormous system could create a "nightmar...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson church responded to recent violence in the city with a prayer walk after one of their members was stabbed to death inside her home. Representatives of New Horizon Chu...

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brandon residents want a traffic light installed at an intersection along Highway 18. This comes after Greyson Huff, 18, was killed during a crash on Friday, September 13 on Hi...