Category Archives: WJTV

Watch: Trump describes assassination attempt as he accepts Republican nomination
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in a speech that described in detail the a...
The Associated Press Jul 18, 2024

Appeals court affirms Mississippi’s ban on voting after some felonies, including timber theft
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, includ...
The Associated Press Jul 18, 2024

MDOT announces overnight closure for I-55 North in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced there will be a temporary closure of the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 in Jackson. According to...
Malaysia McCoy Jul 18, 2024

Warren County mother sentenced in son's death
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Warren County mother has been sentenced for the 2023 death of her young son. The Vicksburg Post reported Judge M. James Chaney sentenced Brooke Mallett to 30 years...
Kristopher White Jul 18, 2024

Holly Springs sheriff rules mass shooting as murder-suicide
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The deadly mass shooting in Holly Springs, Mississippi on Sunday has been ruled as a "murder-suicide", according to the Marshall County Sheriff. "Based on the evidence we have collec...
Mike Suriani Jul 18, 2024

Ex-Reservoir police officer charged with statutory rape out on bond
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston provided more information about the arrest of a former Reservoir police officer, who has been charged with statutory rape. Houston said i...
Cameron Smith Jul 18, 2024

Mississippi governor on Vance, Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi delegation is offering strong support to the Trump-Vance ticket. Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) said the vice presidential pick, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio...
Byron Brown Jul 18, 2024

One rescued from balcony during Jackson apartment fire
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was rescued off of a balcony during an apartment fire in Jackson. The fire happened Wednesday afternoon at Fondren Hill Apartments on Lakeland Drive in Jackson. Car ...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 17, 2024

Car overturns on I-220 North in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A car overturned on Interstate 220 in Jackson. The crash happened on I-220 North past the U.S. 80 exit on Wednesday, July 17. According to the Mississippi Department of Transpo...
Kaitlin Howell Jul 17, 2024

Judge denies motion to enforce judgment in Dau Mabil case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Hinds County judge said the brother of Dau Mabil cannot conduct an autopsy with a certain pathologist. Dau was found deceased in the Pearl River in Lawrence County in April a...
Tia McKenzie Jul 17, 2024
