Category Archives: WJTV
Transformer issue causes outage at Hinds County Detention Center
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A transformer issue caused a brief power outage at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond. According to Othor Cain, the communications director for the Hinds County ...
Jul 09, 2024
Bond set for man accused of kidnapping 7-month-old in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Bond has been set for the man accused of kidnapping a 7-month-old girl in Jackson, who was later found safe. James Wilson, 44, made his initial appearance in court on Tuesday, ...
Jul 09, 2024
Ex-Mississippi deputy, another man charged with rape of 13-year-old girl
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two men, including a former auxiliary deputy, were arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Yazoo County. Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy said deputies receiv...
Jul 09, 2024
Tracking the Tropics: Quieting down for now, but for how long?
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- What was at one point a category five hurricane, Beryl is now over land and will continue to weaken over the next few days. This has been an early, long-lived storm that has brok...
Jul 09, 2024
Man's body found in Warren County driveway
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Warren County deputies are investigating after a man's body was found in a driveway. The body of the 31-year-old man was found around 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 7 in the 7...
Jul 09, 2024
Vicksburg Waffle House locations move to weekend to-go hours
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Waffle House restaurants in the Vicksburg area will be to-go only on Friday and Saturday nights. Vicksburg Daily News reported the restaurants will be to-go on those days aft...
Jul 09, 2024
Mississippi inmate sentenced for sexual battery of corrections employee
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) has been sentenced for the sexual battery of a corrections employee. Madison and Rankin Counties' Distri...
Jul 09, 2024
Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football of Fame member, for...
Jul 09, 2024
Jackson mayor says police, fire chiefs will not be issued contracts
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said the City Council cannot issue contracts to the police and fire chiefs on their own. The mayor responded Monday to the City Council overridi...
Jul 08, 2024
Mississippi governor signs law enforcement bills
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Monday, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) signed four law enforcement bills into law. The bills included a measure that allows for the families of the deceased first responders...
Jul 08, 2024