Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi CPS in need of more foster parents
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services (CPS) said they're in urgent need of more foster parents. According to CPS, there are around 4,000 in...
Jul 04, 2024
Mississippians celebrate Fourth of July in Jackson area
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - People across the Jackson-metro area celebrated Independence Day on Thursday. Many people took to the water at the Reservoir to relax before meeting up with family and friends ...
Jul 04, 2024
Propulsion engineer is charged with obstructing probe of deadly 2017 US military plane crash
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A former engineer at a U.S. military air logistics center has been charged with making false statements and obstructing justice during the criminal investigation into a 2017 milit...
Jul 04, 2024
Smith County man charged in murder-for-hire plot
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Smith County man was arrested in connection to a murder-for-hire plot. Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston said Randall Hutchinson was arrested on Sunday, June 23 in conne...
Jul 04, 2024
One arrested, one wanted for fatal North Jackson shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A 19-year-old has been arrested, and Jackson police are searching for another in connection to a homicide in North Jackson. Detective Tommie Brown said Cameron Lee is in the cu...
Jul 04, 2024
Three arrested in Adams County for allegedly trafficking Roxicodone
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies said they arrested three men while they were exchanging hundreds of pills that contain fentanyl. Arthur Grayson, of Natchez; Quentin Pollard, of St. ...
Jul 03, 2024
Mississippi House Speaker creates Jackson revitalization committee
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A select Legislative committee will discuss the Jackson-metro area's biggest issues later this summer. House Speaker Jason White (R-Miss.) has assembled a 19-member bipartisan ...
Jul 03, 2024
Dau Mabil's family at odds over independent autopsy arrangements
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The wife of Dau Mabil, his family and their attorneys cannot agree on a a suitable doctor to perform an independent autopsy. The parties agreed in Hinds County court to conduct...
Jul 03, 2024
Woman indicted for capital murder after abducted child found dead in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The woman charged in connection to the abduction of two Louisiana girls, which ended with one of them deceased in Mississippi, has been indicted on a capital murder charge. A H...
Jul 03, 2024
2nd suspect arrested in shooting death of Alabama man at Mississippi bar
WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Waynesboro police made a second arrest in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Alabama man. Richard Mayfield, 24, was arrested on Tuesday, July 2. Waynesboro police said Ri...
Jul 03, 2024