Category Archives: WJTV

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Yazoo County deputies said they're searching for an armed and dangerous man. According to investigators, William Elijah Ellzey is wanted by the Yazoo County Sheriff's Offi...

BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - Charges have been upgraded against a Mississippi mother in connection to the death of her five-month-old child. Biloxi police said an autopsy revealed that the child died from b...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A fourth teenager has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a Southern Miss football player. Police said Nytavion Shaw, 16, of Laurel, was arrested on Wednes...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man is now dead after he was found "unconscious" behind the wheel in Hernando, Mississippi following a police pursuit overnight. According to the Hernando Police Department, just b...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - The National Hurricane Center is currently tracking Tropical Storm Alberto and two other tropical waves. The NHC said Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall on Mexico's coast Thursd...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The owner of a well-known restaurant in the Jackson area voluntarily closed the business after it failed a recent health inspection. The Mississippi State Department of Healt...

LOUIN, Miss. (WHLT) - Wednesday, June 19 marks one year since a destructive EF-3 tornado tore through the small town of Louin. Residents said they're slowly getting back on their feet with the help of...

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi mother has been charged in connection to the death of her two-year-old son. The Meridian Star reported the incident occurred at a home in the 2600 block...

HERNANDO, Miss. - An inmate who escaped from the DeSoto County courthouse last week walked out in shower shoes and asked a stranger for a ride, the county's sheriff said Wednesday. Joshua James Zimmer...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - There are changes coming to Mississippi's Sales Tax Holiday. Senate Bill 2470 extended the Sales Tax Holiday from two days to three days, removing sales tax on school supplies,...