Category Archives: WJTV

JPS receives $9.5 million grant to purchase energy efficient school buses
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Public School District (JPS) is weakening its carbon footprint thanks to a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). JPS received a $9.5 million gr...
Marie Mennefield May 29, 2024

Former Rankin County Tax Collector clerk pleads guilty to embezzlement
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A former clerk at the Rankin County Tax Collector's Office pled guilty to embezzlement. Brittney Phillips was arrested in November 2023. State Auditor Shad White said Phi...
Sethanie Smith May 29, 2024

Mississippi teen accused of killing her mother indicted on three counts
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The 14-year-old girl who allegedly killed her mother and injured her step-father during a shooting in Rankin County has been indicted. According to Rankin Count...
Kaitlin Howell May 29, 2024

5 guys rescued after being stranded in the Gulf — faith and this device saved their lives
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WKRG) - Five guys from Biloxi went out Saturday morning about 35 to 40 miles off the coast of Mississippi to fish in a tournament, and their boat sank just a few hours later. 'The b...
Whitney Leibold May 29, 2024

Mississippi Match 5 jackpot jumps to $533,000
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Match 5 jackpot has reached $533,000 ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. According to the Mississippi Lottery, this is the fifth time the game's top prize has e...
Sethanie Smith May 29, 2024

Jury finds Trump guilty on all counts in hush money case
(NEXSTAR) - Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegal...
Jeremy Tanner May 29, 2024

One killed in shooting at M&M Mini Mart in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a 43-year-old man was shot and killed at the M&M Mini-Mart. The shooting happened at the business, located in the 300 block of Lindse...
Cameron Smith May 29, 2024

Man dies after being shot in chest in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police are investigating after one person was shot and killed. According to investigators, the shooting happened just before 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 in the 40...
Kaitlin Howell May 29, 2024

One shot, killed at Goodman apartment complex
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A 24-year-old was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Goodman. Man wanted for armed carjacking in Jackson According to the Holmes County coroner, the shooting happ...
Kaitlin Howell May 28, 2024

Man wanted for armed carjacking in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to identify an armed carjacking suspect. Police said the man in the surveillance picture below was involved in an armed carjacking that occurred on F...
Kaitlin Howell May 28, 2024
