Category Archives: WJTV
Jackson police investigate after infant dies
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after an infant died. Officer Sam Brown said investigators responded to the 2300 block of Forest Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January ...
Jan 24, 2024
JPS: Sufficient water pressure reported at schools
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) announced that sufficient water pressure has been reported all all of their active school sites. In-person learning will...
Jan 24, 2024
Two Central Mississippi Correctional Facility inmates die
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two inmates, who were being held at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF), have died. Rankin County Coroner David Ruth identified the inmates as Albert Hic...
Jan 24, 2024
Mississippi teen missing for more than six months
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) are seeking the public's assistance in locating Aaliyah Joseph, 16. According to officials, Jose...
Jan 24, 2024
Smith County School District employee arrested at high school
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Smith County deputies arrested a school district employee at Raleigh High School. Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston said on January 23, 2024, deputies conducted a K9 searc...
Jan 24, 2024
Multiple vehicles involved in crash on Lakeland Drive in Flowood
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - Flowood police said they're working a major crash involving multiple vehicles on Lakeland Drive. The crash happened on Wednesday, January 24 on Lakeland Drive eastbound at Coop...
Jan 24, 2024
Woman dies during Jackson house fire on Bristol Boulevard
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters said a woman died during a house fire on Wednesday, January 24. The fire happened at a home in the 100 block of Bristol Boulevard shortly after 8:0...
Jan 24, 2024
Vehicle submerged due to flooding in Jackson
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A flash flood warning was issued for Hinds County on Wednesday, and many drivers had to deal with the heavy rain. A vehicle was submerged on Gallatin Street and Monument S...
Jan 24, 2024
Jackson pedestrian critically injured after being hit by car
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a car in Jackson. Man killed in shooting at Jackson gas station Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Pub...
Jan 24, 2024
Man killed in shooting at Jackson gas station
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man in connection to a fatal shooting at the Texaco gas station on Medgar Evers Boulevard. Officer Sam Brown said Corneill Hughes was arrested...
Jan 24, 2024