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 ...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kristopher White 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...
Malaysia McCoy 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Tia McKenzie 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...
Tia McKenzie 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...
Kristopher White 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...
Kaitlin Howell Jan 24, 2024
