Category Archives: WJTV
Missing woman found dead in Simpson County on Christmas Eve
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman who was reported missing was found deceased with multiple gunshot wounds in Mississippi. Two injured in Jackson shooting Simpson County deputies said Tazah Hosey...
Dec 27, 2023
Two injured in Jackson shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two people were injured during a shooting in Jackson on Wednesday, December 27. The shooting happened in the 900 block of Metairie Road near Robinson Road around 1:00 p.m. Capt...
Dec 27, 2023
JXN Water launches fund to help residents pay water bills
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - JXN Water gave a late Christmas gift to residents who are struggling to pay their water bills. On Tuesday, December 26, the agency announced the establishment o...
Dec 27, 2023
Mississippi invests nearly $17 million in site development
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced the state is investing nearly $17 million in site development grants to further develop industrial sites throughout Mississippi. Accord...
Dec 27, 2023
MHP responds to one fatal crash during Christmas holiday period
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) responded to one fatal crash during the Christmas Holiday Enforcement Period. The fatal crash occurred in Covington County on Saturday, Dec...
Dec 27, 2023
Mississippi prison guard shot and killed by coworker, officials say
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - A corrections officer was shot and killed by a colleague Tuesday after the two workers got into a fight in the parking lot of a Mississippi correctional facility, prison officia...
Dec 27, 2023
'He was just a child': Family heartbroken after boy killed in Christmas Eve shooting
COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. (WREG) --- A family is heartbroken and searching for answers after a 10-year-old boy was shot and killed in Mississippi on Christmas Eve. https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/endanger...
Dec 27, 2023
Mississippi sees significant rise in flu, COVID, and RSV cases
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Respiratory illnesses are spreading rapidly this winter and in Mississippi. The U.S. Is facing yet another tripledemic with COVID-19, flu, and RSV. Physicians in the M...
Dec 26, 2023
Body found in brush off roadside in Canton
Editor's note: The exact address where the body was found has been corrected. The following story has been changed to reflect the update. CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said his...
Dec 26, 2023
Man arrested after chase in Adams County
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested after a chase in Adams County this weekend. Richard Norman (Courtesy: Adams County Sheriff's Office) According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP), ...
Dec 25, 2023