Category Archives: WJTV
13-year-old shot while asleep in bed in Clarksdale, Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) --- A 13-year-old girl was shot while at home sleeping in the bed on Friday in Clarksdale, Mississippi, according to the Clarksdale Police Department. On December 15, officers sa...
Dec 18, 2023
Jim Hill High's band director dies
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The esteemed band director at Jim Hill High School in Jackson has died. Leaders with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) announced the death of Chris Little on Monday, Dec...
Dec 18, 2023
Supervisor Archie claims former election commissioner is violating probation
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Supervisor David Archie, District 2, said he wants to bar a convicted former election commissioner from working for the county again. Archie held a news confe...
Dec 18, 2023
Memphis man arrested after Carroll County chase
CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Carroll County deputies arrested a Memphis man after a chase this weekend. Investigators said deputies were conducting a routine safety checkpoint on Highway 7 in the Av...
Dec 18, 2023
Shonda Rhimes donates to Emmett Till Interpretive Center to preserve barn
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Shonda Rhimes, an acclaimed TV producer and screenwriter, donated to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to secure the Seed Barn in Sunflower County, Mississippi. The barn is w...
Dec 18, 2023
Man killed in Vicksburg crash on Halls Ferry ramp
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was killed during a crash in Vicksburg this weekend. Vicksburg Daily News said the crash happened on the Halls Ferry ramp to Interstate 20 west around midnight on Sunda...
Dec 18, 2023
Fire damages former Jackson elementary school
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters responded to a fire at a former elementary school. Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Armon said four portable buildings at Woodville Heights Elementary School o...
Dec 18, 2023
Madison's Rice Road to close on Tuesday
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - Madison police announced a closure for Rice Road starting on Tuesday, December 19. Officials said the closure will start at 7:00 a.m. on Rice Road at Tidewater Lane. The road w...
Dec 18, 2023
Jackson police arrest man for lying about kidnapping after auto theft
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man who reported his car was stolen with a child inside. Police responded to a call at the Family Dollar on Medgar Evers Boulevard Sunday afternoon af...
Dec 17, 2023
Man killed in shooting at Wood Village Apartments
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed at Wood Village Apartments. Police Chief Joseph Wade said officers responded to the apartment complex around 4:...
Dec 17, 2023