Category Archives: WJTV
JPS middle school students moved to another school
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Students and staff at a Jackson middle school will report to another school on Thursday, November 30. As a precautionary measure, the students and staff from Chastain Middle Sc...
Nov 30, 2023
Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Most people in Mississippi's county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial. Some have longer wait times because two-t...
Nov 30, 2023
Sports Zone: Preview of High School Football Championships
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - The first season featuring expansion to the 7A classification will culminate with the 2023 MHSAA Football State Championships at Ole Miss's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. "This year ...
Nov 29, 2023
JXN Water continues work to fix capital city's water system
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - JXN Water interim Third Party Manger Ted Henifin said the capital city's water system is further along that it was a year ago. Henifin said Jackson's water system will begin se...
Nov 29, 2023
'Too little, too late': Rankin County NAACP president on changes at sheriff's office
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Local activists are reacting to the release of the new policy changes at the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. This comes after six former officers pled guilty to...
Nov 29, 2023
Mississippi GOP challenges election night court order that kept polls open during ballot shortage
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - After ballot shortages in Mississippi's largest county sowed chaos and confusion on the evening of the November statewide election, the state Republican Party has filed...
Nov 29, 2023
Scott County driver arrested after 80 pounds of marijuana found during traffic stop
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A driver was arrested in Scott County after 80 pounds of marijuana was discovered during a traffic stop. Scott County deputies said the driver was stopped for a traffic in...
Nov 29, 2023
Natchez woman killed in Franklin County crash
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A 33-year-old Natchez woman was killed during a crash in Franklin County. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash happened before 2:30 a.m. o...
Nov 29, 2023
Durant police search for bank robbery suspect
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Durant police are working to find the suspect who robbed a bank on Wednesday, November 29. The robbery happened at Renasant Bank just after 9:30 a.m. Lawsuit seeks $5M fo...
Nov 29, 2023
Clinton's Arrow Drive closed due to gas line break
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Clinton announced Arrow Drive has closed due to a broken gas line. Officials said a company was drilling along the road and struck the gas line at Buff...
Nov 29, 2023