Category Archives: WJTV
2 late-season disturbances pop up in Atlantic, including 1 off Florida coast
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Two late-season disturbances have popped up in the Atlantic basin, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). One of the disturbances is located over the southwestern Carib...
Nov 15, 2023
High Court hears arguments in Godbolt appeal
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of the Lincoln County man convicted in the 2017 killings of eight people. The court heard arguments fr...
Nov 14, 2023
Holmes County deputies still searching for missing man
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The search is still underway for a Holmes County man who disappeared in April 2022. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said deputies are still looking for Robert "Alex" E...
Nov 14, 2023
Parents of murdered JSU student left without answers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Following the release of a second suspect in the shooting death of a Jackson State University (JSU) student, Jaylen Burns' family is still without answers. Jamison Kelly, Jr., ...
Nov 14, 2023
Stamps wins Public Service Commissioner race
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After a close race for the position of Public Service Commissioner for the Central District, the results are in. The Associated Press called the race for De'Keither Stamps (D-M...
Nov 14, 2023
St. Jude employee killed in front of wife, 2-year-old during robbery: Police report
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - More information was released Tuesday afternoon in the deadly shooting of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee Alexander Bulakhov during a robbery in downtown Memphis...
Nov 14, 2023
MDEQ Permit Board approves Clinton landfill expansion
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's (MDEQ) Permit Board voted 4-2 on Tuesday to approve the expansion of a landfill in the City of Clinton. Faircloth Rubbish ...
Nov 14, 2023
In federal lawsuit, owner of medical marijuana dispensary says Mississippi censors business owners
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The owner of a Mississippi medical marijuana dispensary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging state regulations that he says censor business owners by preventing them from ...
Nov 14, 2023
Mississippi governor lifts partial statewide burn ban
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After consulting with the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) lifted the partial statew...
Nov 14, 2023
Former Winona police officer arrested on federal charges
CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A former Winona police officer has been arrested on federal charges. Carroll County deputies and U.S. Marshals arrested Tanareika Juaniquar Jozet Williams, 25, at her ho...
Nov 14, 2023