Category Archives: WJTV
Sentencing for 'Goon Squad' delayed until January 2024
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pled guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two...
Nov 10, 2023
Woman tries, fails to rob Bassfield bank
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jefferson Davis County deputies are working to find at least two suspects after a woman tried and failed to rob a bank. The incident happened at the Regions Bank...
Nov 10, 2023
Mississippi woman wins $1 million in NASCAR Powerball Playoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi woman won the NASCAR Powerball Playoff and received $1 million! Stephanie Walker, of West Point, competed against nearly 520 other winners from various lotteries ...
Nov 10, 2023
Mississippi attorney general asks state Supreme Court to set execution dates for 2 prisoners
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has asked the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for two men on death row. Fitch's office filed motions Thursday that asked the co...
Nov 10, 2023
Mississippi Supreme Court to hear arguments in Willie Cory Godbolt appeal
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The case of the Mississippi man convicted in the 2017 killings of eight people is being appealed. The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for November...
Nov 10, 2023
Popular Christmas light show in Madison coming to an end
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Christmas staple in the Jackson area has come to an end. The Richardson family said the Richardson Light Show in Madison will end effective Christmas 2023. The light show has...
Nov 10, 2023
Judge dissolves injunction against Jacques'
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A Vicksburg nightclub that has spent the last four months closed due to an ongoing legal battle can reopen at any time. The Vicksburg Post reported a Sunflower County judge i...
Nov 10, 2023
Vicksburg homicide suspect captured in Texas
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A Vicksburg homicide suspect has been captured in Texas. Vicksburg Police said Perrion Johnson, 18, of Vicksburg, was arrested in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, November 8, 202...
Nov 10, 2023
Man accuses riverboat co-captain of assault during Alabama riverfront brawl
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A Black riverboat co-captain at the center of an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew national attention has been accused of misdemeanor assault in the melee by one of ...
Nov 10, 2023
Your Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson is known as the capital city of Mississippi, but it's also known as the City of Soul. Much of that is reflected in the city's outstanding museums. If you haven't paid a...
Nov 10, 2023