Category Archives: WJTV
Sentencing postponed for Mississippi police officers who tortured 2 Black men
JACKSON, MISS. (AP) - A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Blac...
Nov 01, 2023
Firefighters battle warehouse fire in Ridgeland
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Firefighters battled a warehouse fire on East State Street in Ridgeland on Wednesday, November 1. Ridgeland and Madison firefighters worked to contain the fire that started a...
Nov 01, 2023
Jackson woman hit by car on McDowell Road
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson woman was hit by a pickup truck while walking to a gas station on Tuesday, October 31. The incident happened near the intersection of West McDowell Road and Raymond R...
Oct 31, 2023
Yazoo County High football coach charged with date rape
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A football coach at Yazoo County High School has been arrested and charged with date rape. Chief Deputy Edward Ferrell said Antoine Bourne was arrested on Friday, October ...
Oct 31, 2023
Mississippi attorney general says 3 police shootings were justified
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Three separate police shootings in Mississippi in 2022 were justified, the state Attorney General's Office said Tuesday. In one episode, a woman was hit by a stray police bullet ...
Oct 31, 2023
Two women arrested for vandalizing Oxford fountain
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - Oxford police arrested two young women for allegedly vandalizing a fountain that was recently dedicated. Police said Abigail Fuqua, 19, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Madison ...
Oct 31, 2023
Focused on Mississippi: What causes unusual disturbances at Florence home?
FLORENCE, Miss. (WJTV) - A house in Florence may be haunted, but some say it may not be. Everyone who's investigated the house agrees strange things happen there, but they don't agree that ghosts caus...
Oct 31, 2023
Jackson woman injured after shots fired into home
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman was injured after shots were fired into her Jackson home. Officer Sam Brown said the incident happened in the 200 block of Lindsey Drive on Monday, October 30. Man arre...
Oct 31, 2023
What steps should you take to prevent RSV in wake of drug shortage?
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With demand for a new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody outpacing supply, experts at Children's of Mississippi recommend families take steps to reduce the r...
Oct 31, 2023
Grenada County teen accused of killing stepfather
GRENADA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Grenada County teenager has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in connection to the death of her stepfather. The Yazoo Herald reported Janilia Wright, ...
Oct 31, 2023