Category Archives: WJTV

Boil water notice issued for 500 Madison County customers
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Five hundred customers have been placed under a boil water notice in Madison County. PRVWSD-Main Harbor issued the notice for their customers at the following locat...
Sethanie Smith Oct 19, 2023

Ridgeland police arrest man after standoff
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police arrested a man after a standoff early Thursday morning. The standoff happened in the 500 block of Lakeview Cove. Teen sentenced for Mississippi Mudbug Festiv...
Kristopher White Oct 19, 2023

Push to empower McHenry runs into Republican wall: Live coverage
A push to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) hit a Republican wall on Thursday. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Thursday morning told his colleagues he would back such a resolution as he co...
The Hill staff Oct 19, 2023

Guest discusses Jordan's failure to clinch Speakership
WASHINGTON (WJTV) - Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to secure the votes necessary to be elected as Speaker of the House for a second time on Wednesday, October 18. Jordan lost two more Republican vote...
Richard Lake Oct 18, 2023

Jackson State increases security after student's death
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Following the shooting death of a Jackson State student on campus, the university has increased security. Jaylen Burns was killed during a weekend shooting at University Pointe...
Cameron Smith Oct 18, 2023

Teen sentenced for Mississippi Mudbug Festival shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One of the teenagers accused of injuring five people during a shooting at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival in April 2022 pled guilty in connection to the case. A judge ordered C...
Kaitlin Howell Oct 18, 2023

Joran van der Sloot details how he killed Natalee Holloway in new testimony
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - Natalee Holloway died on a beach in Aruba after being hit in the head with a cinderblock by Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in her killing detailed in new court documents. O...
Drew Taylor Oct 18, 2023

Seven teens accused of arson at former Mississippi school
DREW, Miss. (WJTV) - Seven teenagers have been accused of setting two separate fires at a vacant school in Drew, Mississippi. Officials said the first fire happened on October 14 and was extinguished ...
Kristopher White Oct 18, 2023

New evidence connects Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann with other victims, attorney says
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) - New evidence has been uncovered that connects Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann with two more women who were found dead on Long Island, according to an att...
Finn Hoogensen Oct 18, 2023

Jackson police arrest three teens for carjacking
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested three teenagers in connection to a carjacking. The incident happened at the Marathon gas station in the 300 block of West Northside Drive on Tuesday, Oc...
Kaitlin Howell Oct 18, 2023
