Category Archives: WJTV
Ole Miss football player sues university, Coach Lane Kiffin
OXFORD, Miss. --- University of Mississippi defensive tackler DeSanto Rollins has filed a lawsuit against the university and Head Football Coach Lane Kiffin. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District...
Sep 15, 2023
What's at stake as workers go on strike at major auto makers
DETROIT (AP) - About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's automakers. The United Auto Worker...
Sep 15, 2023
In a court filing, a Tennessee couple fights allegations that they got rich off Michael Oher
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis couple who took in former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher when he was in high school denied in court documents filed Thursday that they used a legal agreement betwee...
Sep 14, 2023
Hinds County detention officer cadet arrested on contraband charge
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Hinds County detention officer cadet was arrested on Thursday, September 14. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said illegal narcotics were found in her locker at the jail...
Sep 14, 2023
Customers flock to Beatty Street Grocery ahead of closure
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After 83 years of serving the Jackson community, Beatty Street Grocery will close its doors. Customers lined up outside of the restaurant on Thursday to get a bite of some of t...
Sep 14, 2023
Silver Alert issued for Brandon woman last seen in NYC
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 25-year-old Vanessa Malisha Dillion, of Brandon. She is described as five feet five inches tall, weighs ...
Sep 14, 2023
Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the ...
Sep 14, 2023
Pike County funeral home employee wanted on child porn charge
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies are searching for a funeral home employee, who is wanted on a child pornography charge. Investigators said they executed a search warrant at Catching-S...
Sep 14, 2023
Franklin County teen seriously injured during crash
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Franklin County teenager was seriously injured during a crash on Wednesday, September 13. The Daily Leader reported Marlee Tindle and Kolby Cox were traveling on Rive...
Sep 14, 2023
Two men wanted in Vicksburg extradited from Texas
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police said two men, who were wanted for separate crimes, have been extradited from Houston, Texas. Officers traveled to Houston on Wednesday, September 13 to bring...
Sep 14, 2023