Category Archives: WJTV

Students found with guns at McComb High School twice this week
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the McComb School District said a student was found with a gun at McComb High School on Wednesday, September 13. Leaders said school security staff confiscated the ...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 14, 2023

Hunter Biden indicted on three federal gun charges
Prosecutors in Delaware brought three gun-related charges against Hunter Biden on Thursday, indicting the president's son after special counsel David Weiss said he would pursue charges following the e...
Rebecca Beitsch Sep 14, 2023

Lincoln County woman killed in crash
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Lincoln County woman was killed in a crash on Tuesday, September 12. The Daily Leader reported Melissa Allred, 36, was killed during the single-vehicle crash on Montgo...
Malaysia McCoy Sep 14, 2023

Man wanted in Louisiana captured in Mississippi after manhunt
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man, who was wanted in Louisiana, was arrested after a manhunt in Warren County. Vicksburg Daily News reported a deputy stopped a vehicle on Culkin Road on Tuesday, Sep...
Malaysia McCoy Sep 14, 2023

Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reaches five-year high
Mississippi's infant mortality rate reached a five-year high in 2021, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate of babies under one year of ag...
Kate Royals Sep 14, 2023

Mississippi worship leader accused of producing child porn
GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) - A worship leader from the Mississippi Gulf Coast was arrested on federal charges of producing child pornography. WXXV reported Tyler Selby, 33, appeared in U.S. District Court...
Sethanie Smith Sep 14, 2023

Three Canton men sentenced in murder for hire plot
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Three Canton men have been convicted in connection to a murder for hire plot that ended in a shootout in November 2021. District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Dondre Blac...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 14, 2023

Man killed in fiery Madison crash identified
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - The man who was killed during a fiery crash in Madison has been identified. Madison County Coroner Alex Breeland identified the man as Orlando Brown, 50, of Canton. Breeland sa...
Kristopher White Sep 14, 2023

Mississippi should revive process to put issues on ballot, Secretary of State Watson says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi should revive a process that lets voters put initiatives on the statewide ballot, Secretary of State Michael Watson said Wednesday, although he hasn't yet s...
The Associated Press Sep 14, 2023

Powerball jackpot nears $600M: When is the next drawing?
(NEXSTAR) - Without a winner in Wednesday's drawing, the Powerball jackpot has rolled again, reaching an estimated $596 million ahead of the next drawing. No ticket matched the winning numbers of 22, ...
Addy Bink Sep 14, 2023
