Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Both candidates for Mississippi governor made their way across the state on Wednesday. Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) spent his morning focusing on Mississippi's economy. At a ribb...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Twenty Mississippi counties have been placed under burn bans as of Wednesday, August 16. There have been almost 180 wildfires since the beginning of August 2023, according to t...

SENATOBIA, Miss. (WREG) --- A mother is considering legal action after her 10-year-old son was taken to jail for allegedly urinating in public. Latonya Eason said she's weighing whether she'll take le...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A prominent Memphis couple with a longstanding relationship to former NFL player Michael Oher want to end a conservatorship that he's challenging in court, their lawyers said. Se...

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A police dispatcher and a detective testified Wednesday, August 16 in the trial of two white men in Brookhaven who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black F...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police said four people have been arrested in connection to the weekend shooting at Northpark Mall. Police Chief Brian Myers said the suspects, who are in custody, ...

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies announced a wanted man was captured in Alabama. On August 15, detectives said they worked with the Guntersville Police Department in Alabama in an effo...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A captain at the Jackson Police Department (JPD) has died after being found unresponsive Wednesday morning. Jackson leaders said Captain Lee Robinson was found nonresponsive at...

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A bicyclist was killed after being hit by a vehicle's trailer in Rankin County. Leaders with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the incident happened just before 3...

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The man who was wanted for questioning in a Pike County homicide was arrested in Tennessee. Pike County deputies said they received information on Monday, August 14 that Mo...