Category Archives: WJTV
Four arrested for Jones County auto burglaries
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies arrested three men and a 17-year-old in connection to a rash of vehicle burglaries. Investigators said the suspects were arrested at three different ...
Aug 16, 2023
'Several persons of interest' in ambush-style murder
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said investigators have identified "several persons of interest" in connection to an "ambush-style" murder. The Natchez Democrat reported add...
Aug 16, 2023
Jones County teen accused of stabbing father
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A Jones County 17-year-old allegedly stabbed his father multiple times. Jones County deputies said the incident happened overnight on Dry Swamp Road in the Powers communit...
Aug 16, 2023
Third arrest in death of Vicksburg woman in Port Gibson
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A third suspect was arrested in connection to the death of a Vicksburg woman in Port Gibson. Vicksburg Daily News reported Depravious Crystain was arrested on Tuesday, August...
Aug 16, 2023
Tracking the Tropics: NHC monitoring 3 disturbances as peak hurricane season nears
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three tropical waves that are spread across the Atlantic basin. With conditions ideal for some development, are these the storms the ea...
Aug 16, 2023
2023 Mississippi Book Festival returns on Saturday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Book Festival will return for its ninth year on Saturday, August 19. The day will be filled with author panel discussions, live music, food, art and activities ...
Aug 16, 2023
Chris McDaniel, Lynn Fitch and the case of the missing $15,000
Even if one were to believe erstwhile candidate Chris McDaniel's incomplete, conflicting, shifting accounting of hundreds of thousands in secretive campaign donations, it still begs the question: Wher...
Aug 16, 2023
10-year-old taken to jail in Mississippi for urinating in public
SENATOBIA, Miss. (WREG) --- There are questions in Senatobia, Mississippi, after a 10-year-old boy was taken to jail for urinating in public. That incident happened in the parking lot of a lawyer's of...
Aug 15, 2023
Tuohys call Michael Oher's filing 'hurtful' and part of a shakedown attempt
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are calling Michael Oher's claims that they enriched themselves at his expense "outlandish," "hurtful and absurd" and part of a "shakedown" by the former NFL offensive tackle...
Aug 15, 2023
MAE announces Raise Mississippi initiative
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE) announced a new initiative they hope can bring in more funding for the state's public schools. MAE brought together parents, educ...
Aug 15, 2023