Category Archives: WJTV
Al Pacino movie to be filmed in Natchez
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A new Al Pacino movie will be filmed in Natchez! The Natchez Democrat reported the movie, starring Pacino, is expected to begin filming this fall. Dolly Parton rocks cover of '...
Jul 27, 2023
Two plead guilty in stabbing death of Forest man
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man and a woman both pled guilty in connection to the 2022 stabbing death of a Forest man. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Jeffrey Allen Freeman and...
Jul 27, 2023
Silver Alert issued for 33-year-old Ridgeland man
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 33-year-old Jason Joseph Alexander, of Ridgeland. He is described as five feet eleven inches tall...
Jul 27, 2023
Reeves, Presley take shots at Neshoba County Fair
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) and his Democratic challenger, Brandon Presley, delivered their speeches at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday. Both candidates relied on what h...
Jul 27, 2023
Florida girl, 11, fakes friend's kidnapping because she thought it 'would be funny': deputies
PORT ORANGE, Fla. (WFLA) - An 11-year-old Florida girl was arrested Wednesday after deputies said she falsely reported her friend's kidnapping because she thought it "would be funny." The Volusia Coun...
Jul 27, 2023
Fifth suspect arrested for shooting death of 15-year-old in Edwards
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old in Edwards. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said 21-year-old Kaniya Jones was arres...
Jul 27, 2023
WATCH: Day 2 of 2023 Neshoba County Fair speeches
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Candidates in the upcoming 2023 Primary Election in Mississippi spoke at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday, July 27. Other candidates, including candidates f...
Jul 27, 2023
1 dead, 2 injured in Jackson apartment fire
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was killed and two others were injured during a Jackson apartment fire. The fire happened at the Lakeview Manor Apartments on Thursday, July 27. Two more arrested in...
Jul 27, 2023
Mississippi teen's death in poultry plant shows child labor remains a problem, feds say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The death of a 16-year-old in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month offered another reminder that children remain vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace in the Unit...
Jul 26, 2023
Hosemann, McDaniel trade blows at Neshoba County Fair
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Candidates came out hot on Wednesday at the Neshoba County Fair, throwing jab after jab on stage. Most of the back and forth was between the candidates for attorney gene...
Jul 26, 2023