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Sheriff Charlie Crumpton tells us three men broke free. One of them was caught early Sunday evening. Two remain on-the-run. More>>
The Mississippi Highway patrol reported Saturday morning that troopers had already responded to two fatal car crashes during Memorial Day Weekend. More>>
Last Sunday the ministry's 104th year was marked by an official naming ceremony for its main hall in honor of a former pastor, the Reverend J.B. Mclaurin. More>>
Nissan celebrated 10 years in Canton Saturday and they invited the whole metro out to celebrate. More>>
Hutto Found Guilty of Capital MurderJury convicts James Hutto of Capital Murder for the death of 81-year-old Ethel Simpson of Clinton. More>>
150 years ago union forces began their barrage of Vicksburg. Now a nation remembers the soldiers who lost their lives in the siege. More>>
ESCAPED: Melvin ToneyMelvin Toney escaped from the facility in Fayette around 6:00 Saturday morning. More>>
Vicksburg City Clerk Walter Osborne has been served with a federal grand jury subpoena for documents related to the City Hall Annex roofing project. Osborne tells the Vicksburg Post that he is to turn More>>
RIDGELAND – The Memorial Day weekend kicked off today in Ridgeland at the Military Order of the World Wars. More>>
JACKSON - The University of Mississippi Medical Center presented nearly 700 degrees Friday morning in its largest commencement ever. More>>
It's a growing trend across the country that we're now seeing right here in the capital city, pop up restaurants, which means they can temporarily pop up in a particular location. Today a More>>
The Mississippi Highway Patrol will be stepping up enforcement with an additional 252 troopers on the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz says in More>>
The Mississippi Department of Education has suspended the license of a Jackson school principal for one year for interfering in mandated state testing in 2011. Lisa Andrus-Johnson is the principal at More>>
Federal authorities have charged another former Jackson police officer with bribery. Robert Nikita Shegog was charged Wednesday in a criminal information, a type of charge usually filed when a defendant More>>
A 42-year-old Greenville man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to performing sexual acts on a minor. District Attorney W. Dewyane Richardson tells the Delta Democrat Times More>>
A 27-year-old former Pontotoc church youth minister has pleaded not guilty to four counts of sexual contact with a minor female. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Jaysen Hogue appeared More>>
Authorities say a 20-year-old Lucedale man arrested on a charge of animal cruelty is accused of dousing his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix in a flammable liquid and setting it on fire. George County Sheriff More>>
Jackson State University opens for classes in Madison Wednesday, offering 16 classes for undergraduate and graduate students this summer. Four months after receiving the state College Board's approval More>>
City leaders blame a sewer main failure on an aging system. About a month ago, crews were repairing a manhole cover along Lake Harbour Drive when they noticed sewer pipes were degrading. Public Works More>>
The Boy Scouts of America has voted to lift its long-standing ban on gays serving as members of the organization. In what's sure to be a controversial move, the Boy Scouts of America's national More>>
Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Joseph Patrick Coates who was charged with the trafficking of a controlled substance, pled guilty to three counts of More>>
The Horse RescueFor many of the 20 rescued horses, their survival is still uncertain. More>>
JACKSON - A man riding his bike down a Jackson road is hit my a car. More>>
Two Mississippians are facing charges of child exploitation, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Travis Arnold, 28, of Hattiesburg was arrested Wednesday by the Attorney General's Cyber Crime More>>
June 1 marks the start of the 2013 Hurricane Season and although no one is celebrating, everyone should be preparing. In fact, the week of May 26 is Hurricane Preparedness Week. More>>
In any disaster, there is the possibility for fraudulent activity and individuals to attempt to fundraise in the name of the American Red Cross. The local Red Cross Office has received numerous calls More>>
The City of Jackson Department of Public Works announces that it has closed Old Canton Road at Crane Blvd to through traffic. An emergency repair to a major sewer line at that intersection will begin More>>
People who aspire to finish their General Education Development (GED) high school equivalency certificate should connect with Hinds Community College's Adult Basic Education/GED program and make a special More>>
Authorities in Claiborne County are looking into how what caused a woman to suffer burns to more than 85% of her body. More>>
An army of volunteers from neighboring communities and across the country are converging on Moore in its time of need. More>>
Shannon Moore is a biology and chemistry teacher at Pelahatchie High School. Moore tells us she got the calling at an early age. "Most highly effective teachers don't teach for the money. And, I've More>>
JACKSON - An online auction for the historic Edison Walthall Hotel ended Wednesday. More>>
JACKSON - Blair E Batson Children's Hospital gets a huge financial boost. More>>
JACKSON - James Hutto had another outburst in court Wednesday afternoon. He's on trial for kidnapping and killing Ethel Simpson, 81, in September 2010. More>>
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's More>>
Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker says Kimberly Readus, 41, was arrested last night after loud, disorderly conduct at the vote count in Canton. Readus was yelling and cursing at the vote counters during More>>
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran today said that even with the fiscal difficulties facing the federal government, the Congress must meet its responsibility to provide the resources needed to train, equip and More>>
The attorney for St. Dominic Health Systems says the hospital dropped its legal challenge over a Madison County clinic because chances were a certificate of need to operate the facility had expired. More>>
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) has joined an effort to prevent the federal government from committing excessive taxpayer money to expand state Medicaid programs by co-sponsoring the "Preventing More>>
The University of Southern Mississippi has stopped its own tornado relief fundraising campaigns in deference to storm victims in Oklahoma. The USM Foundation launched the tornado campaign following the More>>
CORINTH – News Channel 12 speaks exclusively with Paul Kevin Curtis about how his life has changed since being vindicated. More>>
The following power outages are being reported by Entergy.ADAMS (MS) 5 ATTALA (MS) 528 BOLIVAR (MS) 2 CARROLL (MS) 668 CLAIBORNE (MS) 14 COAHOMA More>>
You can follow today's election results by going to WJTV's Election Results page. More>>
Entergy is already reporting that there are already power outages in the Jackson Metro area. County NameCustomers Affected BOLIVAR (MS) 263 COAHOMA (MS) 2 DESOTO More>>
Former Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba is recognized as the projected winner of the primary runoff election, according to polling results.Lumumba beat political newcomer and businessman, Jonathan Lee, More>>
Authorities say a Mississippi man has been charged with animal cruelty and surrendered 104 dogs, but the man denies mistreating the animals. The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society More>>
An attorney says a settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit that alleged the former pastor of a Jackson megachurch of sexually harassing an employee. Jamila Slaughter sued Word of Faith International More>>
On Monday May 20, 2013, 6:56 pm., two male individuals came into T-Mobile at 4924 I-55 North and robbed them at gun point. They had the employees to lay face down in the back of the store as they duck More>>
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to prepare for severe weather forecast to move through the state late Tuesday into Wednesday. The National Weather Service says that some More>>
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