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CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - At least two people were hospitalized after separate crashes in Clinton. The crashes happened on Interstate 20 just before 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12. According to officials, a silver Toyota sedan traveling East on I-20 near Exit 33 left the roadway and overturned. A blue Honda SUV, also traveling along [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers and community members gathered on Friday to unveil legislation that would protect Mississippians' rights to contraception. Rep. Chris Bell (D-District 65), chair of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, and Rep. Zakiya Summers (D-District 68) announced that they will file the Mississippi Right to Contraception Act in January during the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University's (JSU) homecoming game is on Saturday, October 14. However, students, alumni and the JSU community are gearing up for a big event on Friday, October 13. There were food trucks, vendors and music on Jackson State's plaza. "The Legacy Continues" is the theme for this year's homecoming. The [...]

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WJTV) - Steel Dynamics, Inc., is beginning to hire workers for the largest economic development project in Mississippi history. The project, which is a $2.5 billion investment, will create 1,000 jobs in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park with an average salary of almost $100,000. “I was proud that we could finalize the largest [...]

SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The investigation continues after a Scott County mother and son were shot and killed on Monday, October 9. Firefighters discovered the bodies of 36-year-old Zina Williams and her 7-year-old son, Zacchesus Williams, while responding to a mobile home fire on Wash Drive. "We started doing more inquiry and found out [...]

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WREG) --- The mother of a 13-year-old DeSoto County student is outraged after her daughter was arrested and held in juvenile court. Cassandra Newbern is still fuming about what happened on September 28 at DeSoto Central Middle School. "I couldn't sleep. I paced the floor. I'm like, 'What could my child have [...]

HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are searching for several suspects who robbed a Dollar General store in West. The incident happened at the store on Highway 51 in West just after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. The suspects left the scene in a light colored Hyundai four-door sedan with no license plate. [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi River continues to see low water levels. The water levels in Vicksburg is currently less than a foot above the gage as of 10:00 a.m., according to Storm Team 12. Cody Eckhardt, deputy chief of operations with the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the [...]

JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) - A man has been found guilty of statutory rape in Hinds County. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said Ray Anthony Beasley was convicted following a two-day trial. On February 1, 2021, Jackson police received a report from the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) in reference to a 15-year-old girl [...]

CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Canton Flea Market returned to the metro area on Thursday, October 12. The market has been a decades-long tradition for some and the start of new beginnings for others. "We've been doing this for about 38 years. And this is my first time to be out here, and I'm really excited [...]