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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested an 18-year-old in connection to a homicide. Captain Abraham Thompson said Ruben Crosby was arrested just after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 in the 5900 block of Interstate 55 North. Crosby was charged with murder and aggravated assault. Police said the homicide happened in the 1700 block [...]

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (WJTV) - A 61-year-old man died after he was impaled after falling off of a roof in Crystal Springs. Police Chief Tony Hemphill said the incident happened at a home on the intersection of North Bennett Street and Lee Avenue on Friday, September 15. According to the chief, the unidentified man was [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was injured after a three-vehicle crash in Hinds County. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash happened just before 5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 15 on Interstate 20 West near the 23-mile marker. A 2006 Dodge Ram and a 2014 Lexus were parked on the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After 83 years of serving the Jackson community, Beatty Street Grocery will close its doors. Customers lined up outside of the restaurant on Thursday to get a bite of some of their favorite eats. Some customers waited an hour or more to dine for the last time at the restaurant, which [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Hinds County detention officer cadet was arrested on Thursday, September 14. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said illegal narcotics were found in her locker at the jail. Jones said the unidentified cadet has been charged with introduction of contraband to a correctional facility. According to the sheriff, the contraband [...]

What consumers could face in a prolonged strike.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - General Motors, Ford and Stellantis workers are now on strike. Chairperson for United Auto Workers (UAW) General Motors, Shellie Thomas, said they have made record profits this year across the three automakers. Thomas said there are workers who have been with the businesses for nearly 17 years and have never received [...]

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies arrested a funeral home employee on a child pornography charge. Deputies said Jacob Golmon, 33, of Smithdale, was booked into the Pike County Jail on September 14. He was booked for possession of child pornography and a bench warrant for public display of sexually oriented materials. Golmon's [...]

More than 16,000 Mississippians were dropped from Medicaid in August during the latest round of the agency’s disenrollments.  The pandemic-era federal regulations that prevented state Medicaid agencies from disenrolling beneficiaries ended in May. Since then, Medicaid divisions all over the country are reviewing their rolls for the first time in three years. In June, 29,460 [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Retro Metro filed a discrimination complaint in federal court against the City of Jackson, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and the Jackson City Council. This comes after the city terminated its lease with the company to house their offices at Metrocenter Mall. In July, the Jackson City Council voted to move all city [...]