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HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County services remained offline for a fourth business day after a computer breach last week. Hinds County neighbors are still showing up to the Tax Collector's office, trying to buy or renew tags. A majority of them did not know the office has been closed since Thursday, September 7. [...]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - The U.S. Department of Labor is calling on employees at Mar-Jac in Hattiesburg to help with an investigation into possible unsafe work conditions and illegal hiring practices. This comes after an underaged employee was killed while working at the plant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) opened a workplace safety [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After 83 years serving the Jackson community, Beatty Street Grocery will close at the end of the week. Beatty Street Grocery first began delivering groceries and then began operating as a restaurant. The restaurant has been passed down for generations and will end with owner Mary Harden's retirement. Harden plans to [...]

A teenager is dead and another is in custody after a shooting at a Louisiana school on Tuesday.

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Charges have been dropped against the parents of the 21-year-old man charged with sex crimes against a minor in Rankin County. Court officials said the charges against Steven Wesley Webb, 53, and Stephanie Aultman Webb, 54, both of Pearl, were dismissed. They were both initially charged with one count of [...]

ALCORN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The former Alcorn Consolidated School District superintendent pled guilty to false representations to defraud the government. State Auditor Shad White said Bill Brand was indicted and arrested in August 2021. Brand falsified student attendance record for October and November 2020. According to White, Brand used a school district employee's Student [...]

We're officially past the halfway mark of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, but that doesn't mean we're done seeing storms.

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Buc-ee’s broke ground on its new travel center in Harrison County, Mississippi! In about 16 months, the state's first Buc-ee's location will be open off of Menge Avenue and Interstate 10. WXXV spoked to Buc-ee’s President Beaver Alpin during Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony. "We try to come in and be a [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) met with families of Peeples and Whitten Middle School students. The two schools will soon merge following a testing irregularities investigation. During a packed meeting on Monday, JPS Superintendent Dr. Errick Greene met with the families. The two schools will temporarily consolidate next [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 69-year-old Colombia Scott, of Jackson. Scott is described as five feet nine inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. According to MBI, he was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes on [...]