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RICHLAND, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman was arrested for allegedly selling drugs near a school in Richland. Richland police said they arrested Brandi Jo Luke on August 25, 2023, at a local fast food restaurant. She was arrested for the sale of methamphetamine within 1,500 feet of a school, sale of a schedule IV controlled [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested two Animal Control officers for embezzlement and conspiracy. Officer Sam Brown said Marquette Allen, II, 30, and Roderick Hibbler, 26, were both arrested on August 29. The charges stem from alerts of exceptions on exceeding fuel purchases within the Animal Control Unit. According to Brown, an internal investigation [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Democratic nominee for Mississippi governor turned up the heat on his attacks of Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.). On Monday, Brandon Presley made his latest attempt to tie Reeves to the sprawling welfare scandal while outside the front gates of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson. Presley called on Reeves to return [...]

Idalia continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. Its winds have increased to 85 mph.

GLENDORA, Miss. (WJTV) - On the 68th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, were honored in Mississippi during a commemoration at a new historical location. The abduction, torture and killing of the Black teenager from Chicago in 1955 helped propel the Civil Rights Movement. His body was [...]

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Clinton police are working to find a man who robbed the Trustmark bank on Clinton Boulevard. Police said the robbery happened just before 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 28. They said a man, who was wearing a dark suit coat and a medical mask, robbed one of the bank tellers. The [...]

BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - Two arrests have been made in connection to a fatal shooting in Biloxi. Police responded to the shooting just before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 in the 200 block of McDonnell Avenue. According to investigators, officers found 20-year-old Damari Daniels with multiple gunshot wounds. Daniels was pronounced dead at the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A mistrial has been declared in the trial of William “Polo” Edwards. Judge Faye Peterson declared the mistrial on Tuesday, August 29 after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. This comes after the jury began their deliberations on Monday, August 28. Edwards was on trial for allegedly killing Better Men [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A convicted child rapist who escaped from an Arkansas prison work detail a year ago and allegedly made his way across the Mississippi River on a jet ski was captured Tuesday. Samuel Hartman, 39, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon at a motel in Lewisburg, West Virginia, the U.S. Marshals office [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A garbage credit could be on the way for Jackson neighbors. Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said he did not intend for residents to suffer from not having garbage collection for so long. This comes after a dispute between the mayor and the Jackson City Council over a garbage contract. Lumumba said [...]