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PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Pike County deputies arrested a man who allegedly started a brush fire. Deputies and firefighters responded to the 1000 block of Mandy Lane on August 21 after receiving a call about the brush fire. When deputies arrived, they said the fire was burning most of Robert Johns' property and his [...]

Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With rising temperatures in Mississippi, electricity consumption continues to rise in proportion. Central District Public Service Commissioner Brent Bailey urged Mississippians to take steps to conserve energy as they continue to endure these extreme temperatures. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) issued a maximum generation emergency alert until 10:00 p.m. Thursday, [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters are finally getting a pay raise. The Jackson City Council confirmed the news during Tuesday's finance committee meeting. The Jackson Fire Department (JFD) secured $3 million for the raises; $1.4 million coming out of their own budget and $1.6 million from the city. Jackson leaders had to freeze 31 [...]

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A Wayne County mother has been left heartbroken after her teenage daughter and her daughter's boyfriend were killed in a fiery crash in Jones County. Officials with the Jones County Fire Council said the crash happened on Highway 84 East at Bogue Homa near Magnolia Road. Robin Knight is grieving [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The trial is underway for the man accused of killing Better Men Society Founder Robert Davis. Opening statements by the prosecution and defense were made in the trial of William "Polo" Edwards on Tuesday, August 22. Edwards was indicted for murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm in Hinds County. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Medgar Evers Boulevard roadway project is moving forward. Medgar Evers Boulevard will be reconstructed from Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Ridgeway Street in Jackson. Plans for the multi-million dollar project include repaving the road, adding street lights and adding sidewalks. "It's an overall rebuild, honestly. We're going to put landscape medians [...]

SENATOBIA, Miss. (WREG) --- The mother of a 10-year-old who was detained by police in Senatobia, Mississippi for urinating in public is speaking out about action taken by the police chief. Latonya Eason said she and her son Quatavious have been mentally and physically drained since the incident. "I really don't know. I don't know [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A second man has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting on West Northside Drive in Jackson. Captain Abraham Thompson said Michael Sanders, 19, was arrested on Tuesday, August 22. He was charged with capital murder. Jackson police previously arrested Jarrod Sutton, 22, in connection to the case. He was [...]