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LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) - Bond has been set for the 18-year-old accused of killing a pregnant teen in Laurel. According to the Jones County Adult Detention Center's website, the bond for 18-year-old Tavaris Atwood was set at $1 million. Atwood was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Elisa McLemore. Laurel police said [...]

Several changes are coming to SNAP benefits beginning next month, the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service confirmed.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An adult and a child were taken to a hospital after a house fire in Jackson. The fire happened at a duplex on Claiborne Avenue on August 17, 2023. Officials said an adult and child were unconscious when firefighters arrived at the scene. They said 25% of the duplex was damaged. [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Hinds County Board of Supervisors will be welcoming two new faces next year, and there could be more new faces after the runoff election on August 29. Incumbent District 3 Supervisor Credell Calhoun lost his seat to former Mississippi Representative Deborah Butler Dixon. Calhoun joins District 2 Supervisor David [...]

MONTICELLO, Miss. (WJTV) - A wildfire in Monticello was contained on Thursday, August 17. The Daily Leader reported the wildfire grew to cover 150 acres. Multiple fire departments, four Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) bulldozer units and two airplane units worked to contain the fire. Temple Harrison, with MFC, told the newspaper that the fire appeared [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Twenty Mississippi counties have been placed under burn bans as of Wednesday, August 16. There have been almost 180 wildfires since the beginning of August 2023, according to the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC). Forestry officials urged everyone to be aware of the current dry conditions, because conditions could get worse. MFC [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Both candidates for Mississippi governor made their way across the state on Wednesday. Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) spent his morning focusing on Mississippi's economy. At a ribbon cutting for a Canton landscaping business, Reeves said the economic investments in the state are a result of the work put in during the [...]

SENATOBIA, Miss. (WREG) --- A mother is considering legal action after her 10-year-old son was taken to jail for allegedly urinating in public. Latonya Eason said she's weighing whether she'll take legal action against the Senatobia Police Department. "Well, I just been kind of thinking, and so at this point I don't know. I don't [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Incumbent Hinds County Supervisor Credell Calhoun lost the District 3 race. Hinds County Circuit Clerk Zack Wallace told WJTV 12 News that Deborah Dixon won the District 3 race. The only runoffs for the Board of Supervisors races will be in District 4 and District 5. The runoff election will [...]

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Several people are in custody after a chase from Clinton into Warren County. Leaders with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said a trooper located a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat traveling west on Interstate 20 in Rankin County on Wednesday, August 16. They said the vehicle had been reported stolen in Alabama. [...]