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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Due to the dry weather in Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) announced a statewide burn ban for all state parks and state fishing lakes until further notice. The burn ban prohibits the use of all open fires such as campfires, bonfires, fire pits, fire rings, burn [...]

GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with St. Joseph Catholic Church announced the 2023 GermanFest has been canceled. "We would like to thank everyone who has supported our GermanFest over the past 30 years! Due to the tremendous growth in the City of Gluckstadt, we have decided to take a year off in order to evaluate [...]

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A lawsuit has been filed against the Madison County School District that alleges school officials tried to cover up an incident involving a student and former teacher. The Madison County Journal reported the guardians of a student at Old Town Middle School filed the lawsuit on August 11, 2023, against [...]

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was killed after a vehicle crashed and caught fire in Madison. The incident happened around 9:00 a.m. on Interstate 55 on August 17, 2023. Madison police said they received a call about a gray passenger car traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-55. A few minutes later, Ridgeland [...]

A slim majority of the governing board for Mississippi’s eight public universities voted to allow Elayne Hayes-Anthony, Jackson State University’s temporary acting president, to apply for the permanent role. According to executive session minutes released Wednesday, seven trustees voted for the motion and five voted against, including Dr. Steven Cunningham, the only Jackson State alumnus on the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE) announced a new initiative they hope can bring in more funding for the state's public schools. MAE brought together parents, educators, local businesses and labor leaders to announce the new Raise Mississippi initiative. Focused on communicating the economic benefits of fully funded public schools, MAE [...]

SENATOBIA, Miss. (WREG) --- There are questions in Senatobia, Mississippi, after a 10-year-old boy was taken to jail for urinating in public. That incident happened in the parking lot of a lawyer's office directly across from the Tate County Courthouse. The lawyer, who did not want to be identified, told WREG a woman, identified as [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A captain at the Jackson Police Department (JPD) has died after being found unresponsive Wednesday morning. Jackson leaders said Captain Lee Robinson was found nonresponsive at his fiancé's home. He is believed to have died of natural causes. Leaders said Robinson joined the department in February 1995 and served for more [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A bicyclist was killed after being hit by a vehicle's trailer in Rankin County. Leaders with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the incident happened just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15 on Interstate 55 near Interstate 20 west. Troopers said a 2022 GMC Sierra, driven by 33-year-old Eric [...]

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police said four people have been arrested in connection to the weekend shooting at Northpark Mall. Police Chief Brian Myers said the suspects, who are in custody, were identified as Jamari Brown, James Cole, Jr., Kyandre Harris, and Jalen Carter. According to Myers, Cole was the shooting victim in the [...]