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VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A third suspect was arrested in connection to the death of a Vicksburg woman in Port Gibson. Vicksburg Daily News reported Depravious Crystain was arrested on Tuesday, August 15. He was charged with capital murder in the death of Keairis Ford. Port Gibson Police Chief Russell Dorsey said the incident happened [...]

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies announced a wanted man was captured in Alabama. On August 15, detectives said they worked with the Guntersville Police Department in Alabama in an effort to capture Cody Phelps. Police were able to locate and arrest Phelps. Phelps was charged with two additional felonies in Alabama. He's [...]

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three tropical waves that are spread across the Atlantic basin. With conditions ideal for some development, are these the storms the east coast has been preparing for?

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man in connection to two homicides. Captain Abraham Thompson said Darren Thompson, 54, was arrested on Monday, August 14, 2023. The first homicide happened on Friday, March 3 in the 100 block of Cooper Road, and the second homicide happened on Saturday, June 24 in the 2100 [...]

HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) -- The first court date is set for Carlee Russell on misdemeanor charges following her staged kidnapping last month. A pretrial docket is set for October 11 at Hoover's municipal court, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall's office. Russell is charged with filing a false police report and filing a false statement [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The body of a missing Lexington woman was located in Flowood on Monday, August 14. Leaders with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said a City of Flowood employee located a body near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Interstate 55 around 11:00 a.m. According to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - During the Jackson City Council meeting on Tuesday, leaders had a lot to go over. Several contracts for municipal services were considered and approved, and leaders discussed ways to avoid a future impasse over trash services. However, they didn't agree on any lasting solutions. One thing they did agree to do [...]

LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) responded to two fatal crashes in Lincoln County on Saturday, August 12. Troopers said the first crash they responded to happened just after 12:30 p.m. on Highway 550 and Dunn Ratcliff Road. According to MHP, a 2012 GMC Sierra was traveling east on the highway [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Unidentified human remains have been found in Jefferson County. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the unidentified remains were found on Rodney Road in Lorman on Saturday, August 12. According to Sheriff James Bailey, the remains were located across from a deer camp and had been covered with [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. A plea hearing was held at the Rankin County Circuit Court on Monday, August 14. Five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and an ex-Richland police officer pled guilty to charges [...]