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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center announced the hospital received official designation as a Mississippi Burn Center. This designation helps fill the hole that was left after the state's only burn center closed less than one year ago. "We're going to provide that care because it needs to be provided [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County officials returned to the courthouse on Wednesday to count the ballots from Tuesday's primary election. The County Resolution Board said they didn't leave the courthouse until 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, because they stayed to count ballots from the election. On Wednesday, they were getting a preliminary count of [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Civil rights organizers called on the Department of Justice to take a closer look at the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. They're calling for Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey to resign after six law enforcement officers, including five former Rankin County deputies and a former Richland police officer, pled guilty to [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man in connection to a fatal shooting on Nashville Street. Captain Abraham Thompson said Troylanden Harris, 28, was arrested on Thursday, August 3 for murder, aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied dwelling. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. on August 3. When officers were on their [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police said a three-year-old girl was injured during a shooting. The shooting happened at Creekside Apartments on West McDowell Road on Tuesday, August 8. Interim Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said another small child shot the three-year-old girl. He said the shooting appears to be accidental. Wade said the victim [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson is being sued by Retro Metro after a vote to move all city offices out of Metrocenter Mall. The city and Retro Metro, which owns part of the mall, attended a hearing in Hinds County Chancery Court on Wednesday, August 9. Retro Metro filed a lawsuit after [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The trial for Rankin County Tax Assessor John Sullivan is underway. The trial started on Monday, August 7 and resumed on Wednesday. Sullivan has been accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in 2022 after meeting her at a bar. A Rankin County Grand Jury indicted Sullivan on three counts of [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - There was a heated war of words on Thursday during a news conference held by Hinds County District 2 Supervisor David Archie. Archie claimed there was election fraud and corruption due to the outcome of Tuesday's Primary Election. The incumbent supervisor lost the election to Anthony Smith. They were both running [...]

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - An annual party in Oak Grove was cancelled after authorities received information about a gun violence threat. Pine Belt News reported a 16-year-old was arrested in connection to the incident. The teen allegedly threatened to shoot a student at the annual "toga" party on August 4. The party was cancelled [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) completed its July 2023 transfer of $13,416,211.36 in net proceeds. The money will go to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in the Mississippi State Treasury. This is the first deposit for Fiscal Year 2024, which began July 1, 2023. For FY23, the lottery transferred more than $122 million [...]