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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson's new Public Works director has resigned. Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks, Ward 6, said representatives from the mayor's office reached out to him to inform him that Khalid Woods had resigned. Woods, who is a Navy veteran, was named the Public Works director for the City of Jackson on [...]

LUCEDALE, Miss. (WKRG) -- The George County Sheriff's Office has an arrest warrant for first-degree murder for Jacob Kyle McIntosh, the husband of missing Movella woman Kayla Brooke Crawford, GCSO announced in a news release Friday afternoon. A member of Crawford's family confirmed to WKRG News 5 that remains found in the Movella community are [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man has been convicted in connection to the 2021 shooting death of Priddy Jackson. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens announced Jimel Smith pled guilty to second-degree murder. Investigators said Smith shot and killed Jackson, 19, on or about May 31, 2021, after an argument over text messages he [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was killed and two others were injured during a Jackson apartment fire. The fire happened at the Lakeview Manor Apartments on Thursday, July 27. According to Jackson Fire Department Assistant Chief Patrick Armon, crews tried to resuscitate the victim, but she did not respond. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart [...]

NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Candidates in the upcoming 2023 Primary Election in Mississippi spoke at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday, July 27. Other candidates, including candidates for attorney general and lieutenant governor, spoke on Wednesday, July 26. Mississippi’s Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) and his Democratic challenger, Brandon Presley, delivered their speeches at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday. Presley, who is a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from the Northern District, leaned into his narrative of Reeves being an elitist, out of touch governor. Reeves continued to [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old in Edwards. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said 21-year-old Kaniya Jones was arrested on Wednesday, July 26 and charged with murder. The sheriff said deputies responded to Brandon Arms Apartments on Highway 467 on Friday, [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man and a woman both pled guilty in connection to the 2022 stabbing death of a Forest man. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Jeffrey Allen Freeman and Madison Nicole Hardin pled guilty in Rankin County Circuit Court. Freeman, 24, pled guilty to first degree murder and was [...]

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A new Al Pacino movie will be filmed in Natchez! The Natchez Democrat reported the movie, starring Pacino, is expected to begin filming this fall. The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of American and the Screen Actors Guild delayed the project. However, officials said the filmmakers received a waiver to [...]

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 33-year-old Jason Joseph Alexander, of Ridgeland. He is described as five feet eleven inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. According to MBI, Alexander was last seen Saturday, April 8, 2023, in the 100 block [...]