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WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Authorities are investigating after one person was killed and two others were injured during a shooting in Wayne County. The shooting happened at DeepWell Energy Services on State Route 184 around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12. According to Waynesboro Police Public Information Officer Don Hopkins, three victims were taken [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find the person who allegedly attacked a man with an ax. Officer Sam Brown said the incident happened in the 3500 block of Terry Road on Tuesday, July 11. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the 37-year-old victim. Brown said the victim told officers [...]

WASHINGTON (WJTV) - On Wednesday, State Auditor Shad White addressed the U.S. House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare on the Mississippi welfare scandal. White said he presented the case to lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and emphasized the need for stronger safeguards to prevent such fraud in the future. “My hope in testifying [...]

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies are searching for a man and a woman, who allegedly stole a vehicle from a used car dealer. Investigators said Lauren Humphreys-Westmoreland and an unidentified man went into Dooley's Auto Sales on Highway 98 East in McComb around 1:00 p.m. on July 7, 2023. They wanted to [...]

Weeks after a Jackson-based hospital announced the closure of its behavioral services unit, two metro-area hospitals are too full to accept psychiatric patients. Both the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Merit Health Central have repeatedly been on psychiatric diversion – meaning neither are accepting new patients – since July 4. It’s not clear when [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) assisted in an investigation that led to the recovery of multiple items of stolen property, including agricultural equipment, in Rankin County. According to investigators, they received a report about a 2021 T-66 Bobcat skid steer that was stolen in Jackson. During the [...]

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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Central District Public Service Commissioner Brent Bailey announced a review of Entergy Mississippi, LLC’s restoration efforts in response to the recent widespread outages from severe storms in June. Entergy Mississippi experienced a significant number of outages, which left tens of thousands without power for multiple days, and some for more than [...]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Authorities are searching for a suspect, who allegedly rammed into a Hattiesburg officer's patrol vehicle. The incident happened just before 2:45 a.m. on Monday, July 10 in the 800 block of James Street. Investigators said an officer was responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle. When an officer arrived, investigators [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with JXN Water said crews are still working to restore broken systems, repair breaks, fix leaks and improve water service in the capital city. Repairs to Jackson's water infrastructure were highlighted by JXN Water in a community update video. The video discussed overhauls to the water line serving northwest, south [...]