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HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders asked the Hinds County Board of Supervisors on Monday to step in and fix the faulty structural issues at the Hinds County Courthouse and the sheriff's office downtown. Circuit Court Judge Debra Gibbs emphasized the importance of preserving the historical integrity of the Hinds County Courthouse. She said the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Some Jackson City Councilmembers said T-Mobile isn't paying its fair share. Jackson leases the company multiple cell towers throughout the city. According to Jackson Telecommunications Manager Akeith Harris, the capital city receives $30,000 per tower. Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, believes the price is unacceptable. He said T-Mobile is a multi-billion [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The search continues for the three teenagers, who escaped from the Henley-Young-Patton Juvenile Justice Center last week. Leaders with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office said one detainee and one guard were injured during a fight around midnight on June 28. Officials said multiple people were stabbed with shanks. The escapees have [...]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A Hattiesburg teen hopes to win a $10,000 scholarship for a prom dress she created out of duct tape, and she needs your help. Aubri Sparkman, 17, is a top-five finalist in the National Duct Tape "Stuck at Prom" Scholarship Competition. She said the dress took 14 rolls of duct tape [...]

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WREG) --- A Mississippi woman is out on bond after she was charged in connection with the death of her child last month. According to the Hernando Police Department, on June 10, officers learned that a woman, identified as Quantella Towns, had brought her dead 22-month-old child to Baptist DeSoto Hospital in [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hundreds of people are expected to hit the water at the Barnett Reservoir on July 4th. Reservoir police want to make sure everyone celebrates safely. One friend group said they helped save a man from nearly drowning over the weekend. "I looked out and saw a dude face-down in the [...]

Warning: The following pictures may be disturbing to some viewers. JACKSON COUNTY, Miss (WJTV) - Jackson County deputies are working to identify the man whose body was found floating in the water off Belle Fontaine beach on Friday, June 30. Investigators released pictures of the following tattoos on the man in order to help identify [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As people around Central Mississippi prepare for the Fourth of July, most cities in the Jackson metro do not allow you to light fireworks at home. Below explains where local cities stand on fireworks for Independence Day. Brandon - Yes According to Taffy Mcgruder, Patrol Lieutenant for the Brandon Police Department, [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 53-year-old Leroy Early, of Vicksburg. He is described as five feet nine inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. According to MBI, Early was last seen wearing a brown shirt, gray shorts, and no shoes. He [...]

Forgot an item for your cookout, or need a snack on the go? Here's what will be open for Independence Day.