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PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. (WREG) --- A mother says she now believes her missing 18-year-old son was killed after two people were found dead in Panola County over the weekend. Lakeldra Johnson says her "mother's intuition" told her it was her son Jaylon's body found Sunday in a field of Highway 315 near the Sardis city [...]

President Biden on Thursday afternoon is slated to deliver remarks on the Supreme Court's decision to severely limit the use of race as a factor in college admissions. The ruling upends decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to select students from their applicant pools. In rulings that broke along ideological lines, [...]

The Supreme Court in a pair of cases Thursday severely limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to select students from their applicant pools. In rulings that broke along ideological lines, the court’s six conservative justices invalidated Harvard’s and University of [...]

Casanova has been sentenced after spending nearly three years in jail. Continue reading…

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police announced a warrant has been issued for a man in connection to a recent homicide. Police are searching for Trevonne Alfred in connection to the homicide that happened in the 4400 block of Wainwright Avenue. The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, June 26. Police discovered the body [...]

The tropics have been bustling with activity. Free from Saharan dust, several tropical waves have rolled off the coast of Africa in the last few weeks. But is this trend expected to continue, and could this season see more storms than expected?

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Attorneys, activists and family members of two Rankin County men, who were allegedly abused by deputies, leveled new accusations against the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. On Tuesday, Sheriff Bryan Bailey said all of the deputies involved in the alleged abuse of Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins on January 24 were [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson woman pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Court documents showed that Latasha Wise, 36, conspired with two other individuals to obtain bank loans through fraudulent means. U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca said Wise used social security numbers that did not belong to her to obtain the bank loans. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find a man wanted on multiple charges, including murder. Captain Marco Johnson said Brandon Pugh is wanted for aggravated assault, murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling. The shooting happened on May 28, 2023, on McDowell Road near Interstate 55 South. Pugh is considered armed and [...]