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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that allows for "no excuse" early voting 15 days before election day. Mississippi is one of only three states in the nation that have no form of early voting. State Senator Jeremy England (R-District 51) said legislation like this modernizes the state and [...]

LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The man who was wanted in connection to a Jackson homicide allegedly shot himself in Lincoln County. Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing said Joshua Taylor shot himself at the Super 8 hotel just outside of Brookhaven on Tuesday, March 12. Before the shooting, Rushing said Taylor released a 16-year-old girl. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police arrested another teenager in connection to a shooting that critically injured a man. Detective Tommie Brown said 16-year-old Antonio Evans was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Jackson police previously arrested 14-year-old Julius Bonner in connection to the shooting. He was also charged with aggravated assault. The shooting happened around 8:00 [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would place Jackson’s water system under the control of an appointed utility council. The bill would create a corporate nonprofit known as the Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Authority to govern Jackson’s water system. It would be overseen by a nine-member board, with one appointment [...]

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WHLT) - One person was killed during an apartment fire in Columbia, Mississippi. The fire happened on Mississippi Avenue on Tuesday, March 12. Marion County Coroner Jessie Graham identified the victim as 79-year-old Bobbi Jean Crumedy. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Columbia Police Department is working with the Columbia [...]

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FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - Two women have been sentenced to both serve 15 years in prison for identity theft in Rankin County. Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Flowood police received a all about two women stealing a purse inside the TJ Maxx store at the Dogwood Shopping Center on February 17, [...]

A new study shows thousands of people living in coastal communities could be affected by serious flooding in the coming decades.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said at a party weeks before leaving office that he had been offered a financial stake in a company that received welfare money to try to develop a concussion drug and was connected to retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, according to a new court filing by a person convicted [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man has died after being shot in Jackson early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened in the 2000 block of Belvedere Drive on Wednesday, February 28. Detectives said the victim died from his injuries. They did not release any additional details. Anyone with information about the shooting can contact Crime Stoppers [...]