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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Inmates at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) in Rankin County got a look at a brand new church on Thursday. The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) is using churches in a push to create a safer environment and lower the amount of prisoners. Besides a new chapel at CMCF, [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) named Dr. Ray Morgigno the next interim state superintendent of education.  Morgigno will assume the position on July 1, succeeding Mike Kent, who was appointed to serve as interim state superintendent of education from April 3 through June 30.   According to the SBE, Morgigno has nearly 30 years of experience working i...

CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - A 67-year-old Canton man died after a tree fell on his home. The tree fell after severe storms moved through the area on Friday, June 16. Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said the incident happened at a home in the 400 block of Douglas Street. His department received a call about [...]

BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - A Biloxi man, who shot and killed a Waffle House waitress, was sentenced to life in prison. WXXV reported 52-year-old Johnny Max Mount was found guilty of first-degree murder. Authorities said Mount shot and killed Julie Brightwell on November 27, 2015, after she told him he could not smoke in the [...]

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The mother of a 4-year-old initially reported missing on Thursday allegedly confessed to Memphis police that the girl had actually been dead for weeks, claiming her boyfriend attacked her and that she and her boyfriend stored the child's body in garbage bags in their house.

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Emergency crews in Jones County are cleaning up from the storms that rolled through on Friday, June 16. In Laurel, crews worked to remove trees that were toppled during the storm on 7th Street and Victoria Avenue. Two large trees fell during the high winds and landed on top of [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Power outages in Hinds County impacted WJTV's own transmitter facility in Raymond. Crews are still working to restore power in the county. There are downed trees and powerlines, as well as outages across the town of Raymond from Friday's storms. "The civil defense siren went off about 5:15 and woke [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters helped save a neighbor after a tree fell on a home on Friday, June 16. According to firefighters, the incident happened on Road of Remembrance at Galvez Street after the severe storms moved through the metro area. Officials said the resident was pinned to the bed. Firefighters used tools [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Vicksburg was hit hard by Friday morning's severe storms. From restaurants to neighborhoods, three limbs and powerlines were down across many areas of the River City. Neighbors said when they woke up by the sound of sirens, they knew the storm was going to be rough. "The lightning, [...]