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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson's Belhaven neighborhood was affected by the severe storms on Friday. There were downed trees and powerlines in the neighborhood. Several customers did not have power. The storm knocked down a powerline into a tree on Peachtree Street. Not far away, similar destruction appeared close to Northside Drive. Two trees fell [...]

The head coach of the Colorado Buffalos football team Deion Sanders is facing the possibility that his foot may need to be amputated.

HAZLEHURST, Miss. (WJTV) - The chief financial officer (CFO) of a Mississippi company pled guilty to willfully failing to report and pay over employment taxes withheld from employees' paychecks. According to court documents, Julian Russ, of Louisiana, was the CFO of Community Construction Company LLC, which was a pipeline-maintenance and construction company based in Hazlehurst. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Youth crime prevention is the number one goal for the City of Jackson this summer. Jackson leaders are working to make sure kids stay out of trouble. Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba traveled from the Jackson Police Academy to the Jackson Zoo to the Pete Brown Golf Facility on Thursday to speak [...]

LEXINGTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Severe weather swept across Mississippi on Wednesday, June 14, leaving behind damage in Holmes County. Dozens of trees and power lines were knocked down as the severe storm moved through Lexington. Neighbors said they were left with no power. Crews have been working to clear the streets in Lexington and other [...]

SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for eight-month-old Miracle Brown and two-year-old Willie Love, of Forest. Brown has black hair and brown eyes, and Love weighs 26 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. According to MBI, the two children were last seen in March [...]

The CEOs of two of the state’s largest hospital systems are resigning.  Scott Kashman, head of St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, and Tiffany Murdock, head of Singing River Health System on the Gulf Coast, have both announced they are leaving their positions. According to spokespeople at both health systems, the CEOs’ decisions were made [...]

Keke Palmer has called out Houston Airport for allegedly being threatened with the confiscation of the breast ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) recognized Mississippi as one of the top two states for ensuring scientifically-based reading instruction in teacher preparation programs. According to the Mississippi Department of Education, the report provides up-to-date information on how teacher preparation programs prepare aspiring teachers to teach children to read. The report highlighted three Mississippi universities: [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed. The shooting happened in the 400 block of Clark Avenue. Police responded to the scene around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14. When officers arrived, Deputy Chief Tyrone Buckley said they discovered a 30-year-old man deceased from a gunshot wound. [...]