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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Republican-led Mississippi House passed a bill that would expand Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents. Rep. Missy McGee (R-District 102) introduced the Republican version of Medicaid expansion bill on Wednesday, February 28. McGee began her introduction of House Bill 1725 by acknowledging the politics surrounding the issue, but says [...]

BOLIVAR COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Special Agents from the State Auditor's Office arrested the former mayor of Beulah. According to State Auditor Shad White, Bertha Thomas was charged with three counts of embezzlement. She's accused of embezzling tax disbursements issued to the town by the Bolivar County Tax Collector. Thomas was served with a $12,573.42 [...]

It isn’t nearly on the scale of last week’s AT&T outage, but DIRECTV customers were reporting problems with their satellite TV service on Tuesday.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson's emergency contract with Richard's Disposal is set to expire at the end of March 2024. During the City Council's meeting on Tuesday, the main topic was trash collection. Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, introduced an ordinance to prohibit awarding a solid waste contract with Richard's Disposal. The [...]

THE BAHAMAS (WJTV) - Officials with the Royal Bahamas Police Force said they're investigating an alleged drowning of a tourist from Mississippi. Police in Abaco said they received a call just after 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27 about the incident. They said the 68-year-old Mississippi man had fallen from a vessel near Tilloo Cay. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was injured after being shot while inside a vehicle at a Jackson gas station. Detective Tommie Brown said the shooting happened at a gas station on Northside Drive on Tuesday, February 27. According to Brown, the victim was sitting inside a vehicle when another car pulled up to the [...]

WATHALL COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - One person was killed during a crash in Walthall County. The crash happened on Highway 98 just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP), a 2019 Honda Accord was traveling south on Dillon Hill Road when it collided with a 2007 Western Star [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Justice Department announced their findings that conditions of confinement at three Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facilities violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Department’s 60-page report details its findings from a thorough investigation of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, and Wilkinson [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Memphis man on trial for shooting at a Southaven police officer after stealing a car has been found guilty of attempted first-degree murder. Kyle Dodson will be sentenced in Desoto County on Wednesday and could receive life in prison. The Southaven Police Department said in March of 2023 Dodson and several [...]

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - The director of the Army National Guard ordered an aviation safety stand down of all Army National Guard helicopter units after two recent helicopter crashes. The stand down went into effect on Monday, February 26, so officials can review safety policies and procedures. Officials said two separate crashes of AH-64D Apache [...]