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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A member of a local and well-known Gospel quartet has died. He was 80. "It is with great sadness that today we lost our Brother, Henry Green. Please keep the Green family and The Williams Brothers in prayer. Well done my good and faithful servant," the group posted on social media. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Public Schools (JPS) Campus Enforcement arrested a Lanier High School student on Wednesday for a social media threat made against the school. JPS officials said the student, who is a minor, was charged with making a terroristic threat and faces federal prosecution. According to officials with the school district, additional [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A prominent Jackson building has been having a few issues, but leaders said they're working to resolve the problems. Accessibility at Thalia Mara Hall has caused a problem for those with disabilities. Thalia Mara Hall was built in 1968, and it still has the original elevator inside. Arden Barnett, president of [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Senate lawmakers heard from the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) on Tuesday. The Legislature is weighing their options to address the system. Alarm bells have been ringing about the financial sustainability of PERS since Summer 2023. According to PERS, there are roughly $25 billion in unfunded liabilities in [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - An empty barge struck the Old Vicksburg Bridge in the Mississippi River on Thursday, February 8. The Vicksburg Post reported the impact broke the barge apart and turned it sideways and parallel to the bridges. No injuries were reported. Officials told the newspaper that the higher river level and an increased [...]

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Clinton held a news conference on Thursday after Detective Anthony Fox was released from prison. Fox, a former Jackson police officer, was released from the Madison County Detention Center on Wednesday. This comes after the Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed his conviction in the George Robinson case. Clinton Mayor Phil [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested in connection to a homicide that happened on Ellis Avenue near Highway 80 in Jackson. Deputy Chief Sequerna Banks said Syhee Phillips, 24, turned himself in to authorities at the Jackson Police Department (JPD) headquarters on Thursday, February 1. The fatal shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. on [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - William "Polo" Edwards appeared in court on Tuesday and asked a judge to grant him bond. Edwards was denied bond by Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Faye Peterson in October 2023 after a mistrial was declared in his case. He was on trial for allegedly killing Better Men Society Founder Robert Davis inside [...]

MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - Born in McComb in 1976, Castro Coleman graced the world with his musical gift at a young age. The child prodigy, also known as Mr. Sipp, was influenced by his grandfather, Lewis Coleman. The first instrument he played was a guitar. "I look like him. I walk like him. I think [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested a woman after a 75-year-old man died during a house fire. Police said Carolyn Mansfield, 50, of Vicksburg, was arrested on Tuesday, February 6. She was charged with arson and murder. The fire happened on Friday, February 2 at a home in the 500 block of Speed Street. [...]