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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Anthony Fox, a former Jackson police officer, has been released from prison on Wednesday, February 7. Video from Darkhorse Press showed Fox being released from the Madison County Detention Center. This comes after the Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed his conviction in the George Robinson case. Fox was initially convicted in the 2019 death of Robinson. [...]

LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A pilot was injured after a helicopter crashed in Lee County. WCBI reported the incident happened on Tuesday, February 6 near State Park Road. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said the helicopter was submerged in a private lake at Tombigbee State Park. The unidentified pilot survived the crash and was [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Capitol police are searching for a man after a chase ended in a crash. Investigators said the chase happened just after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6 after officers tried to stop a vehicle in the area of Ellis Avenue. Police said the driver then them into a subdivision, and they [...]

SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — A 10-year-old Black child who urinated near his mother’s car outside a Mississippi office building will no longer be required to serve probation and write a book report about Kobe Bryant, an attorney for the child’s family said Monday. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow set the three-month probation and the book [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Monday, State Auditor Shad White (R-Miss.) and his team announced a new counter-suit against former NFL quarterback Brett Favre to recover welfare dollars. "Last February, Favre sued me for defamation for truthful statements I made describing Mississippi’s large welfare fraud scandal to taxpayers. In other words, for doing my job. [...]

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A body was found inside a Madison County home. Health Hall, with the Madison County Sheriff's Office, said deputies responded to the location on Haley Creek Drive on Monday, February 5. According to Hall, the department received a call from another jurisdiction requesting a welfare check at the home. A [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Any Mississippians, who has yet to register to vote, must register by Monday, February 12 in order to vote in the 2024 Primary Election. Races on the March 12, ballot include offices of President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative. To register, applicants may: Circuit clerk offices will be open on Saturday, [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Hinds County judge revoked the bond for the man accused of killing two people during the Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade in March 2023. Judge Faye Peterson revoked Jordan Cummins' bond on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. The Hinds County District Attorney’s Office asked the court to revoke Cummins' bond because he violated the [...]

MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - McComb police are searching for two teenagers in connection to a fatal shooting. McComb Police Chief Juan Cloy said the shooting happened on Monday, February 5 at 7:00p.m. in the 700 block of Avenue D. According to Cloy, 20-year-old Andra Cotton and 18-year-old Brandon Celestine were both shot. Cotton was shot [...]

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