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SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Smith County deputies arrested a school district employee at Raleigh High School. Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston said on January 23, 2024, deputies conducted a K9 search in the parking lot of the high school, which resulted in the arrest of Boyd Nichols Hillman, Jr., who is an employee of [...]

FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - Flowood police said they're working a major crash involving multiple vehicles on Lakeland Drive. The crash happened on Wednesday, January 24 on Lakeland Drive eastbound at Cooper Road. Police said all eastbound lanes are blocked. Police said five vehicles were involved in the crash. At least three people were taken to [...]

UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters said a woman died during a house fire on Wednesday, January 24. The fire happened at a home in the 100 block of Bristol Boulevard shortly after 8:00 a.m. Officials said the woman's body was recovered by firefighters. They said the Hinds County coroner will make the positive [...]

CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Carroll County deputies said a mother protected her children after a man allegedly drove his truck into a home and tried to attack the family. On Monday, January 22, deputies received a call about a knife-wielding man attempting to enter a home in the Gravel Hill area. The caller stated [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) announced the plans for learning on Tuesday, January 23. According to JPS, the district is dealing with fluctuating weather conditions, along with water and HVAC challenges. While the district saw a few improvements at some sites, many of the JPS schools are still [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A vehicle collided with a Jackson Public School District (JPS) school bus on Tuesday, January 23. The crash happened on the Interstate 55 South ramp to Interstate 20 West. According to JPS officials, the school bus was carrying students on a field trip when the bus was hit by another vehicle. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) was awarded $2 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the federal grant money will be used to fund a comprehensive plan and design study of the J.H. Fewell Water Treatment Plant and [...]

PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two people were killed due to a crash on Interstate 55 in Pike County. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash happened on Sunday, January 21 just after 8:30 p.m. Troopers said a 2007 Cadillac Escalade was traveling south on I-55 when the vehicle left the roadway, [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson police officer was injured after a suspect's vehicle crashed into a patrol car. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said Capitol police were involved in a brief chase with the suspect on Tuesday, January 23. Martin said the driver ran a red light [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with JXN Water said they're seeing better water demand trends and pressure throughout the system now that the temperatures are staying above freezing. “Demand is down significantly from the peak experienced during the freeze but still remains about 4 million gallons per day above our average,” said Ted Henifin, Interim Third [...]