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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on this weekend (January 19-21) around Mississippi. Central Mississippi: MLK Convocation - Jackson - Friday Fleet Feet Coffee Run – Ridgeland – Friday Dixie National Livestock Shows - Jackson - [...]

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Port Gibson police arrested two teenagers after a body was discovered inside a vehicle. Police said they received a tip on Thursday, January 18 about a body being in a wooded area on Utopia Drive. When officers arrived, they found the victim, 23-year-old Ethen McGrew, inside a white SUV with [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies seized 130 pounds of high grade marijuana. Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said deputies stopped a commercial vehicle transport on Interstate 20 on Friday, January 19. During the stop, deputies said they became suspicious of one of the vehicles on the transport. Bailey said during a consensual [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A driver was killed during a crash in Rankin County Friday morning. Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said the crash happened just after 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Old Fannin Road and Barnett Bend Circle in the Reservoir area. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a Ford [...]

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (WJTV) - Crystal Springs Mayor Sally Garland said the city's water tanks are "dangerously low." According to Garland, crews cannot find any major water main break in the city. Crystal Springs neighbors are being asked to conserve as much water as they can.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A boil water notice has been issued for 12,000 Jackson customers. This comes after JXN Water officials announced there were significant pipe breaks during the day on Wednesday, January 17. JXN Water officials said they began seeing isolated pressure issues Wednesday night. They said the issues became more widespread overnight due [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with JXN Water said there were significant pipe breaks during the day on Wednesday, January 17. They said the pipes broke due to the thawing, frozen ground causing the ground to expand and putting pressure on buried pipes. The extended deep freeze and record low temperatures were a challenge, according [...]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) announced two additional winter weather-related deaths have been reported. According to MEMA, the deaths occurred on Highway 15 just south of Houston. The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating the incident. This brings the state's total death toll to four since January 14. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) said handwashing, covering coughs and sneezes and staying home when sick are essential this winter in Mississippi. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Mississippi is listed among states as having "very high" rates of influenza-like illness for the weekend [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A special session of the Mississippi Legislature wrapped up on Thursday after lawmakers passed three bills that greenlit a $1.9 billion economic development project in Marshall County. The project is a joint venture between Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business unit of Cummins Inc., Daimler Trucks & Buses and PACCAR. They [...]