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NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Pearl River woman pled guilty to assaulting a tribal member with a knife in the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation. According to court documents, in 2023, Telinah Kowi Tek Farve, 25, stabbed the tribal member with a knife causing serious bodily injury. Prosecutors said Farve was indicted [...]

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Madison County School District said a student was found with a gun on the Ridgeland High School campus. The incident happened on Friday, April 26. According to Gene Graham, director of communications for the school district, other students reported their concerns to teachers who quickly intervened. Graham said [...]

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies arrested a man and a woman for allegedly stealing copper by cutting AT&T internet lines. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said deputies were dispatched to Powlett Road on Friday, April 26. He said this was the second time since April 15 they responded to the scene after [...]

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (WJTV) - Crystal Springs police are searching for a suspect who broke into two businesses. Police said the suspect in the surveillance picture broke into Arturo's Mexican restaurant and Copiah Bank on Friday, April 26. Anyone with information about the suspect can contact the Crystal Springs Police Department at 601-892-2121.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University's (JSU) Women's Basketball head coach Tomekia Reed announced she is stepping down at the university to take a job at Charlotte. Since 2019, Reed and the Lady Tigers have dominated the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) with five regular season SWAC titles. Under Reed, Jackson State won their third SWAC [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County authorities said a toxicology report showed that a chemical in Kratom was in a driver's system when a fatal crash happened earlier this year. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. on January 19, 2024 on Barnett Bend Circle and Old Fannin Road. After arriving on scene, first responders [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - All lanes were blocked on Interstate 55 South in Hinds County due to a vehicle fire. The incident happened on I-55 South past the Wynndale Road exit on Thursday, April 25. A Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) camera showed a vehicle on fire with black smoke going into the sky. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Drama erupted at the Mississippi State Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers continued to work on an deal to expand Medicaid for Mississippi's working poor. At the conclusion of Tuesday's first public Medicaid expansion conference negotiations, House Conferee Missy McGee (R-District 102) said she would like to meet again as soon as possible. [...]

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brandon police are investigating after multiple shots were fired into a home. The shooting happened just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in the 100 block of Faith Way. When officers arrived at the location, they found numerous shell casings on the ground and bullet holes on the exterior of [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was shot and killed on Jefferson Street in Jackson. The shooting happened around 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 on Jefferson Street. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said Capitol police responded to the scene and discovered the victim who died from an [...]