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MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Addressing teacher shortages, maintaining a standard of excellence and enforcing safety are some of the elements the future superintendent of Madison County Schools plans to focus on. Following the retirement announcement of Superintendent Charlotte Seals, the Madison County Board of Education announced Ted Poore was selected to serve as the [...]

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Claiborne County deputies arrested a man on a sexual battery charge. Investigators said Christopher Hyder was arrested on the evening of December 8, 2023. He was charged with sexual battery against a vulnerable teenager. According to deputies, the investigation began in July 2023 when the victim's parents reported a complaint [...]

SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) announced a stolen tractor was recovered in Scott County. On Tuesday, December 12, MALTB investigators recovered a stolen Kubota tractor with a bush hog and front-end loader in Scott County. They said the tractor's estimated value is $20,000. Agents said the [...]

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Four people escaped from a Jones County house fire on Thursday, December 14. The fire happened at a home on Highway 590 in Ellisville. When firefighters arrived, they found a home with flames coming through the roof. Officials with the Jones County Fire Council said crews had to evacuate the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said flu activity continues to climb rapidly in the state. Flu is a seasonal threat that can result in extended illness or hospitalization. According to a report by MSDH, flu activity saw a sharp increase between November 7, 2023, and December 7, [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Following a mistrial in the Beth Ann White case, new motions and new dates are set in the trial related to a Hinds County crash that killed a mother and her six-month-old son. The state alleges White’s blood alcohol content level was .273% the night of the crash, which is [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case over the commonly used abortion pill mifepristone. Dueling federal court orders have put the legality of the pill in limbo. Mifepristone was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000. Since 2016, the FDA has expanded the prescription requirements of [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A former Christian elementary school principal was sentenced on state charges for secretly videotaping and photographing students in the elementary school’s bathrooms and locker room. Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced Norman Keith Aycock, the former principal of Bayou Academy Elementary in Cleveland, was convicted on six counts. “Exploiting the very [...]

The 2023-2024 El Niño is growing more likely to be one for the record books.

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