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SILVER CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - This has been a tough year for many people in Mississippi whose homes were damaged or destroyed by tornadoes. For one man in Silver City, it was doubly tough. After the March tornado damaged homes in Silver City, slabs could be seen in most places. A house trailer smashed into [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police said they're working to bring Latasha Crump Coleman home. Crump Coleman has been missing since July 2023. On Thursday, December 7, there was a brawl between her family and the relatives of her estranged husband, Derrick Coleman. Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said the police department is working with [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A 15-year-old from Vicksburg was killed during a crash in Hinds County. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash happened just before 11:45 p.m. on Friday, December 8 on Interstate 20 West near the 18-mile marker in Hinds County. According to troopers, a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven [...]

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More than half of all gas stations in the country are advertising gasoline prices below $3 this week as oil prices continue to drop. That's according to data from AAA, which forecasts that the national average could also dip below $3 by the end of the year. Last week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Emotion filled the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson as family and friends saw their loved ones become American citizens. Eleven new Americans from seven different countries took their oaths as citizens on Thursday, December 7. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lakeysha Greer Isaac told the new citizens that it was a privilege [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A chase from Pearl ended in a crash in Jackson on Thursday, December 7. Frank Hutton, public information officer for the City of Pearl, said officers were notified about a vehicle traveling on Interstate 20 that was listed through NCIC as carrying missing juveniles from North Carolina. Officers spotted the vehicle [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The search continues for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in South Jackson. Police said the alleged vehicle involved, which had been reported as stolen, was recovered in a suspected arson case on Wednesday, December 6. The pedestrian was killed after being hit by the vehicle on Highway 18 near [...]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl police arrested a 31-year-old man for the sexual assault of a minor. Investigators said Lavarias Sherod Chaffee was arrested on November 29, 2023. He was charged with one count of sexual battery of a child under 14, one count of gratification of lust, one count of kidnapping, one count of [...]