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LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) said authorities are searching for a state prisoner who escaped in Lauderdale County. According to MDOC officials, Ryan Young is serving a 40-year sentence for vehicle and residential burglaries, grand larceny, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The crimes [...]

If you're going to go to college—or send your child to college—you want to choose the best one. But what exactly that means is different for each person.  There are a lot of factors, including how big the college is both overall and in terms of class sizes. It also matters whether a college has [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man and two teenagers in connection to an armed carjacking. Officer Sam Brown said 23-year-old Tyrese Woodson and the two juveniles were arrested on Friday, December 1 on Raymond Road. He said the suspects were in a white Nissan Maxima that had been carjacking in October 2023. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The family of Allison Conaway is still looking for justice after a mistrial was declared in the Beth Ann White case. Conaway's mother said she never had a good feeling about the trial from the beginning. “It started off, I just knew it wasn’t going to end right. It just started [...]

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A family is suing the Brookhaven School District after they said a five-year-old was left along on a school bus for hours. Attorney Gerard Mumford, who is representing Shameaka Washington, said they are seeking punitive damages against the school district. Mumford said Germani Washington was left alone on the school bus [...]

Gasoline prices have remained low in recent months relative to the past year as Americans look forward to the holiday season. Prices fell for several consecutive months since the end of the summer due to a decrease in demand and lower costs for oil, and analysts expect this could remain the case for a while. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - JXN Water officials announced temporary lane and road closures for the replacement of water transmission valves and water lines. There will be lane closures on North and South Bound Bailey Avenue at Fortification Street starting Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Bailey Avenue traffic will be reduced to one lane each way. Bailey [...]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Pearl has partnered with Securix Mississippi to use existing traffic safety cameras to read license plates that will verify if a vehicle has insurance. Leaders said potential violations will be verified by a Pearl police officer, and a ticket will be mailed to the offender. The Pearl Board [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi (ARF) is planning to move and build a new facility. "It's been my dream since the beginning to do something like this. And we tried before, but we were to young and didn't have enough experience under our belt to know how to go forward [...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested a woman in connection to the shooting death of a Port Gibson woman. Police said Jessica Ransom, 29, of Vicksburg, was arrested on Thursday, November 30 on a warrant for hindering prosecution. According to investigators, Ransom was involved in the November 17 shooting death of Aleigha Sanders, of [...]