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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson State Tigers and the Alcorn State Braves will face each other on the football field this weekend during the Soul Bowl. The game will be held on Saturday, November 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. Gates will open at 11:00 a.m. Tickets to [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Civil rights attorney Ben Crump discussed the initial findings of Dexter Wade's independent autopsy. Officials said the 37-year-old had been hit by a Jackson police cruiser in March and later buried in a pauper’s field in Hinds County. His mother, Bettersten Wade, said she did not know that he was deceased [...]

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - Yazoo City police arrested a man in connection to the death of another, who was shot while walking his dog. Yazoo City Police Chief Terry Gann said investigators received a tip about the location of Ladwell Japheth Roma Brown. Gann said Brown was walking to meet someone and was arrested [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said flu activity in the state has risen sharply in the past weeks. Statistics from MSDH showed that as of November 4, 2023, the number of cases have approached 1,500. According to MSDH, flu season typically peaks in January through March in [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Special agents with the State Auditor's office arrested a former deputy clerk for the Lawrence County Tax Collector’s Office. State Auditor Shad White said Hollie Summers was charged with embezzlement and computer fraud. According to White, Summers has been accused of reversing transactions for vehicle registration and renewals. Summers was employed [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new request for proposals (RFP) for the City of Jackson's garbage contract has been issued. Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba issued the new RFP on Thursday, November 16. According to the RFP, the city is looking for qualified service providers to provide residential solid waste collection and transportation to a [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) named Dr. Marcus Thompson as the 13th president of Jackson State University (JSU). Thompson currently serves as deputy commissioner and chief administrative officer of the IHL. “The Board selected a leader who knows the unique historic importance of the university [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of the Lincoln County man convicted in the 2017 killings of eight people. The court heard arguments from both the state and the Public Defenders' Office in the case. In 2020, Lincoln County jurors found Godbolt guilty of all [...]

WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Warren County deputies are working to find an auto burglary suspect. Investigators said the burglaries happened in the Twin Creek Subdivision in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 15. Anyone with information about the suspect can contact Lt. Stacy Rollison at 601-636-1761. For a cash reward of up to [...]