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VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested an 18-year-old burglary suspect after a chase. Police said Antonio Turner, of Vicksburg, was arrested at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, following a chase near Security Street. He has been charged with residential burglary. Investigators said Turner is accused of breaking into a house on Lakehill [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County deputies and SWAT are responding after a person was barricaded inside a home. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said the incident is near the 6600 block of Highway 27 North in Utica. The sheriff said negotiators arrived at the scene to assist SWAT with an unidentified person barricaded [...]

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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported the first confirmed pediatric influenza death in Mississippi for the 2023-2024 flu season. According to MSDH, pediatric deaths are defined as deaths of individuals under 18 years of age. Including this reported death, there have been a total of 25 pediatric [...]

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County is challenging the City of Jackson and Mobile Medic in Chancery Court. They want an injunction against the city's bid for a new ambulance service. The Jackson Fire Department (JFD) submitted a request for proposals (RFP) for a new ambulance service, which was never approved by the Jackson [...]

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A former Richland music teacher and preacher has been sentenced on sex crime charges. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Samuel Lamar Taylor, 52, was sentenced to life without parole on a sexual battery charge and 15 years for one count of gratification of lust. Taylor was previously convicted [...]

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - A trial date has been set for the Rankin County woman accused of embezzling from the Brandon High School band booster funds. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said the trial date for Donna Gladney Floyd, 42, of Pearl, has been set for April 29, 2024, after she was indicted in [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in Jackson. Police said the incident happened shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Hair Street on Monday, November 13. Officer Sam Brown said 22-year-old Quavious Banks was shot once in the back and died from his injuries. According to investigators, [...]

TUNICA COUNTY, Miss. (WREG) --- Family members are grieving and seeking answers after their loved ones were victims of a triple homicide in Tunica County. Tolisha Gordon's nightmare became a reality, and now she mourns the loss of her 25-year-old daughter Tednequa Moore. "I kept calling her, trying to call her, and I couldn't get [...]