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Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 35, has been formally charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with three counts of murder in connection with the death of his wife and her parents in Tarzana, officials announced Monday. On Nov. 7, the son of Samuel Haskell III, a one-time high-profile Hollywood agent at William Morris [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot multiple times and died from his injuries. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13 in the 100 block of Berryhill Place. Officer Sam Brown said the victim, 22-year-old Markavius Carey, died at the scene. Investigators are still gathering [...]

LEXINGTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and Lexington citizens hope change will be on the way for the city's police department. Last week, officials with the Justice Department announced they have opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD). According to [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested after a chase involving Capitol police on Monday, November 13. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said officers attempted to stop a vehicle near Bailey Avenue around 10:30 a.m. According to Martin, the driver failed to stop and led officers on [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for a 56-year-old Magee woman. Agents said Tina Mae Barnes was last seen on Saturday, November 11 around 3:00 p.m. in Vicksburg. She has a tattoo of an arrow head on her ankle. Barnes is believed to be in a white [...]

JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) are informing clients participating in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) about upcoming changes to the myMDHS mobile app and user accounts. Beginning November 30, 2023, the myMDHS mobile app, http://my.mdhs.ms.gov, and user accounts will transition to the [...]

ETNA, Ohio (WCMH) – At least three people died and 15 were injured Tuesday morning when a semi crashed into a rear of a charter bus carrying high school band students. The crash caused the semi to catch fire and smoke to pour from the bus. The bus was carrying band students from Tuscarawas Valley [...]

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are searching for two inmates who are missing from the satellite camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Yazoo City Low in Mississippi. Officials said Javier Del Rio-Larios, 38, and Celestino Valdez, 31, were discovered to be missing around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13. The United States [...]

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's (MDEQ) Permit Board voted 4-2 on Tuesday to approve the expansion of a landfill in the City of Clinton. Faircloth Rubbish Landfill, Inc., can now double their landfill surface area at their location off of Springridge Road. Officials said adding another 26 acres to the [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After a close race for the position of Public Service Commissioner for the Central District, the results are in. The Associated Press called the race for De'Keither Stamps (D-Miss.). He received 131,727 votes, while incumbent Commissioner Brent Bailey (R-Miss.) received 129,593 votes. The election results have not been certified. Stamps is [...]