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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - All eyes are on incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley ahead of the General Election on Tuesday, November 7. Both candidates hit the campaign trail the day before the election. Presley made his way to the capital city, the coast and North Mississippi for last-minute campaign efforts. [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson leaders provided an update about the city falling behind on involices. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Fidelis Malembeka said the city was working diligently to obtain outstanding invoices prior to the City Council's request. He said he asked each department to share any invoices that were not in the system. Malembeka [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Most of Mississippi remains under a burn ban due to drought conditions. Officials with the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) said crews have responded to more than 1,400 wildfires since August 2023. Six hundred of those fires were in October 2023. More than 20,000 acres have burned across the state. On Monday, [...]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Marshalls will soon open at the Outlets of Mississippi in Pearl! The business will hold its grand opening on Thursday, November 9 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Shoppers will be able to find merchandise in women, men, juniors, kids, shoes, accessories, home, pet, beauty and more. Marshalls has provided more [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Police Department (JPD) added some new components to help combat crime in the capital city. Police Chief Joseph Wade said JPD is implementing a new proactive section called the Action Unit. Wade said Action stands for "Anti-Crime Team in Our Neighborhoods." According to the police chief, the focus of [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Polls will open for Mississippi's 2023 General Election on Tuesday, November 7, and voters will cast their ballots on what may be the tightest governor's race we've seen since 2019. Much of the issues are the same, and much of the attacks are the same when you compare the 2019 gubernatorial [...]

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Special Agents from the State Auditor's Office arrested two women in Rankin County on separate embezzlement cases. The suspects are Hope Bishop, the former Vice President of Human Resources at the Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC), and Brittney Phillips, a former clerk at the Rankin County Tax Collector’s Office. According to State [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - All eyes are on the Mississippi governor's race on Tuesday, November 7. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves cast his ballot in downtown Jackson Tuesday morning. He has been traveling across the state in hopes to boost Republican voter turnout and give him four more years as the state's governor. “We think that [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippians headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the General Election. Many voters have been met with long lines, and some in Hinds County have experienced technical issues. As voters went to submit their ballots into the machine at Chastain Middle School, some were met with an error message. [...]

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Democratic supporters in Clinton said someone almost hit them with their car Tuesday morning as they were gathered outside Northside Baptist Church. They believe they were targeted because they were holding party signs. The sign holders said they scrambled to get out of the way. No injuries have been reported. The [...]