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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In less than two months, Mississippi voters will head to the polls to vote in the November General Election. Until then, the candidates in the gubernatorial race will travel across the state to campaign. On Wednesday, Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) received an endorsement from the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

UPDATE: WILKINSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The inmate who escaped from the Wilkinson County Community Work Center in Woodville has been captured. Deputies said Christopher Diaz was captured along side Highway 61 on Thursday, September 14. WILKINSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – An inmate in Wilkinson County escaped from the Wilkinson County Community Work Center in […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Thirteen human cases of the West Nile Virus (WNV) have been reported in Mississippi in 2023. A report from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) showed the cases were reported in Grenada, Hinds, Jackson, Lamar, Madison, Panola, Rankin and Sunflower counties. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), West Nile virus […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reached a five-year high in 2021, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate of babies under one year of age rose from 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020 to 9.39 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021, the most recent […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A man, who was wanted in Louisiana, was arrested after a manhunt in Warren County. Vicksburg Daily News reported a deputy stopped a vehicle on Culkin Road on Tuesday, September 12. Authorities said the passenger got out of the vehicle and fled. Deputies arrested the driver on misdemeanor warrants. After […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Lee County deputies arrested an Attala County man in connection to a kidnapping case. On Monday, September 11, deputies responded to a 911 call about a possible kidnapping. When they arrived at a home on Auburn Road, deputies said they found a woman who had been severely assaulted. Investigators said […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 25-year-old Vanessa Malisha Dillion, of Brandon. She is described as five feet five inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and a nose ring with a mole on her left cheek. According to MBI, Dillion was last […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mississippi’s infant mortality rate is at a five-year high. The most recent data showed at least 330 babies died before their first birthday in 2021. Health professionals gathered at the Hilton hotel in Jackson for the Statewide Maternal Health Symposium on […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. It was the two isolated leaders’ second meeting. Their governments have not confirmed an agenda, but U.S. officials say Putin may ask for artillery and other ammunition for his war in Ukraine. […]. Local Mississippi breaking news and weather from CBS 12 News WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As the fall season approaches in Mississippi, many people are looking forward to the cooler temperatures. However, the season also brings an increase in allergy symptoms. Due to Mississippi’s hot and dry summer, experts believe that the elevated amounts of ragweed pollen could worsen seasonal allergy symptoms this fall. With the […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader