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COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Copiah County deputies have identified the suspect wanted in connection to a fatal shooting at a truck stop. Investigators said they're searching for 18-year-old Tarayvian Miller. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. Miller has been accused of killing 60-year-old Vincent Ratliff at the Wesson Truck Stop on Interstate [...]

State authorities announced that they have recovered roughly $210,000 worth of stolen agricultural equipment in Hinds County. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau was contacted to assist in the investigation of a Cat 299D3 skid steer stolen out of Copiah County. The initial report was taken by...

The State Fire Marshal’s office has ruled the cause of a deadly propane explosion in Copiah County earlier this year as undetermined. Sheriff Byron Swilley confirmed that the explosion took place on Sunday, January 14, at a home on Wilderness Road. The incident took the lives of four people and...

One injured in Copiah County wreck

COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A log truck overturned on Highway 27 in Copiah County. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash happened on Highway 27 South near Brushy Creek Road on Monday, February 19 just after 2:15 p.m. The driver of the log truck, 48-oyear-old Stanton Hux, of Brookhaven, was airlifted [...]

The Mississippi couple’s horses were their “pride and joy,” as well as “best friends,” a family member said on Facebook.

COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An Endangered/Missing Child Alert has been issued for a six-year-old Copiah County boy. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said Caden Newman, of Wesson, was last seen on Friday, February 10 around 3:00 p.m. in the 4000 block of Martinsville Road. He was last seen wearing a charcoal [...]

While today’s unemployment rates are significantly lower than the COVID-19 pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, the fear of job losses remains as workers stare down an uncertain economic future. Experts are mixed in their views of a potential recession. The return of student loan payments, continually high gas prices, persistent inflation, and […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

Family claims propane tank was improperly installed and inspected.

The family of victims killed in a propane explosion is suing the gas company who they claim were involved the night before the incident.