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July 30, 2023
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival will return to Clinton for a seventh year! The event will be held Friday, August 25 and Saturday, August 26 in Olde Towne Clinton. Organizers announced that Flow Tribe, an American funk rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, will headline the festival […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 30, 2023
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Vicksburg police are investigating after one person was killed and another was injured in an early morning shooting. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, a Warren County deputy noticed a blue Nissan Maxima wrecked on First North Street near the intersection with Clay Street. Investigators said the deputy found […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The Neshoba County Fair is a staple in Mississippi lore and culture. People visit the fair and live a week or two away from home. In order to do that, most of the will make a stop on the way in at another Mississippi icon; the Williams Brothers Store in […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The issue of campaign finance violations come up at the Neshoba County Fair this week. In March 2023, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann’s (R-Miss.) campaign filed a complaint, accusing primary challenger State Senator Chris McDaniel (R-Miss.) of violating the Mississippi Campaign Finance Law. Specifically, his dealings with a Virginia dark-money nonprofit […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (WJTV) – As the Neshoba County Fair ends Friday, the cabins will remain here until people return for next year’s giant house party. WJTV 12 News talked to one cabin owner who’s partaken in this ritual religiously since Lyndon B. Johnson was president. About the owner of Cabin 15 Jeannette Mars was born […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for 14-year-old Malyiah Crosby, of Byram. She is described as five-foot-three inches tall, weighs 95 pounds, with maroon hair and brown eyes. According to MBI, Crosby was last seen on Saturday, July 29 around 3:00 a.m. in the 200 block […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
The intense heat blanketing much of the United States may be keeping a lid on gas prices as Americans scale back their driving habits while seeking to avoid the outdoors. But prices are still at an eight-month high. A gallon of gas was $3.73 on average, according to AAA gas price data. Stacker compiled statistics […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in connection to a death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City. Michael Phillips, 47, of Jamaica, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Jackson. Court documents showed that on or about July 2, 2017, Phillips punched […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 29, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Friday, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the launch of the Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) Youth Trapping Corps. The Youth Trapping Corps is an expansion of WHCP and is designed to educate and professionally develop student members of FFA. According to officials, the new program is a […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
July 28, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – New data from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform showed almost half of Mississippi’s rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Thirty-four of Mississippi’s 74 rural hospitals are struggling to stay afloat financially. Twenty-five of those hospitals are at immediate risk of closing within the next two to three […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader