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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One person was injured after being shot while inside a vehicle at a Jackson gas station. Detective Tommie Brown said the shooting happened at a gas station on Northside Drive on Tuesday, February 27. According to Brown, the victim was sitting inside a vehicle when another car pulled up to the [...]
WATHALL COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - One person was killed during a crash in Walthall County. The crash happened on Highway 98 just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP), a 2019 Honda Accord was traveling south on Dillon Hill Road when it collided with a 2007 Western Star [...]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Justice Department announced their findings that conditions of confinement at three Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facilities violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Department’s 60-page report details its findings from a thorough investigation of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, and Wilkinson [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Memphis man on trial for shooting at a Southaven police officer after stealing a car has been found guilty of attempted first-degree murder. Kyle Dodson will be sentenced in Desoto County on Wednesday and could receive life in prison. The Southaven Police Department said in March of 2023 Dodson and several [...]
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - The director of the Army National Guard ordered an aviation safety stand down of all Army National Guard helicopter units after two recent helicopter crashes. The stand down went into effect on Monday, February 26, so officials can review safety policies and procedures. Officials said two separate crashes of AH-64D Apache [...]