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HAZLEHURST, Miss. (WJTV) - Copiah County deputies are searching for a missing 50-year-old man. Investigators said Michael Templeton, of Hazlehurst, was reported missing by his family. He was last seen on Friday, July 28. Anyone with information on his whereabouts can contact the Copiah County Sheriff's Office at 601-892-2023 or 601-894-3011.
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Copiah County deputies are investigating after a couple was found deceased inside their home. Copiah County Sheriff Byron Swilley said the sheriff's department was asked by a family member to do a welfare check at the home on Highway 51 on Friday, July 28. When deputies arrived, they found a [...]
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two crashes in Copiah County sent seven people to the hospital on Sunday, July 23. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) reported the first crash happened on Interstate 55 near Gallman just after 3:15 p.m. They said a Honda Accord had a tire malfunction, which caused the driver to [...]
While significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, unemployment rates remain a subject of concern, though experts’ views on a potential recession are mixed. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2007-2009—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
The search for a fugitive, that included the Copiah County Sheriff's Department, is over after he surrendered to authorities in Louisiana.