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UPDATE: MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The man accused of killing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee entered a guilty plea on December 1, 2025. Sheldon Timothy Herrington pled guilty to second-degree murder and tampering in connection to Lee’s death in 2022. Herrington is scheduled to be sentenced at...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A 23-year-old man was found guilty in the deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn child. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens announced that a jury found Daniel Jones guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. On January 9, 2022, Jackson police responded to the 3800 block of Bishop...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Hinds County supervisor is calling on the city of Jackson to seek a restraining order against JXN Water, in the wake of continued billing concerns from residents. David Archie appeared before the City Council on Tuesday, where he spoke out against JXN Water for...

JACKSON — The City of Jackson will host its annual “Doing Business with the City” event Dec. 11, offering local business owners a chance to learn about contracting opportunities, meet city leaders and better understand how to work with municipal departments. The event is scheduled from 6...

A vacant Mexican restaurant off of South Wheatley Street in Ridgeland will get a facelift as developers seek a new tenant. Developers will clean up the property in hopes of attracting a new tenant, Public Works Director Alan Hart said. “The general objective of the project is to renew the...

A powerful symbol of the nation’s past, present, and future arrived in Mississippi this past week as the traveling U.S. flag from America Waves Flag Sojourn 250 made its ceremonial stop in Jackson, Mississippi. Community members and state leaders gathered to witness the historic flag make its stop as part of a...

Magnolia Medical Foundation, a network of clinics and resource centers across the state that focus on providing holistic care to low-income Mississippians, is expanding to the most under-resourced part of Mississippi’s capital city.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are seeking the public’s help with information regarding the shooting death of Robert Harold Nelson, Jr. Police said the 39-year-old was shot and killed while putting air into his truck tire at the corner of State Street and Cully Drive on July 15, 2022. WJTV 12 News talked to […]

5:15 UPDATE: Authorities were seen removing a Toyota RAV-4 from the school campus on a wrecker. 4:30 UPDATE: Investigators have confirmed that the search warrants are in connection with the ongoing homicide investigation into the death of William Boland, who was found dead in a Byram hotel room in July. Boland had...

MADISON CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A woman has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for setting her boyfriend on fire. Kalena Stubbs, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault against her former boyfriend. On January 16, deputies with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a...