Jackson MS

Commissioner Willie Simmons, Chairman of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, has announced updates to several Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) projects across central Mississippi. “Central Mississippi is seeing a boom in progress across all sorts of infrastructure improvement projects. Seeing so...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police are investigating after a 36-year-old man was struck and killed by a train. The incident occurred on Livingston Road and Ridgeway Road just before 7:30 a.m. on August 30, 2025. Detective Tommie Brown, with the Jackson Police Department (JPD), a man was discovered deceased...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - One person is dead and another was injured after a single-vehicle crash in Hinds County, according to Interim Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard. The incident happened on I-20 East near mile marker 33. The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with injuries.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Jackson man pled guilty in federal court to the attempted robbery of a dollar store in Jackson. According to court documents, Torrance Stewart, 31, entered a local business on May 2, 2022, with the intent to rob the store with a firearm. Prosecutors said Stewart brandished a pistol and...

Quinton Simpson also received a music scholarship and is playing tuba in the college band

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Texas man was sentenced in Mississippi to 21 months in federal prison in connection with the fraudulent purchase of a 2023 Ford Shelby F-150 valued at $130,850 from a local automobile dealership. According to court documents, Mario Martinez Smiley, 57, of Fort Worth, Texas, fraudulently...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - We had a pleasantly mild evening across central MS after highs only made it to the upper 70s in most places this afternoon. Overnight, temperatures will fall to the upper 60s as we continue to dry up. While an isolated shower or two is possible throughout...

The threat for heavy rainfall will continue early this morning and shift south with time. Total rainfall will average 1 to 3 inches with locally heavier amounts resulting in minor flooding of a few low-lying areas.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will host “A Shell-ebration of Mississippi’s Turtle Diversity” from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on September 2. Dr. Grover Brown will discuss how the state is home to more than 30 species of freshwater turtles, tortoises and marine turtles.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group that sends books to prisoners in Mississippi has settled its lawsuit alleging the state was limiting inmates' access to free books. Big House Books and the Mississippi Department of Corrections filed notice last week in federal court in Jackson saying they had settled their differences...