Jackson MS

A massive $6 billion data center will be the “third-largest investment in our state’s history,” according to an announcement from Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves. The announcement about the data center to be located in Brandon came on Tuesday, signaling a major economic boost for Rankin County and the wider Metro...

Jackson police are investigating the department's 37th homicide of 2025, which left one man dead and two women injured at a club on Martin Luther King Drive. Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade held a live streamed press conference on Saturday, Aug. 16, stating officers responded to reports of multiple people being shot...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) School of Nursing received a $2 million dollar grant to support undergraduate programs through the establishment of the Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship. The donation, made by the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF, will create 167...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – With the Hinds County Detention Center nearing capacity, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors said progress is being made on the new facility. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said more than 40% of Phase 1 has been completed. The new facility is located off of McDowell Road. Crews are...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Hinds County supervisors are searching for a new Public Works director. According to Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham, District 1, Dexter Shelby stepped down. Supervisor Bobby “Bobcat” McGowan, District 5, said Shelby was the fourth person to serve in the role in the last two years....

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The clock is ticking for residents to move out of the Blossom Apartments. That’s according to Jackson Mayor John Horhn, who said he will not ask a federal judge for any more extensions to keep water on at the troubled facility. “When the seven-day extension,...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A third person has been arrested by the Jackson Police Department for a murder that took place last year. On Sunday, September 15, 2024, Detectives began investigating a homicide that allegedly occurred in the 3100 block of Booker Street. Detectives responded to Highway 80 near State...

Three people have been arrested after an investigation in Pelahatchie led detectives to two small children living amongst a large amount of drugs. On Friday, officers with the Pelahatchie Police Department were investigating a crime that occurred at a local business. During this investigation, a detective learned...

Jackson police have identified a woman wanted in a recent shooting that happened August 3, on Northside Drive. According to PIO Tommie Brown, on August 3, at 12:43 pm, officers responded to a shooting into an occupied vehicle. It happened on Northside Drive near Country Club. The caller said she...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – An 18-wheeler fire caused traffic delays in the City of Jackson on August 18, 2025. According to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), the right, eastbound lane on Interstate 20 at Ellis Avenue has been blocked while crews work to clear the scene. There’s no word on any...