Ackelia Smith, a University of Texas at Austin track and field junior has been building momentum with some of her best long and triple jump distances to date.. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi lawmakers will be voting this week on a compromise measure that would expand Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of Mississippians. Facing a critical deadline on Monday, the House and Senate negotiators kept the bill alive, clearing the way for an eventual floor vote this week. The compromise measure would expand […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – An Alabama man was killed during a crash in Hinds County. The crash happened on Sunday, April 28 just after 5:00 p.m. on U.S. 80 near Jones Road. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said a 2017 Ford Focus, driven by 32-yea-rold Curicous Palmer, of Bay Minette, Alabama, was […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
WASHINGTON (WJTV) – A Mississippi native, who was the first Black Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician in the U.S. Navy, is being honored in a first of its kind exhibit by the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon. On April 23, part of a corridor in the Pentagon was dedicated with a ribbon cutting ceremony to […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Jackson police officer and another driver were injured during a crash on Monday, April 29. The crash happened at the intersection of North State Street and Court Street. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said Capitol police responded to the scene. According to Martin, […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader