Category Archives: WJTV
Gulfport man sentenced for death of six-week-old son
GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) - A Gulfport man was sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection to the death of a six-week-old boy. WXXV reported Kendall Pritchett, Sr., 27, was sentenced last week after pl...
Jun 29, 2023
Jackson's Salvation Army in need of food pantry donations
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Salvation Army said the organization's Center of Hope is in need of donations for the pantry shelves. Major Timothy Delaney, spokesperson for the Salvation Arm...
Jun 29, 2023
38th Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Festival kicks off Thursday
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 38th Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held in Central Mississippi this weekend. The event will take place from June 29 through July 1. The festival ...
Jun 29, 2023
Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A white Mississippi district attorney has resigned after more than 30 years on the job, during which he prosecuted a Black man six times in the shooting deaths of four people and...
Jun 29, 2023
Vicksburg police investigate after man shot in leg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police are investigating after a 25-year-old man was injured in a shooting. Vicksburg Daily News reported the shooting happened on Sky Farm Avenue on Wednesday, Jun...
Jun 29, 2023
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision
President Biden on Thursday afternoon is slated to deliver remarks on the Supreme Court's decision to severely limit the use of race as a factor in college admissions. The ruling upends decades of aff...
Jun 29, 2023
Mississippi farms pay overdue wages for favoring immigrants over local Black workers, agency says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Departmen...
Jun 29, 2023
Monroe mother outraged after late son's headstone is moved
RICHWOOD, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- A local family is outraged after their late son's tombstone was moved out of place, confusing the family about what happened to their son's graveyard. Dixie Smith is looki...
Jun 29, 2023
Supreme Court upends affirmative action in college admissions
The Supreme Court in a pair of cases Thursday severely limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to se...
Jun 29, 2023
Ryan Mallett drowning: Officials release bodycam footage, statement indicating no riptides at Florida beach
DESTIN, Fla. (WMBB) - Safety officials in Destin, Florida, have issued a statement after former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett drowned in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. Destin Beach Safety, which...
Jun 29, 2023