Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters announced a man was arrested for setting fire to a business early Thursday morning. The incident happened in the 2900 block of West McDowell Road just befo...

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - For the second day in a row, a Madison elementary school received a threat. According to Rick Negron, director of Communications for Madison County Schools, a phone call was re...

Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss' appeal to the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility so he can play for the Rebels next season has been denied, the university said on Wednesday, but th...

"Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie and her two siblings posted a video Wednesday on Instagram directly addressing whomever might have their mother, and pleading for her safe return.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Senate killed a comprehensive school choice bill. The bill barely passed the House in January 2026 by just two votes. It would have allowed students to use publ...

AMITE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) announced that poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock in Amite County tested positive for highly pathogenic H5 avian...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJTV) - The Mississippi congressional delegation wrote to President Donald Trump to share their support for Gov. Tate Reeves' request for a federal disaster declaration after a deadl...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - C Spire donated $5 million to the University of Mississippi Medical Center's (UMMC) Cancer Center and Research Institute. UMMC leaders said the center would not be possible wit...

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Three additional deaths have been reported in Mississippi due to the recent winter storm, bringing the statewide total to 28. Scott Simmons, director of External Affairs for the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An inmate in the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) pled guilty to one count of identity theft, one count of fraud and one count of wire fraud. State Auditor Shad Whi...