Category Archives: WJTV
U.S. Supreme Court leaves congressional redistricting to Mississippi Legislature
For the first time since the early 1990s, the federal courts will not be drawing Mississippi's congressional districts. Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case filed by a grou...
Feb 23, 2023
House reverses course, names Baptist as state’s burn center
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to name Mississippi Baptist Medical Center as the home of the state's next burn center. The move came less than a week after the House Appropriations Co...
Feb 23, 2023
Alex Murdaugh testifies in double-murder trial
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) - Alex Murdaugh gave lengthy and emotional testimony Thursday as he took the stand to defend himself in his double-murder trial. Murdaugh is accused of killing his wi...
Feb 23, 2023
Person shot, killed outside Clay County tire plant
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Clay County deputies are investigating a fatal shooting that happened at a tire plant. WCBI reported the shooting happened early Wednesday morning at Yokohama Tire Manufact...
Feb 22, 2023
Endangered Child Alert canceled for 4-year-old Jackson boy
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Missing/Endangered Child Alert issued for Kenney DeAngelo Evans has been canceled. He has been located and is safe. JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau o...
Feb 22, 2023
Mississippi doctors call for postpartum Medicaid extension vote
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) called on House leadership to bring postpartum Medicaid extension to a vote. Doctors have been calling for action on expansion ...
Feb 22, 2023
U.S. 49 South Frontage Road to close for drainage work
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced a closure for U.S. 49 South Frontage Road. New water bill program coming to Jackson Both direct...
Feb 22, 2023
Grand jury finds no criminal conduct from Gulfport officer involved in fatal shooting
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Attorney General's Office announced a Harrison County grand jury found no criminal conduct on behalf of an officer involved in a fatal shooting. Jaheim ...
Feb 22, 2023
No survivors after twin-engine plane crash near Little Rock, FAA says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) - Officials said all five people aboard an airplane that crashed near the Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday have died. Officials with the Little ...
Feb 22, 2023
Mississippi tax relief bills stall despite GOP leaders’ push
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Tax relief proposals favored by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and Republican legislative leaders stalled Wednesday and appear to be dead for the entire election-year legislative s...
Feb 22, 2023