Category Archives: WJTV
Video shows tornado 'jumping' from New Orleans across Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - Thousands were left without power in Southeast Louisiana after a series of severe storms and tornadoes ripped through the Bayou State on Wednesday. This included one tornado caugh...
Dec 15, 2022
Mississippi Democrats want TANF program reform to help needy families
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State House and Senate Minority Caucuses held their second hearing over the federal TANF program on Thursday, December 15. Democratic lawmakers hope to vastly m...
Dec 15, 2022
Chemical vials cause evacuations in downtown Natchez
UPDATE: NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Federal officers determined that the vials found in downtown Natchez on Thursday were part of a test kit to test for the presence of chemicals. The Natchez Democrat rep...
Dec 15, 2022
MDE announces 2023-24 District of Innovation, School of Innovation
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for the Vicksburg Warren School District to become a District of Innovation and for the Jackson Public School ...
Dec 15, 2022
Jackson State homicide suspect claims doughnuts started fight
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A New Orleans man accused of killing a fellow Jackson State University (JSU) student claims he did it out of self-defense. Flynn Brown, 22, of New Jersey, was found dead inside...
Dec 15, 2022
Mississippi Lottery makes November 2022 transfer to state
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) completed its November transfer to the state. The MLC transferred $12,849,707.47, which brought the Fiscal Year 2023 total transfer to...
Dec 15, 2022
Man sentenced for 2020 McComb manslaughter
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - A man pled guilty for his involvement in connection to the death of LaQusha Brochelle Martin on May 30, 2020. On December 13, 2022, Tucker Morris pled guilty to manslaughter and...
Dec 15, 2022
Boil water notice issued for Anguilla after Wednesday's storms
ANGUILLA, Miss. (WJTV) - The Town of Anguilla is under a boil water notice after severe storms swept through Sharkey County on Wednesday, December 14. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH)...
Dec 15, 2022
New details released after murder-suicide at Bay St. Louis motel
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WGNO) - Police released more information following an apparent murder-suicide at a Mississippi hotel that left three people dead on Wednesday, including two police officers. At 1...
Dec 15, 2022
Charges upgraded against man after child dies in Biloxi
BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - A Louisiana man's felony child abuse charge has been upgraded to capital murder after a four-month-old child died from the injuries they suffered earlier this month. Just before...
Dec 15, 2022