Category Archives: WJTV
JPD investigating deadly motorcycle crash
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Police Department (JPD) is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened Thursday, December 8. Former Yalobusha County hospital clerk arrested for embezzlem...
Dec 09, 2022
Proud to be an American: 81 people attend naturalization ceremony
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Eighty-one people can now call themselves Americans. They were sworn in on Thursday during a naturalization ceremony. Dozens of people from more than 30 different countries are...
Dec 08, 2022
Former Yalobusha County hospital clerk arrested for embezzlement
YALOBUSHA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - State Auditor Shad White announced special agents from his office arrested a former clerk for Yalobusha General Hospital for embezzlement. Melissa Cook, a former accou...
Dec 08, 2022
State health department braces for impending hospital crisis
As the Mississippi health care crisis worsens and threatens to imminently shutter hospitals in the Mississippi Delta, the state Department of Health is taking steps to prepare for the impending disast...
Dec 08, 2022
MSDH warns ICU bed availability is down amid high COVID, flu activity
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said there has been an increase in COVID-19 and flu cases in recent weeks across the state. State Health Officer ...
Dec 08, 2022
MVSU head football coach resigns to join Coach Prime in Colorado
ITTA BENA, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) Football Coach Vincent Dancy announced his resignation from the university's football program for a Power Five co...
Dec 08, 2022
Jackson leaders expect it could take years to fix city's water system
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The mayor of Jackson and the city's interim third-party administrator hosted a town hall to update the public on plans for the water system Wednesday night. At the town hall at...
Dec 08, 2022
Remains of 'Boy in the Box' identified by Philadelphia police after 65 years
(WPHL) -- After 65 years, the Philadelphia Police Department has finally identified "America's Unknown Child," commonly referred to as the "Boy in the Box." On Thursday, Police Commissioner Danielle O...
Dec 08, 2022
Woman charged in death of unborn child in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A woman has been charged for the death of an unborn child in a 2021 Jones County crash. According to Jones County Sheriff's Office, Rikki Blackwell, 34, was driving a vehi...
Dec 08, 2022
Tip leads recovery of stolen tractor in Rankin County
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss (WJTV) - After receiving a tip, the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) and Rankin County Sherriff's Office recovered a Massey Ferguson tractor reported sto...
Dec 08, 2022