Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi's first Columbia store to open this month
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Columbia Sportswear will open its first store in Mississippi at the Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland. To celebratethe opening, Columbia willhold aribbon cutting ceremo...
Nov 11, 2022
Mississippi Match 5 jackpot rises to $323,000 after no winner
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After 13 drawings with no jackpot winner, the jackpot for the Saturday, November 12 Mississippi Match 5 drawing has increased to $323,000. The jackpot was last hit on October 1...
Nov 11, 2022
Get ready for the holidays in Mississippi with these events
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The holidays are just around the corner! While everything is getting cheerful and bright, cities in Central Mississippi and the Pine Belt are bring more excitement with great e...
Nov 11, 2022
Biden admin stops accepting student loan forgiveness applications
(The Hill) - The Biden administration announced on Friday it would stop accepting student loan forgiveness applications after a federal judge ruled against the program on Thursday. The site that previ...
Nov 11, 2022
Meth found in Shreveport's wastewater
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - New data reveals an alarming amount of methamphetamine in Shreveport's wastewater. The data was collected by LSU Health Shreveport's Louisiana Addiction Research Center u...
Nov 11, 2022
Jackson approves temporary contract for water treatment plant
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - More water operators are on their way to Jackson after the city council unanimously voted to approve a temporary contract on Thursday, November 10. Under a new contract with a ...
Nov 11, 2022
New USM program aims to combat nursing shortage
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is initiating a new, accelerated program to help combat the national nursing shortage. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor St...
Nov 11, 2022
Police learn better skills on Civil Rights Museum tour
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Learning to better police in minority communities, that's what a group of out-of-state police officers are trying to do. They spent time visiting Jackson for a history lesson. ...
Nov 11, 2022
"We'll protect their data": Secretary of State addresses digital security after Election Day attack
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi was the target of sustained cyberattacks on Election Day, according to the Secretary of State's (SOS) office. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack made m...
Nov 11, 2022
Georgia woman sentenced for identity theft in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Georgia woman was sentenced in Mississippi to nine years in federal prison for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and committing COVID-relief fraud. According to court doc...
Nov 11, 2022