Category Archives: WJTV
No one hits Powerball jackpot, new drawing climbs to estimated $800 million
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - No one won an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, meaning the big prize will grow to an estimated $800 million for the next drawing. The numbers drawn wer...
Oct 27, 2022
Former Gov. Haley Barbour airlifted to UMMC after Yazoo County crash
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, 75, was airlifted to a Jackson hospital after an accident in Yazoo County. Yazoo County Sheriff Jake Sheriff said the crash happ...
Oct 26, 2022
Jackson approves pay raises for police officers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson City Council has approved pay raises for the Jackson Police Department (JPD), which is a pay raise years in the making. "We think it's high time that we're able to ...
Oct 26, 2022
2 injured in separate Jackson shootings on Wednesday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after two people were injured in separate shootings. The first shooting happened around 1:15 p.m. on University Boulevard in Jackson. Deputy Po...
Oct 26, 2022
Mississippi lawmakers hold hearing on early childhood intervention
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers finished up the latest hearings in the Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families. On Wednesday, senators heard from pediatricians and professors ...
Oct 26, 2022
Woman found guilty in death of Carl the Rooster
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman was found guilty of animal cruelty in the killing of the unofficial mascot of Ocean Springs, Carl the Rooster. The Sun Herald reported Judge Calvin Taylor decided...
Oct 26, 2022
Outcry prompts Parole Board to pull plug on releasing convicted killer
A Mississippi man serving life for murder will not be paroled, the Parole Board decided Wednesday, reversing a previous decision to free him after more than 30 years in prison. Frederick Bell wa...
Oct 26, 2022
14 accused of PPP fraud, money laundering in Marshall, DeSoto County
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Fourteen people in Marshall County and DeSoto County were arrested Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently obtain funds through the Payroll Protection Program of the...
Oct 26, 2022
Hal & Mal's in Jackson under new ownership
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hal & Mal's, a longtime staple in downtown Jackson, has new owners. Malcolm White announced Damien Cavicchi and Mary Sanders Ferriss Cavicchi will take the reins of the res...
Oct 26, 2022
‘A death sentence’: Delta hospital faces closure as negotiations with UMMC stall
Greenwood Leflore Hospital could close by the end of November as negotiations between the hospital and the University of Mississippi Medical Center stall, interim CEO Gary Marchand told staff in a mem...
Oct 26, 2022