Category Archives: WJTV
Congress probes Jackson water crisis as city and state spar
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi's capital city without running water for several days in late summer, according to a letter sent to G...
Oct 17, 2022
Jackson County teens die in crash after homecoming dance
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two 16-year-old girls died in a car crash after their homecoming dance in Jackson County on Saturday, October 15. The Sun Herald reported family and friends of Bayleigh ...
Oct 17, 2022
Governor: Jackson plans to end cooperation with Unified Command Structure
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) issued a statement after he said Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is planning to end the city's cooperation with the Unified Command Structure. Th...
Oct 17, 2022
Jackson business accused of denying overtime to workers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $44,280 in back wages and liquidated damages for two employees of a Jackson ground delivery contractor. Officials said the business faile...
Oct 17, 2022
Mississippi has 72 districts with slow internet - here are the 10 slowest
Access to high-speed internet in schools has come a long way in the last decade. In 2013, 70% of U.S. schools lacked an internet connection of 100 Kbps per student, the minimum speed the Federal Commu...
Oct 17, 2022
Person dies in Richland house fire
RICHLAND, Miss. (WJTV) - One person died in a house fire in Richland on Sunday, October 16. Man found shot, killed in truck on Lynch Street Officials with the Richland Police Department said the fire ...
Oct 17, 2022
Water main break floods Maple Street in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - People in the Georgetown community are left with no water after a water main break this weekend. The people living off the corner of Maple Street and Maderia Avenue woke to a r...
Oct 17, 2022
One man injured in Jones County shooting
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A man was taken to a local hospital after being shot in Jones County. Officials with the Jones County Sheriff's Department (JCSD) said deputies and off-duty deputies respo...
Oct 17, 2022
Child accidentally run over in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A 12-year-old girl is receiving medical care after she was accidentally run over in Jones County on Sunday, October 16. Officials with the Jones County Sheriff's Departmen...
Oct 17, 2022
Pedestrian killed after being hit by car on Highway 49
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - A man died after he was hit by a car on Highway 49 in Hattiesburg on Sunday, October 16. Officials with the Hattiesburg Police Department (HPD) said officers responded just...
Oct 17, 2022