Category Archives: WJTV
State economist talks about rise in consumer price index
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The September inflation report is in, and there's still no relief from stubbornly high prices. As food and rent prices continue to climb, State Economist Corey Miller talked ab...
Oct 14, 2022
Mississippi leaders discuss high crime rate in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - This year is going down as another violent year in Jackson. Police have investigated more than 100 homicides as of October 2022. Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, said those d...
Oct 14, 2022
What to expect at Mississippi State Fair this weekend
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - There will be more events for people to take part in during the 163rd Mississippi State Fair on between Friday, October 14 and Sunday, October 16. All of the events t...
Oct 14, 2022
Insurance commissioner suspends mediation between UMMC, Blue Cross
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney last week suspended mediation between the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state's largest hospital, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi, its ...
Oct 14, 2022
Lake football player shot, killed in Scott County
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Lake High School football player died in a shooting in Scott County on Thursday. The shooting happened on Johnson Town Road around 3:30 p.m. Scott County Sheriff Mike Le...
Oct 14, 2022
Four arrested after overdose death in McComb
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - Four people were arrested in connection to an overdose death that happened in McComb on Wednesday, October 12. McComb police said officers responded to a call about a dead perso...
Oct 14, 2022
5 killed, 2 injured in Raleigh mass shooting; police continue investigation Friday
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - Five people have been killed, including an off-duty Raleigh police officer, in a mass shooting in Raleigh on Thursday. An additional two individuals were shot and sent to the ho...
Oct 14, 2022
Charles Tisdale Library in Jackson torn down
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson/Hinds Library System has once less library in the capital city after the demolition of the Charles Tisdale Library. Many Jacksonians said that libraries are a neede...
Oct 13, 2022
3 workers fall into grain bin in Mississippi, 1 of them dies
ITTA BENA, Miss. (WJTV) - A farm worker died and two others were injured after falling into a soybean bin near Itta Bena on Thursday, October 13. The Greenwood Commonwealth reported the victim who die...
Oct 13, 2022
Woman dies in crash on Highway 471
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman died in a car crash on Highway 471 in Rankin County on Saturday, October 8. Paul Holley with the Rankin County Sheriff's Office said two vehicles collided on the ...
Oct 13, 2022