Category Archives: WJTV
Dump truck driver dies in crash on I-59 in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A dump truck driver died in a rollover crash on Interstate 59 in Moselle on Wednesday, October 12. Officials with the Jones County Fire Council said crews responded to the...
Oct 13, 2022
Low Mississippi River levels a concern for boaters
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities in Warren County are warning of potential boating dangers on the Mississippi River. Parts of the Mississippi River are below average water levels. Officials with ...
Oct 13, 2022
P-EBT benefits released for SNAP children under six in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) and the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) have started releasing P-EBT benefits to children who were under six-years...
Oct 13, 2022
Jones County woman accused of charging $30K on company card
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - An Ovett woman was arrested for allegedly charging over $30,000 to a company credit card. The Laurel Leader Call reported Joni Fraga, 26, was an employee at Bush Construct...
Oct 13, 2022
Arkansas man pleads not guilty to attempted kidnapping of teen former co-worker
BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) - A Rogers man has entered a not guilty plea in a case alleging that he attempted to kidnap a teenage former co-worker. Dennis Mulhern, 49, was arrested on September 5 ...
Oct 13, 2022
Parkland school shooter to get life sentence for killing 17
Correction: This story has been updated to correct an error concerning the date of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas ...
Oct 13, 2022
Social Security COLA increase for 2023 officially announced
(NEXSTAR) - Social Security recipients will see monthly checks that are nearly 9% bigger starting next year. On Thursday morning, the Social Security Administration announced the annual cost-of-living...
Oct 13, 2022
Foote calls for return to RFP process in Jackson garbage contract
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Even though the City of Jackson has their garbage collection figured out for the time being, there is still no long term contract in place with any garbage collection provider....
Oct 12, 2022
Accidental shooting in Jackson claims the life of child
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a nine-year-old girl was killed in an accidental shooting. The shooting happened at the Graystone Hills apartment complex on Chadwick Dri...
Oct 12, 2022
Victim dies after being paralyzed from 1982 New Orleans shooting, police rule death as homicide
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - Four decades after a man was shot in New Orleans, a homicide investigation is underway following the victim's death earlier this year. A delayed crime log from the New Orleans Pol...
Oct 12, 2022