Category Archives: WJTV
Hurricane Ian set to make landfall in South Carolina
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - After collapsing buildings and pounding Florida with strong winds and relentless rain, Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in South Carolina on Friday, bringing life-threat...
Sep 30, 2022
Water crisis tests Mississippi mayor who started as activist
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The mayor of Mississippi's capital was 5 years old when his parents moved their family from New York to Jackson in 1988 so that his father, who had been involved in a Black natio...
Sep 30, 2022
Mississippi Insight Special Edition: The Economy
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - WJTV 12 News' Byron Brown will host a special edition of Mississippi Insight on the economy. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Comm...
Sep 29, 2022
JPS announces improved school district rating
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Public School (JPS) District has been rated as a "C" school district, one letter grade up from last year's "D" rating. Among the district's schools, Obama Elementar...
Sep 29, 2022
Mississippi groups head to Florida to help Ian victims
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Local organizations are sending crews and supplies to Southwest Florida to help victims of Hurricane Ian. Local chapters of the Salvation Army and American Red Cross are on the...
Sep 29, 2022
Woman crashes into Vicksburg/Warren County school bus
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman collided with a Vicksburg/Warren County school bus on Interstate 20 on Thursday, September 29. Suspect wanted for fleeing MHP traffic stop Officials with the Miss...
Sep 29, 2022
Suspect wanted for fleeing MHP traffic stop
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) are looking for a person they said ran from a traffic stop in South Jackson on Thursday, September 29. Man arrested for Nort...
Sep 29, 2022
Man arrested for Northside Drive business burglary
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- Jackson police arrested a man for a business burglary on Wednesday, September 28. Police said Will Markell Ford, 42, busted out the front window pane of the Food Depot located a...
Sep 29, 2022
Teens sentenced for 2021 metro area carjackings
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV)- Three Jackson teens were sentenced for a carjacking crime spree that spanned multiple towns in 2021. District Attorney John K. Bramlett said Ridgeland police responded to a carj...
Sep 29, 2022
Man denied bond for drugs, stolen vehicle charges
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested after police found multiple stolen cars along with drugs, guns and cash in Jackson on Wednesday, September 28. Officer Deric Hearn with the Jackson Police De...
Sep 29, 2022