Category Archives: WJTV
Man charged in jogger abduction kidnapped attorney in 2000
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee woman jogging near the University of Memphis last week spent 20 years behind bars for a previous kidnapping. U.S. Marshals arrested 38...
Sep 05, 2022
Three Jackson water supersites to close
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will transition three water distribution sites as water pressure improves at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant. The three...
Sep 05, 2022
Salvation Army, PepsiCo serve 10,000 meals to Jackson neighbors
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Salvation Army partnered with PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation to host a food and water distribution event at McLeod Elementary School in Jackson on Monday. PepsiCo donat...
Sep 05, 2022
JPS students to return to class Tuesday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) announced all students will return to in-person classes on Tuesday, September 6. They said water pressure at each school h...
Sep 05, 2022
Governor says state hasn't received 'real' water crisis plan from Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) provided an update on the Jackson water crisis on Monday. According to the governor, water pressure has returned to Jackson customers. He said al...
Sep 05, 2022
Most Jackson neighbors experiencing normal water pressure
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson leaders said the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility held steady overnight and into Monday morning. All tanks maintained storage levels overnight. They said the total ...
Sep 05, 2022
Ten truckloads of water distributed in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A New Jersey based company held two water distributions in Jackson. The NB Affordable Group Disaster Relief worked with local organizations to bring about ten truckloads full o...
Sep 05, 2022
Search for missing jogger Eliza Fletcher continues
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) -- From the sky to the ground, a massive search is underway across Memphis for Eliza Fletcher, a missing mother of two last seen Friday when she was jogging. Early Sunday morning...
Sep 05, 2022
Missing/Endangered Child Alert issued for Pontotoc County teen
PONTOTOC COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has issued a Missing/Endangered Child Alert for 16-year-old Elsa Yohana Gabriel Ventura of Pontotoc County. Plane crashes ...
Sep 04, 2022
Man arrested for child endangerment after police chase
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man faces child endangerment and felony eluding charges after a chase with Warren County deputies on Friday, September 2. Vicksburg Daily News reported deputies tried t...
Sep 04, 2022