Category Archives: WJTV
Canton Public Schools to close due to flooding
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Canton Public School District will close on Wednesday, August 24 due to severe weather. Leaders with the district said schools and facilities will close at 11:00 a.m. due to...
Aug 24, 2022
Amber Alert cancelled for 1-year-old boy
GULFPORT, Miss. (WHLT)-The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has cancelled the Amber Alert for 1-year-old Oliver Jackson Tidwell of Gulfport, Wednesday, August 24. He has been located and is s...
Aug 24, 2022
Bovina Elementary closed due to power outage
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) announced Bovina Elementary School will be closed on Wednesday, August 24. Forest Hill High School shifts to virtual ...
Aug 24, 2022
Forest Hill High School shifts to virtual learning
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Forest Hill High School will shift to virtual learning on Wednesday, August 24 due to low water pressure at the school. The school started to experience low water pressure on T...
Aug 24, 2022
Police: 18-year-old killed during gun exchange at Village Apartments
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after an 18-year-old was shot and killed outside an apartment complex. The shooting happened at the Village Apartments near building 14. Two me...
Aug 23, 2022
Silver Alert issued for 44-year-old Senatobia man
TATE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for 44-year-old George Jackson Jr., of Senatobia. Jackson is described as six feet tall, weighing 250 po...
Aug 23, 2022
Mississippi mom: Private-school grants hurt public education
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi mother testified Tuesday that her child's public school is harmed by the state putting $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for p...
Aug 23, 2022
Is Greyhound leaving Jackson?
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Hinds County supervisor said the board will do what they can to keep the Greyhound bus station in Jackson. News of the station's move to Flowood caught many by surprise. Empl...
Aug 23, 2022
Rain causes flash flooding across Jackson-metro
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With another day of heavy rain in Central Mississippi, areas across the Jackson-metro have experienced flash flooding. Water covered up part of J.R. Lynch Street on Tuesday. Th...
Aug 23, 2022
Forest Hill dismisses early due to low water pressure
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Forest Hill High School students will leave class early on Tuesday. Sherwin Johnson, executive director of Public Engagement at the Jackson Public School District (JPS), s...
Aug 23, 2022