Category Archives: WJTV
Jackson to hold water distribution on Aug. 11
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson will distribute cases of bottled water to neighbors on Thursday, August 11. This comes after a citywide boil water notice was issued for Jackson b...
Aug 11, 2022
Ex-Jones County worker pleads guilty to embezzlement
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - A former Jones County employee pled guilty to embezzlement, felony DUI and conspiracy involving county equipment and workers. The Laurel Leader Call reported Roland Graham...
Aug 11, 2022
Parents turn in 15-year-old after vehicle shot up in Louisiana
HOUMA, La. (BRPROUD) - The Houma Police Department was called to reported shooting around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9. Upon arrival, officers determined that a 23-year-old man was shot "multiple ti...
Aug 11, 2022
Corinth church trashed, woman charged
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Aug 11, 2022
74-year-old man beaten, robbed while taking out his trash
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)-- A 74-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after being robbed and pistol-whipped outside a senior living apartment building in East Memphis on Monday night. Police have re...
Aug 11, 2022
New Orleanians fall victim to viral TikTok challenge that teaches criminals how to steal cars
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)- According to the New Orleans Police Department, five stolen cars were found in the Little Woods neighborhood over the weekend. Police say a viral social media challenge showing use...
Aug 11, 2022
Arizona man walks across country to raise awareness about human trafficking
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An Arizona man is walking across the country to raise awareness about human trafficking, and he stopped in Jackson on Wednesday. My Sister's Keeper Walk is a Phoenix-based nonp...
Aug 10, 2022
Advocates want MS governor to restart rental assistance program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Poor Peoples Campaign made an impassioned plea to Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) on Wednesday. In a news conference outside the Governor's Mansion, advocates ca...
Aug 10, 2022
Leaders at MS Veterans Affairs on new 'burn pit' law
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed legislation to expand federal health care services for millions of veterans who served at military bases where toxic smoke billowed fro...
Aug 10, 2022
Neighbors on Morton Avenue upset over sewage leak
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Neighbors in a Jackson community are upset about sewage that has been pouring into their yards and under their homes on Morton Avenue for months. They said despite informing th...
Aug 10, 2022