Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi catfish producers struggle despite high market prices
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - Catfish producers in Mississippi are receiving good prices for their products, but they're facing issues from high heat and high costs for feed and fuel. Mississippi has 34,...
Jul 18, 2022
Cash 3, Cash 4 begin twice daily drawings July 31
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Lottery announced twice-a-day drawings for Cash 3 and Cash 4 games, along with a new featured called Fireball, will begin on July 31. Drawings for ...
Jul 18, 2022
At only 13, she's already been accepted into med school
(NewsNation) - She's only 13, and Alena Analeigh Wicker is already making history. Wicker recently became the youngest Black person ever to be accepted into medical school. The teenager posted her acc...
Jul 18, 2022
Armed 'Good Samaritan' stopped Indiana mall shooting, broke mall rules
GREENWOOD, Ind. (WXIN) -- While police are crediting an Indiana man with shooting and killing a suspect in the Greenwood Park Mall shooting Sunday, mall policy prohibited him from carrying at all. Gre...
Jul 18, 2022
MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Natchez
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) are investigating an officer-involved that happened in Natchez. According to MBI, the shooting happened on Monday, Jul...
Jul 18, 2022
Prosecutor recalls coldness, cruelty of Parkland gunman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The trial to determine whether the gunman who attacked a Parkland, Florida, high school is executed began Monday with a prosecutor describing how Nikolas Cruz mowed down h...
Jul 18, 2022
Highway 49 Walmart closed until further notice
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - The Walmart store on Highway 49 has closed its doors until further notice. Silver Alert issued for 28-year-old Hattiesburg man In a post on Facebook, store officials said t...
Jul 17, 2022
Kids get free haircuts at JPS pre-k enrollment event
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Public Schools (JPS) hosted the free Haircuts and Headbands Pre-K Enrollment Program at a couple of schools across the city on Sunday, July 17. The events took place at...
Jul 17, 2022
Reopening held for Benjamin Brown Community Pool
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A local church is partnering with the City of Jackson to help restore a community park. Soul City of Jackson Church hosted the grand reopening of the Benjamin Brown Community P...
Jul 17, 2022
Jackson drivers see decreasing gas prices
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - You may have noticed the price of gas lowering in recent weeks. According to AAA, the decrease in demand, coupled with declining oil prices, is driving pump prices down. Driver...
Jul 17, 2022