Category Archives: WJTV

Free shuttle service offered for 2025 SWAC Championship game
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Visit Jackson will partner with the Hank Aaron Sports Academy to offer a gameday shuttle service for the 2025 Pepsi Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship game. T...
Sethanie Smith Dec 04, 2025

Ridgeland considers removing fluoride from drinking water
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Ridgeland is considering removing fluoride from its drinking water. According to Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee, fluoride wasn't available to purchase from the city's...
Kaitlin Howell Dec 04, 2025

How much of the $820M Powerball jackpot a Mississippi winner keeps after taxes
You would still be a millionaire if you won.
Addy Bink Dec 04, 2025

Jackson woman wants answers after multiple shots fired at her car
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson woman said her car was shot into multiple times while she was backing into her driveway. On April 26, 2025, just before 8:45 p.m., Linda Butler said she had just retu...
Jaylin Thornton Dec 04, 2025

Flu rates drop in Mississippi, whooping cough cases remain high
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) tracks flu and other respiratory illnesses every week to identify trends throughout the state. According to the current data f...
Sethanie Smith Dec 04, 2025

Driver killed during log truck crash in Warren County
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A driver died during a log truck crash in Warren County. The crash occurred on Highway 3 South near Vindication Road around 8:15 p.m. on December 3, 2025. According to th...
Kaitlin Howell Dec 04, 2025

82-year-old Mississippi woman accused of killing boyfriend
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An 82-year-old Tunica County woman has been charged in the shooting death of her 75-year-old boyfriend on Tuesday. The Tunica County Sheriff's Office said the victim was found at a r...
Melissa Moon Dec 04, 2025

New 471 area code to debut in northern and central Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A new area code will soon be implemented for the Northern and Central Mississippi counties. The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved on June 13 of 2024, the new area code t...
Vivian Nguyen Dec 04, 2025

Data shows low voter turnout in runoff elections
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Voter turnout was significantly low for the Hinds County coroner's race and the Senate District 26 runoff elections on December 2, 2025. "Turnout has obviously been disappointi...
Cameron Smith Dec 03, 2025

Person of interest detained in fatal Lincoln County shooting
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A person of interest was detained in connection to a fatal shooting in Lincoln County. The shooting occurred just before 6:30 a.m. on December 3, 2025, at a home on JJ L...
Sethanie Smith Dec 03, 2025
