Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi Lottery players win total $60,000
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $480 million for the Friday, July 15 drawing, and the Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $82 million for the Saturda...
Jul 14, 2022
Father asks for help finding missing University of Mississippi student
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- The father of a missing University of Mississippi student is making a public plea for help finding his son. In a video statement released Wednesday, Jimmie Lee Jr. said he was calling...
Jul 14, 2022
Forest HS, JSU Football Star Anderson Dies at 45
Rashard Anderson graduated Forest High School and then exceled on the Jackson State football field from 1996-1999. JSU Athletic Trainer Jeff Parker says he remembers Anderson's first interception retu...
Jul 13, 2022
Vicksburg to receive high-tech cameras through NOLA project to fight crime
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg city leaders traveled to New Orleans to adopt and study new high-tech cameras at the University of New Orleans. "What we have to do Monday, we're going to adopt a r...
Jul 13, 2022
Jackson neighbors heard multiple gunshots in shooting that injured 2 kids
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are searching for the suspects who shot an 11-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl on Bienville Drive on Tuesday, July 12. Neighbors said they heard between two t...
Jul 13, 2022
Suspect in custody for robbing Trustmark Bank in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a suspect in connection to a bank robbery. The robbery happened at the Trustmark Bank on Capitol Street and West Street on Wednesday, July 13. Deputy Po...
Jul 13, 2022
Entergy MS customers can sign up for $80 refund check
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- Entergy Mississippi customers can begin signing up to receive a one-time $80 check from the state's largest electric utility starting August 1. The refund will be available for all 42...
Jul 13, 2022
EMS traveling memorial makes stop in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An organization stopped in Central Mississippi to celebrate those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, while leading the effort for the creation of a permanent ...
Jul 13, 2022
MSDH reports 1,805 new COVID-19 cases
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mississippi has been increasing over the last few weeks. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported there were 1,8...
Jul 13, 2022
State subpoena targets Gov. Bryant’s communication with USM Athletic Foundation
Attorneys are wrangling Mississippi's former governor into the welfare department's massive civil lawsuit, which one attorney called a "no-holds-barred death match." The attorney for the state agency ...
Jul 13, 2022