Category Archives: WJTV
$450M available for Mississippi water projects
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced $450 million was made available for drinking water, wastewater and storm water projects in Mississippi citi...
Jul 05, 2022
How gas prices have changed in Jackson in the last week
Following a dip in crude oil prices, average national gas prices are down roughly 8 cents per gallon, according to AAA. Crude oil reached roughly $122 per barrel earlier this month and was down to abo...
Jul 05, 2022
Louisiana man arrested, accused of pouring acid on woman's face
ROSELAND, La. (WGNO) - A man is behind bars after Tangipahoa Parish detectives say he poured harsh chemicals on a woman's face, including bleach. According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, 3...
Jul 05, 2022
More than $50M in unclaimed money returned to Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, Mississippi Treasurer David McRae announced his office has returned more than $50 million in unclaimed cash and stock to the state since 2020. According to McRae, a...
Jul 05, 2022
Alleged Highland Park parade shooter charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - The 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting seven and wounding over 30 people at a Highland Park Fourth of July parade was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder on...
Jul 05, 2022
6 dead at July 4 shooting in Illinois, person of interest in custody
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panick...
Jul 05, 2022
Judge denies request to block Mississippi's abortion 'trigger' law
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday afternoon, Judge Debbra K. Halford denied a request by Mississippi's only abortion clinic to block Mississippi's "trigger" law. The law is scheduled to take ...
Jul 05, 2022
Broncos great Demaryius Thomas had Stage 2 CTE, report says
DENVER (KDVR) - A new report released from the New York Times on Tuesday morning says that former Denver Broncos great Demaryius Thomas had Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died ...
Jul 05, 2022
Suspects arrested after failed carjacking in Olive Branch
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (WREG) - Three people from Memphis are behind bars after a shooting and attempted carjacking at an Olive Branch gas station Monday morning. Olive Branch Police said around 10:30 a....
Jul 05, 2022
Family offers $5K reward to find missing Mississippi man
ALCORN COUNTY, Mississippi (WREG) -- Loved ones say a Mississippi man at the center of a Silver Alert disappeared into the woods, and his family is asking for your help in hopes of bringing him home. ...
Jul 05, 2022