Category Archives: WJTV
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) - Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systemat...
Jun 29, 2022
Brian Flowers wins GOP nomination for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Military veteran Brian Flowers on Tuesday won the Mississippi Republican primary runoff to try to unseat Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in November. Flowers defeated another vet...
Jun 28, 2022
Mike Ezell wins GOP nomination for Mississippi's 4th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sheriff Mike Ezell has defeated six-term U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo in a Republican primary runoff in south Mississippi. It's a rare defeat of a congressional incumbent in a Mississipp...
Jun 28, 2022
Michael Guest wins GOP nomination for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Guest wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. Guest won a third term after voting to create an independent commission investiga...
Jun 28, 2022
Federal agents arrest Saudi "operative" in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - According to the Daily Journal, federal prosecutors have charged a Saudi man living in Mississippi with lying to federal officials. The Brandon resident, Ibrahim Alhussayen, is...
Jun 28, 2022
Former Gov. Phil Bryant should be sued over misspent welfare funds, civil defendant argues to court
A civil defendant in Mississippi's massive welfare misspending scandal is arguing that if he's being sued, so should former Gov. Phil Bryant. That is just one explosive nugget included in a Friday cou...
Jun 28, 2022
Lawsuit filed challenging Mississippi's abortion trigger law
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Center for Justice has filed a lawsuit in an effort to prolong the abortion rights battle in Mississippi. Abortion rights activists hope they've found a saving ...
Jun 28, 2022
Jackson's citywide boil water notice affecting restaurants
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson entered day four of a citywide boil water advisory on Tuesday. Restaurant owners in the city said the boil water notice puts a strain on how the businesses ...
Jun 28, 2022
1 killed in drive-by shooting on Lakewood Drive in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a 20-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting. The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon on Lakewood Drive near Smallwood Street. Accordi...
Jun 28, 2022
Hinds County judges recuse themselves from abortion lawsuit challenging ‘trigger law’
All four Hinds County chancellors rescued themselves from the lawsuit filed by the state's only abortion clinic asking that a law banning abortions in Mississippi be stopped from taking effect. The fo...
Jun 28, 2022