Category Archives: WJTV
Endangered/Missing Child Alert canceled for 17-year-old and newborn
UPDATE: HORN LAKE, Miss. (WJTV) - The Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Angela Gail Kirk and Kyron Legend Kirk has been canceled. According to MBI, the two have been located and are safe. HORN...
Jun 28, 2022
Gas Tank Getaways: Mississippi Ag Museum
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (Ag Museum) may look like a country town or even a farm. The museum is located on Lakeland Drive in Jackson, and it's easy to ge...
Jun 27, 2022
Precinct change made for Springridge voters
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A precinct change has been announced for some Hinds County voters ahead of the Tuesday, June 28 Republican Primary Runoff Election. Hinds County officials announced that v...
Jun 27, 2022
Mississippi abortion clinic files lawsuit to block trigger ban
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Woman's Health Organization (JWHO), which is the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, filed a new lawsuit on Monday, June 27. They asked the Hinds County Chancery Court...
Jun 27, 2022
Jackson's citywide boil water notice could be lifted this week
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Jackson's Public Works Department said crews and external contractors are making progress on restoring water pressure at the O.B. Curtis Water Plant.&n...
Jun 27, 2022
Emmie Perkins named Miss Mississippi 2022
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Emmie Perkins, of Hattiesburg, was crowned Miss Mississippi 2022. She was selected from a field of 31 young women in the Annual Miss Mississippi Competition held in Vicksburg...
Jun 27, 2022
What to know about June 28 primary runoff elections
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippians will head to the polls on Tuesday, June 28 for the Republican Primary Runoff Election Day. Eligible voters in Congressional Districts 2, 3, and 4 will cast a bal...
Jun 27, 2022
Ole Miss to celebrate College World Series championship with parade
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - Ole Miss will hold a parade on Wednesday, June 29 to celebrate the baseball team's 2022 NCAA Baseball National Championship win. The parade will start at 5:15 p.m. The route wil...
Jun 27, 2022
Landmark tobacco lawsuit settled 25 years ago — what happened to money?
If Mississippi's political leaders had stuck to their plan, the state would now have a trust fund of more than $4 billion earning about $320 million annually to spend on health care, based on projecti...
Jun 27, 2022
Jackson distributes water at Sykes Park Community Center
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Jackson announced drinking water will be distributed to neighbors in need on Monday, June 27 at Sykes Park Community Center, located at 520 Sykes Road....
Jun 27, 2022