Category Archives: WJTV
Ex-paramedic sentenced for sexual assaults in Mississippi ambulances
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A former Mississippi paramedic has been sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole, weeks after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting patients in ambulances as they wer...
Jun 20, 2022
Family searches for missing 83-year-old Hinds County man
RAYMOND, Miss. (WJTV) - The family of a Hinds County man with Alzheimer's and dementia, who has been missing for more than a week, is pleading for his safe return. Morris Griffith, 83, was last seen o...
Jun 20, 2022
Vicksburg could see city-wide curfew if disruptions continue
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr. said a city-wide curfew for those under the age of 18 could be implemented if the disruptions in the community continue. Vicksburg Daily Ne...
Jun 20, 2022
Lowest-paying jobs in Jackson
The U.S. may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world but there's a growing trend of financial inequality, with middle-class households feeling the most impact. In fact, the number of adults wh...
Jun 20, 2022
Massive heat dome to bring extra-hot weather to nearly every state
(NEXSTAR) - Chances are if you're reading this, it's going to be hot where you live this week. Meteorologists are warning a heat dome will park itself over parts of the country, pushing temperatures i...
Jun 20, 2022
Funeral arrangements announced for 5-year-old killed in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for Mariyah Lacy, a 5-year-old girl who was killed on Bailey Drive in Jackson on Sunday, June 12. Body of LSU-E basketball player Evere...
Jun 20, 2022
Jackson man who tossed body in trash sentenced to life in prison
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - On Monday, June 20, David Lee Course was sentenced to life in prison in connection to the death of a man whose body was found inside a trashcan in the backyard of an ...
Jun 20, 2022
Mississippi, Alabama mourners praise officer killed on duty
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - A police officer killed on duty in Mississippi earlier this month is being remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as a person willing to serve any community wher...
Jun 20, 2022
Biden says decision on gas tax holiday may come this week
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Monday that he's considering a federal holiday on the gasoline tax, possibly saving U.S. consumers as much as 18.4 cents a gallon. "Yes, I'm consid...
Jun 20, 2022
Watergate prosecutor: Georgia case could 'send Donald Trump to prison'
(The Hill) - A prosecutor who worked on the Watergate case against Richard Nixon 50 years ago said on Sunday that a Georgia election interference case is the most likely to send former President Trump...
Jun 20, 2022