Category Archives: WJTV

Community baby shower held for metro area moms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - New and expecting mothers in the metro area participated in a Community Drive-Thru Baby Shower. The event was put on by the Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health. Di...
Jailen Leavell Jun 04, 2022

Jackson's youth discuss solutions to violent crime
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A local organization is calling on the youth to speak out on the gun violence plaguing the City of Jackson, creating a safe space to come together to develop the ideas they wan...
Marie Mennefield Jun 04, 2022

Boil water notice issued for 20 Jackson customers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Jackson Water/Utilities Division issued a boil water notice for 20 customers on Saturday, June 4. The notice affects customers on Eastline Drive and cu...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Police investigating theft at Vicksburg business
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Police are investigating a theft that happened at a business in Vicksburg on Thursday, June 2. Three indicted for allegedly stealing wire in Vicksburg Vicksburg Daily News re...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Three indicted for allegedly stealing wire in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Three people were indicted on malicious mischief charges for allegedly stealing telephone wire in Vicksburg. Man accused of stealing cash register in Brookhaven Vicksburg Dai...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Jackson man sentenced to 25 years for drug charge
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday, June 3 for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth. Man accused of stealing cash register in Brookhave...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Man accused of stealing cash register in Brookhaven
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Brookhaven police are searching for a man who is accused of stealing a cash register from a business on Saturday, June 4. Threat made at Congressman Bennie Thompson's headqu...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Threat made at Congressman Bennie Thompson's headquarters
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested for allegedly making a terroristic threat at Congressman Bennie Thompson's Campaign Headquarters in Jackson on Friday, June 3. Jackson police said Tony Ray B...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Woman accused of fatally shooting man on Hickory Drive
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a woman after a man died from being shot on Hickory Drive. Police said the man was found in a ditch with a gunshot wound to his head on Tuesday, May 31 ...
Rachel Hernandez Jun 04, 2022

Special Olympics Mississippi travels to national competition in Florida
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - For a week, Mississippi's largest delegation of 173 members will be in Orlando, Florida for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games competing for national titles and their goal is ...
Cianna Reeves Jun 03, 2022
