Category Archives: WJTV
SBC holds special meeting on sex abuse allegations
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) executive committee met on Thursday, June 2 to discuss how they would pay for the implementation of new sexual assault protocols. The comm...
Jun 03, 2022
How gas prices have changed in Jackson in the last week
The price of regular gasoline reached a record high on Thursday, June 2, hitting $4.71 per gallon. All 50 states now have average regular gas prices above $4.00 per gallon, according to AAA.As prices ...
Jun 03, 2022
Lowest-earning counties in Mississippi
Americans on the whole were doing well financially heading into 2020, with major markers like unemployment reaching 50-year lows. The pandemic changed all that: During the second quarter of the 2020 f...
Jun 03, 2022
Contraflow: What to know for 2022 hurricane season
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - As hurricane season begins, leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) are reminding Mississippians of contraflow protocol. Contraflow protocols would...
Jun 03, 2022
Crews respond to fire at Jackson church, afterschool program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson firefighters responded to a fire at a church and an afterschool program on Terry Road Friday morning. The fire happened at We Care Church before 6:00 a.m. Security vide...
Jun 03, 2022
Local student weighs in on arming teachers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi student is weighing in on the debate about arming teachers in an attempt to stop school shootings. The most recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, sparked two m...
Jun 02, 2022
3 killed in shooting outside Iowa church, deputies say
AMES, Iowa (WHO 13) -- Three people, including the alleged shooter, are dead after a shooting outside a church in Ames, Iowa. It happened at Cornerstone Church on U.S. Highway 30 shortly before 7 p.m....
Jun 02, 2022
'Enough!' Biden calls for action to combat gun violence
WASHINGTON (NewsNation) - As the nation reels in the wake of a series of tragic mass shootings, President Joe Biden on Thursday called for action from lawmakers to combat gun violence. Speaking at the...
Jun 02, 2022
Three charged with murder in Kosciusko
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WJTV) - Three people were arrested and one woman is wanted in connection to a murder that happened on North Side Park in Kosciusko on Friday, April 29. Kosciusko police said Michael ...
Jun 02, 2022
2 shot during funeral service at Graceland Cemetery in Racine: report
RACINE, Wis. - Two people were shot during a funeral service Thursday afternoon, prompting a response from Racine police in what the department called a 'critical incident' near the Graceland Cemetery...
Jun 02, 2022