Category Archives: WJTV

Pearl to host "Let the Good Times Boil"
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Pearl will host the "Let the Good Times Boil" crawfish boil on Saturday, May 21. Organizers said the event will include live music from Travelin' Jane and Daniel Houz...
Rachel Hernandez May 08, 2022

Rez Life Crawfish Festival held at Reservoir
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Neighbors made their way to Lakeshore Park on Saturday, May 7 for the Rez Life Crawfish Festival. Food trucks and plenty of crawfish were available. Local musicians inclu...
Leah Williams May 07, 2022

First Mississippi Makers Fest held in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Local artists and vendors celebrated the Magnolia state's rich history and culture at the first Mississippi Makers Festival. It's hosed by the Mississippi Department of Archive...
Leah Williams May 07, 2022

Community enjoys Jackson May Day Festival
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An annual tradition was continued this year, bringing out hundreds of people who packed the streets in West Jackson. Members of the community gathered to participate in the Wes...
Jailen Leavell May 07, 2022

Car lovers meet up for Coffee & Cars event
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - What started as a small group meeting up for coffee led to a tradition that's lasting a decade. A small group of men started Coffee and Cars ten years, giving car lovers the op...
Jailen Leavell May 07, 2022

Trustee confirmed to Jackson-Hinds Library System
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A trustee was confirmed to fill the open Ward 7 seat of the Jackson-Hinds Library System. The Northside Sun reported Peyton Smith, 36, volunteered for the position. Mayor Chokw...
Rachel Hernandez May 07, 2022

Deputies look into string of Warren County burglaries
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Warren County deputies are looking into a string of burglaries that happened in the area. The Vicksburg Post reported at least five people who live in the Oak Park Commun...
Rachel Hernandez May 07, 2022

Authorities respond to shooting, fire at Jackson apartment complex
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police and firefighters responded to a shooting and a fire at an apartment complex Friday afternoon. The incident happened at North Hills Apartments on Brown Street aro...
Kaitlin Howell May 06, 2022

1 killed in crash on Highway 13 in Rankin County
UPDATE: RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) investigators released more details about the crash. Investigators said Jaden K. Gibson, 21, of Mendenhall, was driving south on ...
Biancca Ball May 06, 2022

Mississippi delegation requests federal disaster declaration for March storms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, Steven Palazzo, Trent Kelly, and Michael Guest requested that President Joe Bi...
Biancca Ball May 06, 2022
