Category Archives: WJTV
Silver Alert canceled for 31-year-old Jackson man
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said the Silver Alert for Glenn Perkins Jr. has been canceled. They did not release any further information. WJTV 12 News ...
Apr 15, 2022
States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge even as the natio...
Apr 15, 2022
86 new coronavirus cases, 1 additional death in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 86 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mississippi, along with one additional death. The new cases were reported ...
Apr 15, 2022
‘We’re teachers too’: Community college faculty feel shortchanged by legislative raises
The Legislature appropriated $11 million dollars for faculty pay raises at Mississippi's community college system but some say it is not enough to ensure their salaries stay competitive with K-12 afte...
Apr 15, 2022
6 injuries, 6 tornadoes confirmed from April 13 storms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - An updated report on Friday, April 15 from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) showed that six people were injured and six tornadoes formed during the Wednesday,...
Apr 15, 2022
Three women charged in Vicksburg shooting
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A Vicksburg woman was arrested in connection to a shooting that left one woman hospitalized on Tuesday, April 12. The Vicksburg Post reported the shooting happened around 12:...
Apr 15, 2022
3 Neshoba Central football players injured in pellet gun ambush, authorities say
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Neshoba County deputies are investigating after a pellet gun ambush left three Neshoba County football players with minor injuries. Breezy News reported the incident hap...
Apr 15, 2022
Mississippi Lottery makes March 2022 transfer to state
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Lottery made its March 2022 transfer of $11,543,588.24 to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in the Mississippi State Treasury. Mississippi Legislature condemns Russia, ...
Apr 15, 2022
Man faces felony charges in Hinds County jail contraband bust
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Madison man faces felony charges for allegedly throwing contraband over the fence of the Raymond Detention Center and running from deputies on Thursday, April 14. Hinds ...
Apr 15, 2022
Police: Man fatally pushed woman into California train
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A man accused of fatally pushing a woman in front of a freight train in Southern California has been arrested, authorities said. The woman, whose name has not yet been made pu...
Apr 15, 2022