Category Archives: WJTV
Woman shot during fight in Vicksburg, police say
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A woman was shot in Vicksburg and is in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson. The Vicksburg Post reported the shoot...
Apr 12, 2022
LIST: School closures due to severe weather on April 13
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Due to the possibility of severe weather on Wednesday, April 13, some schools will close. How to stay safe after a storm passes Central Mississippi Byram Middle School - Virtua...
Apr 12, 2022
Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried dead at 67
LOS ANGELES (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried has died, his family announced on his official Twitter account. Publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz told The Associated Pr...
Apr 12, 2022
Ole Miss strikes $5 million research deal with company warned for claiming essential oils can cure COVID
In a $5 million agreement, the University of Mississippi is researching essential oils for doTerra, a multi-level marketing company the Federal Trade Commission warned in 2020 to stop claiming its pro...
Apr 12, 2022
Manhunt underway after Georgia coroner finds family dead
(NewsNation) - An unimaginable tragedy is sending chills through a small Georgia community. On Saturday, someone walked into the Lock Stock and Barrel shooting range in Granville, about 50 miles outsi...
Apr 12, 2022
Man wanted for February 2022 homicide in Scott County
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Scott County deputies are working to find a man who is wanted for capital murder. Jones County 7th grade student assaulted on school bus Investigators said Jacari Broom is...
Apr 12, 2022
199 new coronavirus cases, 1 additional death in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 199 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, along with one additional death. The new cases were reported to MSDH betwee...
Apr 12, 2022
JSU's Williams-Holliday becomes 1st HBCU player drafted to WNBA since 2002
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University (JSU) women's basketball player Ameshya Williams-Holliday was selected in the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever. She is the first HBCU player to be draft...
Apr 12, 2022
COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever
NEW YORK (AP) - 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said R...
Apr 12, 2022
Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Jefferson Davis County teen
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - The Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for a 16-year-old girl. Silver Alert issued for 83-year-old Lumberton man Au...
Apr 12, 2022