Category Archives: WJTV
Federal judge sides with Fitch against ARPA tax mandate
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Friday, April 8, 2022, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk agreed with Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas that the tax mandate in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) exceed...
Apr 11, 2022
Ohio manufacturing firm to add jobs at its Mississippi plant
GRENADA, Miss. (AP) - An Ohio-based manufacturing firm is adding employees to its facility in Mississippi. Ice Industries Inc. recently announced that employment will be increased at its Grenada, Miss...
Apr 11, 2022
Rez Life Crawfish Festival set for May 7
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Rez Life Crawfish Festival will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The event will be from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Lakeshore Park in Rankin County. Organizers announ...
Apr 11, 2022
Meadowbrook Road project underway in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Fondren Renaissance Foundation (FRF) announced the Meadowbrook Road project began on Monday, April 11, 2022. Crews will dig out and repair failed sections of t...
Apr 11, 2022
See the most extreme temperatures in Mississippi history
On July 9, 2021, California's Death Valley reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an automated measuring system there, representing one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on the planet. T...
Apr 11, 2022
3-year-old dies after going over falls in North Carolina
JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) -- A 3-year-old child died after falling into the water at Whitewater Falls in North Carolina on Sunday. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said Nevaeh Jade Newswanger was...
Apr 11, 2022
"Tough to find the words… you will be missed," Joe Burrow remembers former Ohio State teammate
CINCINNATI, Ohio (BRPROUD) - Quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed over the weekend in a collision involving a dump truck. Haskins was on the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time of his death...
Apr 11, 2022
Louisiana Lt. Governor picks up restaurant tab for 10 high school prom-goers: ‘Much success in this next chapter’
COVINGTON, La. (KLFY) -- Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser made some teens night at DiCristina's Italian and Seafood Restaurant in Covington, this weekend. Nungesser, was also dining at the resta...
Apr 11, 2022
Judge makes final ruling in Jackson garbage contract case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Sunday, April 10, Special Judge Jess Dickinson issued a new ruling in Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba's lawsuit against the Jackson City Council over the garbage contract. J...
Apr 11, 2022
Veteran actor says Will Smith must return Oscar
(The Hill) -- Veteran actor Harry J. Lennix said that Will Smith must return his Oscar in the wake of Smith's onstage altercation with comedian Chris Rock late last month. In a Variety column publishe...
Apr 11, 2022