Category Archives: WJTV
Southern Heritage Classic tickets on sale this Friday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tickets for the Southern Heritage Classic are scheduled to go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Southern Heritage Classic organizers file lawsuit against JSU over school's decision to p...
Apr 05, 2022
Possible tornado causes damage in Newton County
NEWTON, Miss. (WJTV) - On April 5, 2022, a possible tornado moved through Newton County. The storm caused trees to be scattered across the roads in some areas. Crews blocked off roads in order to clea...
Apr 05, 2022
Mississippi governor signs tax cut bill
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed a bill that wil...
Apr 05, 2022
Rankin County Tax Assessor arrested for alleged rape
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County tax assessor John Sullivan has been charged with one count of forcible rape. According to the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Sullivan was arrested o...
Apr 05, 2022
Woman accused of robbing Jackson business over prom dress
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police identified a woman wanted in connection to a robbery that happened at K.O. Designs. The robbery happened at the Briarwood Drive business on Friday, April 1, 2022...
Apr 05, 2022
Judge to hold hearing in Jackson garbage contract case
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Special Judge Jess H. Dickinson scheduled a status conference in the case of Lumumba vs. Jackson City Council over the city's garbage contract. The hearing will take place on F...
Apr 05, 2022
Man wanted for two armed robberies in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police identified a man wanted in connection to two armed robberies in the city. According to Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn, Edrick Adams is wanted in connection to a...
Apr 05, 2022
Pearl man convicted of aggravated domestic violence after 2021 standoff
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Rankin County District Attorney's Office announced a Pearl man was found guilty of aggravated domestic violence. Edward Robert Harvey was found guilty ...
Apr 05, 2022
Warren County man arrested after woman found dead inside home
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Warren County deputies arrested a man after a 48-year-old woman was found dead inside a home. The incident happened at a home on Leland Drive just after 10:00 p.m. on Mon...
Apr 05, 2022
White House to extend student loan pause through August
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the ...
Apr 05, 2022