Category Archives: WJTV
State Auditor Shad White discusses welfare investigation, former Gov. Phil Bryant
Since Auditor Shad White arrested Gov. Phil Bryant's appointed welfare director in 2020 within a sprawling fraud scheme, state and federal investigators and prosecutors have failed to publicly scrutin...
Apr 13, 2022
Need an organ transplant in Mississippi? You may be out of luck thanks to an insurance dispute.
One day in early 2020, a Madison man noticed blood in his mouth. His symptoms escalated, and by the end of that week, he was in the intensive care unit at Merit Health Madison. When he woke up from a ...
Apr 13, 2022
VIDEO: Lamar County school bus driver spotted at liquor store while on duty
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - In Lamar County, a video showed a school bus driver walking out of a liquor store and back onto the bus. The incident happened on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Man sentenced fo...
Apr 13, 2022
Mississippi is the #4 state with the most people living near toxic release facilities
Corporate sites across the U.S are releasing toxins into the surrounding land, air, and water on a regular basis-and often unbeknownst to surrounding communities. After an accidental release from a ch...
Apr 13, 2022
CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Cente...
Apr 13, 2022
2 dead kids found in Miami apartment after 911 hang-ups; mother arrested
MIAMI (AP) - Police in Miami arrested a 41-year-old woman in the deaths of her two children, aged 3 and 5, after officers responded to repeated hang-up 911 calls from her apartment where they found th...
Apr 13, 2022
49 arrested in MET operation in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) and other agencies arrested 49 suspects during a Mobile Enforcement Team (MET) operation in Jackson. The operation happene...
Apr 13, 2022
Overnight storms cause damage in Copiah County
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Storms moved through Mississippi in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The storms caused damage in Copiah County. The awning of Ashley's 51 Stop on U.S...
Apr 13, 2022
Who is Frank R. James? Suspect in Brooklyn subway attack
SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) --- Frank R. James was upgraded from "person of interest" to "suspect" Wednesday morning in connection with a subway attack in Brooklyn, Mayor Eric Adams said. Police ide...
Apr 13, 2022
Jackson town hall held to focus on increasing youth's civic engagement
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Community members and city leaders joined together at Greater Tree of Life Church for a west Jackson town hall meeting. As crime and other issues plague the city of Jackson, th...
Apr 12, 2022