Category Archives: WJTV
What to expect at the Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade & Festival
JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) - After two long years, the Hal's St. Paddy's Parade and Festival will return to Jackson on March 26, 2022. The floats will line up as early as 7:00 a.m., and the parade will kick...
Mar 25, 2022
Mississippi receives funds for broadband internet expansion
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hundreds of Mississippians will have access to faster internet thanks to grant funding from the federal government. United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made t...
Mar 25, 2022
Man charged with kidnapping, armed robbery in Port Gibson
PORT GIBSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested for kidnapping and armed robbery in Port Gibson on Tuesday, March 22. Crosby man dies in Highway 33 crash Port Gibson police said the Clifford Green show...
Mar 25, 2022
13 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi on March 22
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The National Weather Service (NWS) Jackson reported 13 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi on Tuesday, March 22. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is working...
Mar 25, 2022
‘Inexcusable attack’: Southwest Airlines bans passenger who punched gate agent
(NEXSTAR) - A man who attacked a gate agent at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been banned from flying with Southwest Airlines. The man, identified as Courtney Drummond, was als...
Mar 25, 2022
Mississippi increases budget estimates; tax cuts unresolved
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Top Mississippi lawmakers on Friday increased estimates of how much tax money the state will collect this budget year and next. The current year's general fund estimate climbed f...
Mar 25, 2022
Garbage rates to increase in City of Clinton
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Clinton announced garbage rates for residential and commercial customers will increase due to increasing costs by Waste Management. The rate for reside...
Mar 25, 2022
Simpson County School District to hold special election for $39M bond issue
MENDENHALL, Miss. (WJTV) - The Simpson County School District (SCSD) will hold a special election Tuesday, March 29, for a $39 million bond issue, which will be used for the construction of a new high...
Mar 25, 2022
Ethics Commission will not rule — for now — on controversial House Republican Caucus meetings
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - After a state senator asked for an Ethics Commission opinion about the controversial House Republican Caucus meetings, commission leadership directed the senator t...
Mar 25, 2022
Premature baby left on hood of car in Connecticut
MANSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) - State police in Connecticut are investigating after a premature newborn baby was left on the hood of a car. On March 23 around 4:15 p.m., a woman called 911 reporting a man l...
Mar 25, 2022