Category Archives: WJTV
MEMA offers severe weather safety tips ahead of Wednesday's storms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - As severe weather continues to impact the state, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is urging residents to have a plan in place when bad weather hits. Chief Communi...
Apr 12, 2022
MSDH releases rules for medical marijuana program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After one of the first major pieces of legislation was passed this year in Mississippi, health officials have been crafting the states medical cannabis program. State heath off...
Apr 12, 2022
Yazoo City Police Chief Joseph Head resigns
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - For the third time in just two years, the Yazoo City Police Department is searching for a new police chief. Former Yazoo City Police Chief Joseph Head resigned on Monday, Ap...
Apr 12, 2022
Leaders announce new master plan for LeFleur's Bluff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers and other dignitaries announced the start of a $13.2 million development in Jackson. Robert Trent Jones, architect, stood alongside lawmakers to announce ...
Apr 12, 2022
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