Category Archives: WJTV
JSU hosts 5K to bring awareness to obesity
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University (JSU) hosted the 14th Annual 5K Run and Walk to fight obesity. Leaders said the purpose of the run is to increase obesity awareness in Mississippi and ...
Apr 02, 2022
Rally, march held in Jackson in honor of MLK
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson City Councilman is working to keep Dr. Martin Luther King's dream alive while combating crime in the Capital City. Councilman Kenneth Stokes hosted a rally and march ...
Apr 02, 2022
Man suffers fatal fall from Natchez church roof
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A man died after falling from a church roof in Natchez on Friday, April 1. Family, friends hold vigil to honor life of homicide victim The Natchez Democrat reported George Bate...
Apr 02, 2022
Yazoo City police chief suspended by city council
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - Yazoo City Police Chief Joey Head was suspended by the city council on Monday, March 21. Three charged with capital murder in Jackson The Yazoo Herald reported he was suspen...
Apr 02, 2022
Men's, women's soccer to be offered at Tougaloo College
TOUGALOO, Miss. (WJTV) - Tougaloo College will offer men's and women's soccer teams for the first time since the 1980s. Officials with the Department of Athletics announced the additions will start in...
Apr 02, 2022
Police investigating fatal shooting on Englewood Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead on Englewood Street. Family, friends hold vigil to honor life of homicide victim Wendell Knowles, 40, was sho...
Apr 02, 2022
Free tornado relief giveaway to be held in Edwards
EDWARDS, Miss. (WJTV) - State Representative Stephanie Foster will host a free tornado relief giveaway in Edwards on Sunday, April 3. Two arrested in Summit after chase Neighbors can pick up cases of ...
Apr 02, 2022
Family, friends hold vigil to honor life of homicide victim
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Sharon Taylor said the body of her transgender son Cortez Webster, who goes by Kenyatta or Keisha, was found over the weekend. "We were riding around motel to motel looking for...
Apr 01, 2022
Stokes claims mayor illegally signed garbage contract
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - As the garbage dispute in Jackson continues, one councilman is accusing the mayor of running the city like a mob boss. Richard's Disposal trucks came in and out of gates near H...
Apr 01, 2022
Search warrant leads to 4 drug arrests in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A search warrant led to four drug arrests in Vicksburg on Thursday, March 31. Criminal Investigations Divisions and the Narcotics/NET Team served a search warrant at a home o...
Apr 01, 2022