Category Archives: WJTV
JPD faces shortage of dispatchers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Police Department (JPD) has 48 positions budgeted for dispatch communications, but only 32 of the positions have been filled. The Northside Sun reported the startin...
Mar 15, 2022
TSA PreCheck enrollment initiative launches at Jackson airport
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, March 15, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) announced the launch of a new type of TSA PreCheck enrollment initiative. The initiative will begin at the ...
Mar 15, 2022
White House: Biden will travel to Europe for Ukraine talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announce...
Mar 15, 2022
153 new coronavirus cases, 13 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 153 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 13 additional deaths. The new cases were r...
Mar 15, 2022
18-year-old charged in shooting death of MS teen
CHARLESTON, Miss.-- Police in Charleston, Mississippi have charged an 18-year-old with murder in the shooting death of 16-year-old Destini Jemerson. Sonya Jemerson is in pain. The death of her daughte...
Mar 15, 2022
Young Dolph autopsy rules death as homicide
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The long-awaited autopsy results in the death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph were released Tuesday. According to the report, the 36-year-old rapper whose real name is Adolph Thorn...
Mar 15, 2022
Mississippi Senate committee advances tax cut proposal
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Senate Finance Committee cleared a bill that would reduce the income tax, cut grocery taxes and provide a six-month gas tax suspension. According to Lt. Governo...
Mar 15, 2022
Best community colleges in Mississippi
Long gone are the days when education levels weren't inherently tied to income levels. Twenty-first-century teens as young as high school freshmen consider what colleges are available to them sooner r...
Mar 15, 2022
Gulf Coast Amtrak route one step closer to learning its fate
BILOXI, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The federal board that will determine whether the Gulf Coast gets its Amtrak route back is closer to reaching a decision. The Surface Transportation Board issued an...
Mar 15, 2022
Family of Bastrop woman dragged by Bastrop Police Department Captain reacts to video incident
BASTROP, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- On Thursday, March 10, 2022, the Bastrop Police Department arrested 58-year-old Patrice D. Ukeju, of Bastrop. However, someone recorded the arrest that showed Bastrop Polic...
Mar 15, 2022