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 ...
Deidra Brisco 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 ...
Marie Mennefield 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...
Rachel Hernandez 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...
Rachel Hernandez 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...
Rachel Hernandez 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...
Rachel Hernandez 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 ...
Rachel Hernandez 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...
Leah Williams 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...
Leah Williams 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...
Rachel Hernandez Apr 01, 2022
