Category Archives: WJTV

Woman arrested after going 91 mph, running over officer's foot in Louisiana
WASHINGTON PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) - A sergeant with the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office was minding their own business when a vehicle was clocked going 91 miles per hour on Highway 10. A pursuit end...
Michael Scheidt Mar 04, 2022

Jackson mayor lifts mask mandate
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Friday, March 4, Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba lifted the city's mask mandate and other COVID-19 restrictions. The mayor made the decision after consulting with the city's...
Kaitlin Howell Mar 04, 2022

Thousands of Mississippi nursing school applicants rejected each year as faculty shortage grows
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - When Lydia Hall takes her nursing students to make rounds at the hospital, she watches closely as her students give patients medications and fix IV lines. She guid...
Isabelle Taft Mar 04, 2022

Laurel police warn neighbors about phone scam
LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) - Laurel police warned neighbors about a phone scam that asks for donations to support local police. Man wanted on multiple charges in Jones County Leaders with the department sai...
Kaitlin Howell Mar 04, 2022

Man wanted on multiple charges in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies are searching for a man who is wanted on several charges. Two men arrested on drug charges in Jones County They're working to find Darryl Floyd. He's...
Kaitlin Howell Mar 04, 2022

Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of alleged drug dealers
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - EBRSO Narcotics, BRPD and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration spent the last two months with their eyes set on one alleged local drug dealer. Travis Carroll,...
Michael Scheidt Mar 04, 2022

Two men injured in shooting outside Jackson Waffle House
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after two people were shot at the Waffle House on Larson Street. Officer Sam Brown said a 25-year-old man was shot multiple times, and a 23-yea...
Kaitlin Howell Mar 04, 2022

Fire out at key Ukraine nuclear plant after Russian attack, no radiation released
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe i...
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire Mar 04, 2022

'Mothers of Murdered Sons' puts up billboard in Jackson
Jackson, Miss. (WJTV) - The nonprofit 'Mothers of Murdered Sons' (MOMS) posted a billboard near Lynch Street and Lucedale Street in Jackson on Thursday, March 3. Jessica Frazier, founder of MOMS, lost...
Leah Williams Mar 03, 2022

Pearl parent outraged after school bus drops off child at wrong location
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The mother of a Pearl student was outraged after a bus driver left her child at the wrong stop. The incident happened on Monday, February 28 around 3:00 p.m. Bailey Rash, who's d...
Jade Bulecza Mar 03, 2022
