Category Archives: WJTV
200 Jackson customers under boil water advisory
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson Water/Sewer Utilities Division issued a boil water advisory for 200 customers. The notice affects the following areas: [200-1499] Mayes Street[300-499] Emin...
Mar 03, 2022
Mississippi House passes bill to ban critical race theory
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, the Mississippi House passed legislation (SB 2113) that would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 public schools and in the state's public univer...
Mar 03, 2022
“I brought her here to graduate, not to come pack her up, to bury her" says Ciaya Whetstone's mother on mysterious death
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - The family of Ciaya Whetstone, the University of New Orleans girl who was dropped off dead at New Orleans East Hospital, is demanding answers. Family attorneys told WGNO News, the...
Mar 03, 2022
Mississippians show support for Ukraine by buying flags
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In an effort to show support for Ukraine, Mississippians have started buying flags. Workers at A Complete Flag Source off of I-55 in Jackson said they're almost sold out of Ukr...
Mar 03, 2022
Lafayette County man accused of trying to record people in restroom
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - Oxford police arrested a man for allegedly trying to record people in a restroom of a business. Natchez man arrested on rape charge Police said they responded to the business on...
Mar 03, 2022
Neighbors upset about Swan Lake Street bridge deterioration
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Neighbors in a Jackson community said they're frustrated with infrastructure problems on their street. A bridge collapsed on Swan Lake Street several months ago, and it hasn't ...
Mar 03, 2022
Meadowbrook Road construction to start soon
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson city engineer Dr. Charles Williams said the start of construction on improvements to Meadowbrook Road is a couple of months away. The Northside Sun reported some of the...
Mar 03, 2022
Welcome Center employee arrested for embezzlement in Itawamba County
ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office arrested Mississippi Welcome Center supervisor Ann Miller. She was indicted for embezzlem...
Mar 03, 2022
Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky jury on Thursday cleared a former police officer of charges that he endangered neighbors when he fired shots into an apartment during the 2020 drug raid that ended wi...
Mar 03, 2022
Man killed in 3-vehicle crash in Attala County
ATTALA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating a three-vehicle crash that killed a Durant man. Woman hit, killed on U.S. 84 in Lawrence County Breezy News reported...
Mar 03, 2022