Category Archives: WJTV
Gas prices jump in Mississippi amid high oil prices, global tensions
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi drivers have started to dread prices at the pumps because gas prices have once again skyrocketed across the country. "A lot of that has to do with the concern that ...
Feb 21, 2022
Netflix CEO donates $10M to Tougaloo College
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, a notable documentary and film producer, donated $10 million to Tougaloo College. The donation will fund much-needed fina...
Feb 21, 2022
Family Dollar stores close in Mississippi due to recall
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Family Dollars in Mississippi and six other states have closed temporarily due to a recall. Products have also been recalled after more than 1,000 rodents were found in an Arka...
Feb 21, 2022
MPD names two persons of interest in Young Dolph case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- Memphis Police are looking for two more men who they say are persons of interest in the Young Dolph shooting death. Officers say Devin Burns, 26, is five feet, six inches tall weigh...
Feb 21, 2022
Natchez teen shot, killed at Louisiana club
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A Natchez teenager was shot and killed at a club in Alexandria, Louisiana, on Saturday, February 19. The Natchez Democrat reported Trevon Washington, 17, was shot and killed an...
Feb 21, 2022
Teen arrested for shooting in Yazoo City
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Yazoo City teenager was arrested and charged after police said another teenager was shot in the leg on Sunday, February 20. Three wanted for Jackson Waffle House armed rob...
Feb 21, 2022
Mississippi governor announces executive orders for military families
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced executive orders for the Military Star Schools program and Mississippi Defense Communities Development Council. The Military ...
Feb 21, 2022
Three wanted for Jackson Waffle House armed robbery
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are asking for the public's help to identify three men in connection with an armed robbery. 6-year-old killed, 4 injured in McComb shooting Police said the men w...
Feb 21, 2022
Three arrested for catalytic converter thefts in Pearl
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Three men from Houston, Texas, were arrested on Wednesday, February 16 in connection to catalytic converter thefts in Pearl. Pearl police identified the men in connection to the ...
Feb 21, 2022
Louisiana woman arrested for 9th time in under two years after recent arrest in hotel parking lot
WEST MONROE, La. (BRPROUD) - Callie Rachael Bryan, 31, of West Monroe, was arrested after leading members of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office on a chase. Three people were in the vehicle during th...
Feb 21, 2022