Category Archives: WJTV

Crawfish boil to benefit Gluckstadt Fire Department
GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (WJTV) - A crawfish boil will help benefit the Gluckstadt Fire Department in April. Leaders with The Station in Gluckstadt will host the crawfish boil on Saturday, April 2 from 1:00 ...
Biancca Ball Mar 03, 2022

Family of Ciaya Whetstone speaks out for answers surrounding her mysterious death
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - It's been almost two weeks since UNO student Ciaya Whetstone died after taking an Uber home, and now her family is demanding answers. On Thursday, March 3 at 11 a.m., Miranda and ...
Kylee Bond Mar 03, 2022

Smugglers cut through Trump border wall over 3,000 times, report says
(NEXSTAR) - Sections of former President Trump's border wall between the U.S. and Mexico continue to cost the government millions in maintenance to fix sections breached by smugglers. U.S. Customs and...
Jeremy Tanner, Nexstar Media Wire Mar 03, 2022

Preparing for a longer pollen season
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Meteorological spring begins in March and warm temperatures are already here. Dr. Timothy Quinn, a local doctor, already reports several patients with allergy symptoms from pol...
Jacob Lanier Mar 03, 2022

Russians besiege crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces battled for control of a crucial energy-producing city in Ukraine's south on Thursday and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, as Ukraini...
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire Mar 03, 2022

Belhaven community talks crime with public officials
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - For months, people in the Belhaven community have suffered from a string of armed carjackings. On Wednesday, they held a town hall and talked with public officials about how to...
Anthony Howard Mar 02, 2022

Animal activists react to "Buddy's Law" dying in the State Capitol
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Tuesday was the deadline for bills to pass out of committee during the 2022 Legislative Session. One major bill did not make it out was Senate Bill 2261, known as "Buddy's Law....
Leah Williams Mar 02, 2022

Fate of Hinds County jail in federal judge's hands
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - While Hinds County awaits the final decision from the federal court on the jail consent decree, Sheriff Tyree Jones said he will not stop working to make sure the Hinds Co...
Anna Farish Mar 02, 2022

Child abuse suspect arrested in Jones County
UPDATE: JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies said Tyrice Austin, 22, turned himself in to the Jones County Sheriff's Department Thursday morning. He was booked into the Jones County Adul...
Rachel Hernandez Mar 02, 2022

Preteen girls arrested, accused of torturing girl at sleepover
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the case is taking place in juvenile court. LOGANSPORT, Ind. (WXIN) -- Two 12-year-old girls were arrested and one was charged in connection ...
Courtney Spinelli Mar 02, 2022
