Category Archives: WJTV
Protest held in Brookhaven for FedEx driver
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - A protest was held at B-Centennial Park in Brookhaven on Saturday, February 12 after a FedEx driver had allegedly been shot at while working. Mississippi proposal to expand ...
Feb 12, 2022
Church to host donation drive for homeless in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Berean Seventh-Day Church will host a donation drive on Sunday, February 20 in Jackson. Local, federal authorities partner to curb Jackson crime The Church is asking for items ...
Feb 12, 2022
Local, federal authorities partner to curb Jackson crime
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Local and federal authorities have joined forces in an effort to reduce crime in Jackson The agencies previously announced the launch of the Violent Gun Reduction and Interdict...
Feb 11, 2022
1 killed, 1 injured during shootout at Laxmi Food Mart
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a suspect was killed in a shootout on Friday, February 11. Police said the shooting happened at Laxmi Food Mart on University Boulevard. ...
Feb 11, 2022
FedEx reinstates pay for Black driver in Brookhaven
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - After FedEx allegedly halted compensation of D'Monterrio Gibson, a Black FedEx driver who claims he was chased shot at by two white men in Brookhaven, the company has reinst...
Feb 11, 2022
Gamblers head to MS casinos before Super Bowl
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The Super Bowl is on Sunday, February 13, and sports fans are already waging who will win the game. The Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg will host its own part for the game at "...
Feb 11, 2022
Jackson police make arrests under Ticket & Tow initiative
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police made multiple arrests Friday afternoon. The arrests were part of a new initiative, Ticket and Tow (T.A.T.), to conduct random checkpoint across the city. One of ...
Feb 11, 2022
International Dr. at Jackson Airport reopens
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A spokesperson for the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) said International Drive reopened just before 5:30 p.m. on Friday. They said the City of Jackson Bomb ...
Feb 11, 2022
Use of force 'justified' in Tippah County officer-involved shooting
TIPPAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - On Friday, the Mississippi Attorney General's Office announced agents with the office completed an investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Tippah County. Inves...
Feb 11, 2022
Judge, former CPS commissioner recuses himself from welfare embezzlement case
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The judge most recently assigned to oversee the fraud and embezzlement case against former welfare agency director John Davis has recused himself. Judge Jess ...
Feb 11, 2022