Category Archives: WJTV
Teacher pay undecided as Mississippi Legislative deadline nears
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Ahead of Tuesday's legislative deadline, several bills could be on the chopping block. Both chambers said teacher pay is a priority. Teacher shortages have remained a constant ...
Feb 28, 2022
Tuesday marks 8 years since Myra Lewis' disappearance
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Myra Lewis, who was two-years-old at the time of her disappearance, went missing from her Mississippi home on March 1, 2014. Eight years have passed since her disappeara...
Feb 28, 2022
Mississippi Miracles Radiothon provides Children’s of Mississippi with equipment
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Children's of Mississippi patients and their families and central Mississippi's most familiar radio personalities will broadcast live from the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower dur...
Feb 28, 2022
SMCC official found shot, killed in home
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Southwest Mississippi Community College's (SMCC) Vice President of Physical Resources was found shot and killed in his home. According to the Pike County coroner, the shoot...
Feb 28, 2022
Jackson Planetarium to receive checks for renovation efforts
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Friends of the Planetarium, Junior League of Jackson and the Community Foundation of Mississippi will hold a recognition event on Tuesday, March 1 at 2 p.m. They will annou...
Feb 28, 2022
Former MDHS employee arrested for embezzlement
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A former employee for the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) was arrested for embezzlement after an investigation by the Investigations Division of MDHS. Acco...
Feb 28, 2022
State Auditor announces “Stay in the ‘Sip" fellowship
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new fellowship is available for Mississippi accounting students who are interested in working for the Office of the State Auditor. The "Stay in the 'Sip Fellowship" pays for ...
Feb 28, 2022
Jackson mayor to hold weekly news conference
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba will host his weekly news conference on Monday, February 28. Jackson mayor discusses new checkpoint initiative The mayor will provide regul...
Feb 28, 2022
Kosciusko woman arrested for domestic violence
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WJTV) - A Kosciusko woman was arrested and charged with domestic violence on Thursday, February 24. 6-year-old killed, two critically injured in Hattiesburg shooting Kosciusko police...
Feb 28, 2022
Patti LaBelle to perform at Thalia Mara Hall
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Patti LaBelle will perform at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson on Friday, June 10, at 8:00 p.m. Whiskey Myers to perform at Brandon Amphitheater According to Ardenland, a local pres...
Feb 28, 2022