Category Archives: WJTV
CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control...
Feb 25, 2022
National Pancake Day to help benefit Children's of Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - National Pancake Day is on Tuesday, March 1! Where can you buy Girl Scout cookies? Mississippians will be able to visit an IHOP restaurant that day to enjoy a free short stack ...
Feb 25, 2022
2 arrested for National Street homicide in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested two men on Wednesday, February 23 in connection to a January 2022 homicide. Police said Christopher Henderson, Jr., 20, of Vicksburg, and Jordan Har...
Feb 25, 2022
Putin calls on Ukraine military to overthrow government
(The Hill) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for Ukrainian military forces to overthrow their own government as Russia conducts a full-fledged military invasion in the Euro...
Feb 25, 2022
Premiere of Bruce Willis film to be held in Jackson on Saturday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - There will be a red carpet screening for the Wes Miller action film "A Day to Die" on Saturday, February 26 in Jackson. The movie, which was filmed in Jackson, stars Bruce Will...
Feb 25, 2022
Kosciusko firefighters rescue dogs from house fire
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WJTV) - Kosciusko firefighters saved two dogs while responding to a house fire on Thursday, February 24. MBS blood drives for Feb. 25-27 The fire happened at a home on Arrowhead Driv...
Feb 25, 2022
577 new coronavirus cases, 24 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 577 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 24 additional deaths. The new cases were r...
Feb 25, 2022
$55K in emergency funding presented to Ridgeland Library
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - On Thursday, the Friends of the Ridgeland Library (FORL) presented the Ridgeland Library with a $55,000 check for emergency funding. The Northside Sun reported the group rais...
Feb 25, 2022
Senate leader won’t commit to restoring ballot initiative process
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Just five days before a key deadline, a Senate committee chairman would not say definitively that he will keep alive legislation to revive the state's ballot initi...
Feb 25, 2022
Hattiesburg man arrested on drug charge in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County deputies arrested a Hattiesburg man on a drug charge on Thursday, February 24. Deputies said they responded to a home on Northeast Drive in the Powers Communi...
Feb 25, 2022