Category Archives: WJTV
334 pounds of marijuana seized at Tennessee storage unit
ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WKRN) - Hundreds of pounds of marijuana were seized during a narcotics search at an Antioch storage unit Tuesday night. According to a warrant, detectives executed the search warrant a...
Jan 13, 2022
Hinds County sheriff sends letter to Board about orderly conduct at meetings
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones sent a letter to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, January 12. In the letter, the sheriff said any member of the Board o...
Jan 13, 2022
Welfare scandal: Hinds DA pursues new indictment, News ask to relocate trial
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The Hinds County District Attorneys Office is asking a grand jury to consider new information gathered during its investigation into Nancy and Zach New, figures in...
Jan 13, 2022
Forrest County deputies search for 98 Waste theft suspect
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Forrest County deputies are working to identify a suspect in a grand larceny case. Petal woman accused of taking child after CPS received custody The department released...
Jan 13, 2022
Mississippi continues to give financial aid to students who can already afford college, report shows
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Mississippi continued to disproportionately subsidize in-state tuition for white, wealthier students at the expense of working class students of color last school ...
Jan 13, 2022
18-wheeler driver arrested after chase ends in Pearl
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An 18-wheeler driver was arrested in Rankin County after authorities said he led them on a chase. According to police, the driver, Kitrick R. Jackson, was stopped in Bran...
Jan 13, 2022
8,204 new coronavirus cases, 26 additional deaths in Mississippi reported on Tuesday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 8,204 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 26 additional deaths. The new cases were...
Jan 13, 2022
Child tax credit and tax payments: Why you may have been overpaid
CLEVELAND (WJW) - The IRS has updated its list of frequently asked questions regarding how child tax credits and advance child tax credits affect people's 2021 tax filings. Now, big questions like how...
Jan 13, 2022
Large homeless structure under Texas overpass highlights hidden population
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) - After a homeless camping ban went into effect in 2021, many people in Austin, Texas, moved out from under highways and overpasses, but a recent video shows some people are getti...
Jan 13, 2022
Biden deploying military medical teams in omicron response
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - President Joe Biden highlighted Thursday the federal government's efforts to help overwhelmed medical facilities combat the dramatic spike in coronavirus cases and p...
Jan 13, 2022