Category Archives: WJTV
Man wanted for shooting on Emerald State Line Road in Pike County
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies are working to find a 19-year-old in connection to a shooting. According to investigators, the shooting happened on January 5 just after 11:50 p.m. on ...
Jan 07, 2022
Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier dead at 94
(NewsNation Now) - Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to ever win a Best Actor Oscar and a major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Aff...
Jan 07, 2022
Supreme Court hearing arguments on Biden's vaccine rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court began hearing arguments Friday on major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus case...
Jan 07, 2022
In omicron outbreak, US governors lose appetite for mandates
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Governors took sweeping actions during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many closed schools and ordered businesses shut down. They issued mask mandates, vaccine requireme...
Jan 07, 2022
Jim Hill High School moves to virtual learning due to heating system
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jim Hill High School students have shifted to virtual learning for Friday, January 7, 2022. Salvation Army to host Souper Bowl Feb. 13 According to Jackson Public School Distri...
Jan 07, 2022
How can I tell if I have a cold, the flu or COVID?
How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Experts say testing is the best way to determine what you have since symptoms of the illnesses can overlap. The viruses that cause colds, the ...
Jan 07, 2022
'I hate it.' Families frustrated with return to remote learning
DETROIT (AP) - Parent Latonya Peterson sums up her frustration over Detroit schools returning - at least temporarily - to virtual learning in three short words: "I hate it." Facing a surge in COVID-19...
Jan 07, 2022
Silver Alert canceled for missing Purvis woman
UPDATE: PURVIS, Miss. (WJTV) - The Silver Alert issued for Toniqua Waynette Ray has been canceled. She has been located and is safe, according to MBI. PURVIS, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of ...
Jan 06, 2022
City of Brandon sees downward trend in crime
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - It has been nine years since the Brandon Police Department has seen a decrease in crime in a year's span like they did in 2021. "We had a pretty good year as far as crime and t...
Jan 06, 2022
12 News Investigates: Medically fragile children impacted by statewide nursing shortage
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Data released in a Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) study showed there's an average of 1,635 registered nurse openings in the state. "We had a nursing short...
Jan 06, 2022