Category Archives: WJTV
Foundation pays off mortgage on Mississippi home of U.S. Marshal killed in line of duty
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced the mortgage on the home of late Deputy U.S. Marshal Josei Wells has been paid in full. In 2015, Wells was shot and kil...
Dec 31, 2021
Best private high schools in Mississippi
America's private high schools opened long before their public counterparts and even before the United States was first established. The Roman Catholic Church in the 1700s started private schools in F...
Dec 31, 2021
These states will increase their minimum wages in 2022
(NEXSTAR) - Throughout 2021, numerous national retailers increased their minimum pay rates. In 2022, more than half of the states in the U.S. will increase their own minimum wages. Nationally, t...
Dec 31, 2021
New carbon markets in Mississippi pay landowners and farmers to reduce emissions
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - New programs in Mississippi will pay timber and farmland owners to store carbon as part of a growing market aimed at reducing emissions and slowing climate change....
Dec 31, 2021
Chick-fil-A reveals most-ordered menu items of 2021
(WETM) - Chick-fil-A remains one of the most popular fast-food chains in the United States, having recently ranked first in customer satisfaction for the seventh year in a row, as determined by the Am...
Dec 31, 2021
After COVID test on plane, woman spends flight in bathroom
(NewsNation Now) - A Chicago teacher spent several hours in an airplane bathroom after testing positive for COVID-19 during the flight. Marisa Fotieo was flying to Iceland; she was only about an ...
Dec 31, 2021
Florida child with special needs receives the package of a lifetime from a FedEx driver
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) - Christmas may have passed, but the gift of giving and holiday spirit is still around- and a Panama City Beach family found that out on Wednesday. The Leis family seems...
Dec 31, 2021
Man wanted for shooting in Rolling Fork turns himself in
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - A man who was wanted in connection to a shooting in Rolling Fork turned himself in to authorities. Madison County Schools employee charged with sexual battery, child explo...
Dec 31, 2021
Endangered, Missing Child Alert canceled for two-year-old from Bassfield
UPDATE: JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Leaders with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said the Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Tylan Kentrell Herring has been canceled. H...
Dec 31, 2021
2 killed when train hits car going around crossing gate
AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) - Two people died when a higher speed commuter train hit their car as the driver tried to make it around the crossing gate, police said. The crossing gate's lights were flashing an...
Dec 31, 2021