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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Stacker 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...
Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire 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....
Alex Rozier 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...
George Stockburger 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 ...
Taylor Delandro 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...
Jenna Maddox 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
WJTV Dec 31, 2021
