Category Archives: WJTV
Flowood youth pastor faces child exploitation charges
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - A Flowood youth pastor has been arrested and charged on two counts of felony exploitation of a child. Flowood police arrested Tyler Swaggard, 21, on Tuesday after investigating...
Dec 21, 2021
Hinds County deputies to host children's bike giveaway
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Hinds County Sheriff's Office is partnering with Cade Chapel MBC to provide a bike giveaway for children. Salvation Army of Jackson helps provide gifts for Christmas T...
Dec 21, 2021
JSU football player arrested on COVID-19 relief fraud
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson State University football player has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly orchestrating COVID-related unemployment benefits fraud while at University of Sou...
Dec 21, 2021
Jackson mayor tests positive for COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Office of the Mayor, Mayor Lumumba took the home test Tuesday morning as a matter of routi...
Dec 21, 2021
Applications open for youth raccoon hunt
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District is accepting applications for the upcoming youth raccoon hunt at Arkabutla Lake in Coldwater. Youth hunte...
Dec 21, 2021
Jackson Zoo selling $2 tickets in new year
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Zoo will begin hosting "$2 Tuesdays" in the new year. Jackson obtains three year license from USDA for zoo Starting on January 4, 2022 the zoo will sell admission t...
Dec 21, 2021
Waste Management issues cold weather safety precautions
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Waste Management is advising the community that waste containers should not be used as shelter from winter conditions. "Waste Management requests that the community please stay...
Dec 21, 2021
Silver Alert issued for Tamara McGuder
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 50-year-old Tamara McGuder of Jackson. She is described as a Black female, 5' 7'' tall, weighing 200 pounds...
Dec 21, 2021
Jackson mayor speaks out after murder of pregnant woman
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba spoke about Keyunta McWilliams' death on Monday, December 20. McWilliams, 23, was pregnant when she was shot and killed on Beasley Road on We...
Dec 20, 2021
TSA reminds neighbors to wear mask, keep items in luggage ahead of holiday travel
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Air travel is up 60% since last year. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees want neighbors to know what they can and cannot bring on a plane. They said guns, p...
Dec 20, 2021