Category Archives: WJTV
How to order your free at-home COVID tests from the federal government
(NEXSTAR) - Americans are now able to request free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government as the country faces widespread shortages. Those shortages will also impact how many free tests yo...
Jan 18, 2022
22,456 new coronavirus cases, 17 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 22,456 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 17 additional deaths. The new cases wer...
Jan 18, 2022
Jackson police respond to shooting on Dorgan Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a person was shot Tuesday morning. The shooting happened on Dorgan Street before 11:30 a.m. There's no word on the victim's condition at ...
Jan 18, 2022
Shelter still trying to adopt Buddy, the badly burned dog
TUNICA, Miss. (AP) - A northern Mississippi animal shelter is still searching for a home for a dog that was severely burned. Buddy was set on fire by a child in northern Mississippi last year and unde...
Jan 18, 2022
Rescheduled water outage taking place today in Pearl
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Pearl announced a scheduled water outage will take place on Tuesday, January 18. The water outage was rescheduled last week due to COVID-19. Project to c...
Jan 18, 2022
Inmates say they were given ivermectin in 'experiment,' told it was 'vitamins'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (NEXSTAR) - Four inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail sued the facility and its doctor Thursday after they said they were unknowingly prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite ...
Jan 18, 2022
Does omicron cause loss of smell or taste?
(NEXSTAR) - Losing your sense of taste or smell used to be the telltale sign that you weren't sick with a cold or the flu - it was almost certainly COVID-19. It was also one of the symptoms found to l...
Jan 18, 2022
Missing Holmes County woman found dead
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Missing Holmes County woman, Jaqueline Epps, has been found dead, according to Sheriff Willie March. A search team found Epps in a creek along Highway 12 near a truc...
Jan 17, 2022
Starkville police arrest 4 in connection to death of 9-year-old
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - Starkville police arrested four people in connection to the death of a 9-year-old. Police said the investigation began on January 5. The Starkville Police Department (SPD) h...
Jan 17, 2022
Doctors encourage Mississippians to get vaccines to avoid flurona
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Flurona is when a person has both influenza and COVID-19. Doctors in Mississippi said they have seen some patients who had the flu and COVID-19 at the same time. The corona...
Jan 17, 2022