Category Archives: WJTV
Navient settlement: Will my student loans be forgiven?
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Student loan processor Navient, soon to give up its management of federal loans to Maximus, will have to cancel $1.7 billion in student loans and pay the states whose attorneys ge...
Jan 14, 2022
The girl who inspired the Amber Alert: Remembering Amber Hagerman, 26 years later
ARLINGTON, Texas (NewsNation Now) - Twenty-six years ago, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman went to ride bikes with her brother Ricky in their hometown of Arlington, Texas and she never came back. While her c...
Jan 14, 2022
Test positive after quarantining? Here's what the CDC says to do
(NEXSTAR) - You've stayed home, you've recovered, you've done every puzzle in your house and binge-watched a bad Netflix show. Yet after the CDC-recommended COVID-19 isolation period you've still test...
Jan 14, 2022
No child tax credit payment on Friday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit - a program that was intended to be part of President Joe B...
Jan 14, 2022
Vicksburg Warren School District announces five-day quarantine
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) announced a district-wide five-day quarantine. The quarantine was put in place after the Board of Trustees voted in a...
Jan 13, 2022
Police investigating after man shot, killed in McComb
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - McComb police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Wednesday night. According to police, 35-year-old Marvin Swington was shot and killed in the parking lot of Lu...
Jan 13, 2022
Mississippians encouraged to file 2021 federal, state taxes early
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Tax season is almost here, but Mississippians may have to file taxes differently this year. Neighbors can begin filing their 2021 federal and state taxes in less than two weeks...
Jan 13, 2022
Vicksburg private schools close temporarily due to COVID-19 cases
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with Porter's Chapel Academy and Vicksburg Catholic Schools announced both schools will be closed through Monday, January 17 due to an increase number of COVID-19 cas...
Jan 13, 2022
Jackson police investigate deadly shooting on Ellis Avenue
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Ellis Avenue Thursday afternoon. Mississippi 13-year-old girl accused of stabbing older teen Police said the...
Jan 13, 2022
Mississippi 13-year-old girl accused of stabbing older teen
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Police arrested a 13-year-old girl for stabbing an older teen earlier this week, authorities said. Two girls were reportedly fighting Monday night and the 13-year-old got in betw...
Jan 13, 2022