Category Archives: WJTV
How to help tornado victims: Nexstar relief drive benefitting American Red Cross
TAMPA, Fla. (NEXSTAR) -- After devastating tornadoes left dozens of people dead and thousands more picking up the pieces in five different states over the weekend, many across the country were looking...
Dec 14, 2021
Kroger ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff
Kroger, the country's biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as big employers attempt to compel more of their workforce to become vaccinated with cases of ...
Dec 14, 2021
Truck driver in fiery I-70 crash sentenced to 110 years
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) - The driver of a semitruck in a fiery Interstate 70 crash that killed four people in 2019 was sentenced to 110 consecutive years in prison Monday. He spoke at the sente...
Dec 14, 2021
Man shot and killed in yard of Jackson home
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the yard of a home early Tuesday morning. Family friends react to triple homicide in Jackson The shooting ha...
Dec 14, 2021
Kentucky jailer died protecting inmates, family says
(NewsNation Now) - A family is hailing their father and husband as a hero after he died in the Mayfield, Kentucky tornado protecting inmates. Graves County Deputy Jailer Robert Daniel was supervising ...
Dec 14, 2021
Family friends react to triple homicide in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One week after a man was fatally shot at a gas station, his father and two others were shot and killed inside of their home. Jackson police were called to a shooting on Bratton...
Dec 13, 2021
First Clergy Citizens Police Academy class graduates in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A graduation ceremony was held on Monday, December 13 for the first class of the Clergy Citizens Police Academy in Jackson. Jackson Police Chief James Davis said he he hopes lo...
Dec 13, 2021
Salvation Army team heading to Kentucky to help tornado victims
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A team of four from the Salvation Army Emergency Services will head to Mayfield, Kentucky, to cook and distribute hot meals to tornado victims. The tornadoes claimed the lives ...
Dec 13, 2021
Jackson police arrest man in connection to Copiah County homicide
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a man on Monday, December 13 in connection to a deadly shooting that happened on I-55 in Copiah County. Six injured in Bolton nightclub shooting C...
Dec 13, 2021
Man shot, killed on Elton Park Drive in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed on Monday. Jackson police chief addresses violent weekend during news conference The shooting happe...
Dec 13, 2021