Category Archives: WJTV
Feeding America CEO visits Mississippi Food Network
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, visited the Mississippi Food Network in Jackson on Wednesday. Feeding America has a network of 200 food banks across the coun...
Dec 08, 2021
Man accused of sexual battery turns himself in to Jackson police
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The man who was wanted on sexual battery charges in Jackson has been arrested. Jackson woman killed in house fire on Lorraine Street According to Jackson police, 34-year-old Sa...
Dec 08, 2021
787 new coronavirus cases, 6 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 787 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with six additional deaths. This brings the sta...
Dec 08, 2021
Jackson Prep to expand with new elementary program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Preparatory School is expanding with a new elementary program that includes pre-K through fifth grade. The school's Board of Trustees said the fifth grade program will ...
Dec 08, 2021
Vehicle of missing Auburn University student located in 45-year-old cold case
TROUP COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) - There is a significant break in the case of a missing Auburn University student who vanished 45 years ago from a LaGrange, Georgia bar. His vehicle, with human remains and a...
Dec 08, 2021
Jackson woman killed in house fire on Lorraine Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are investigating after a woman died in a house fire in Jackson. The fire happened at a home on Lorraine Street on Tuesday, December 7. After working to contain the...
Dec 08, 2021
Light a Light 2021 helps raise funds for Children's of Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Children's of Mississippi began the 2021 holiday season with the Light a Light event. This year, the event took place at the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower. The Light a Light ev...
Dec 08, 2021
Neighbors in Downtown Hattiesburg asked to move vehicles ahead of Victorian Candlelit Christmas
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg leaders want neighbors in the Historic Neighborhoods in Downtown Hattiesburg area to move their cars from the street on Friday, December 10. Organizations at US...
Dec 08, 2021
'She was upset with her order': Woman charged for allegedly firing gun in Wendy's drive-thru
EUCLID, Ohio (WJW) - A 37-year-old Ohio woman accused of firing shots in a fast food lane never ended up getting her dinner Friday. Instead, she was served with a felony weapons charge and an order to...
Dec 08, 2021
2 Alabama men reported missing in California, murder investigation underway
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (WIAT) -- One month after two Alabama men went missing in California, their disappearance is now being investigated as a murder with one suspect now in custody and another being s...
Dec 08, 2021