Category Archives: WJTV
Madison daycare employee charged with felony child abuse
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An employee at a Madison daycare was arrested on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Two wanted for shooting, kidnapping on Morton Avenue in Jackson According to the Madison Coun...
Dec 07, 2021
Temporary lane closures set for I-20 W. at State Street in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced there will be temporary lane closures on I-20 W. in Jackson. Dredging to take place at Pelahatchie Ba...
Dec 07, 2021
Mississippi Match 5 jackpot increases to $107K
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing of the Mississippi Match 5 is now an estimated $107,000. If there is no winner for the drawing, the estimated jackpot for the Thursday, ...
Dec 07, 2021
Nick Cannon says his 5-month-old son has died from brain tumor
(KTVI) -- Nick Cannon got emotional Tuesday morning while announcing on his TV show that his youngest child has died from a brain tumor. "I am here to show I can fight through this. I feel it, I am vu...
Dec 07, 2021
Crime Stoppers of Houston gifts $20,000 to plumber who found money in Lakewood Church wall
HOUSTON (KIAH)-- After no response from Lakewood Church on the money found in the wall recently, Crime Stoppers of Houston is gifting $20,000 to the man who found it. In 2014, Lakewood Church rep...
Dec 07, 2021
652 new cases of coronavirus, 7 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 652 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with seven additional deaths. This brings the s...
Dec 07, 2021
Perry County deputies searching for missing 15-year-old
Update: A previous Facebook post by the Perry County Sheriff's Office stated the teen was wanted by the Perry County Youth Court. The following story has been updated with the latest information. PERR...
Dec 07, 2021
Most Mississippi employees eligible for January pay raise under new salary classification system
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - About 19,000 of the 24,000 Mississippi state employees who fall under the state Personnel Board guidelines will be eligible for a pay raise of up to 3% in January....
Dec 07, 2021
Man arrested for robbery at Citizens National Bank in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg police arrested a man in connection to a robbery that happened at Citizens National Bank on December 1. Hattiesburg police and members of the U.S. Marshal Fugit...
Dec 07, 2021
1 killed in collision on I-59 in Jones County
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Authorities are investigating a crash that killed one person in Jones County Monday night. The collision happened on I-59 at the 100 mile marker just before 10:00 p.m. MDO...
Dec 07, 2021