Category Archives: WJTV

Man shot, killed on Capitol Street in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed Wednesday morning. Jackson teacher charged with sexual battery The shooting happened on Capitol Street and Pren...
Kaitlin Howell Dec 01, 2021

30% of unvaccinated say omicron has made them consider inoculations: poll
(The Hill) -- A newly released Morning Consult survey shows that nearly 30% of respondents who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 said that the emergence of the new omic...
Cameron Jenkins Dec 01, 2021

Justices signal they'll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday signaled it would uphold Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abor...
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire Dec 01, 2021

Video shows semitrailer dragging car – with driver in it – down highway
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) - Video captured a tractor-trailer driving down an Illinois highway Tuesday with a car lodged sideways underneath it. The wild footage, obtained by Nexstar affiliate WGN, was r...
WGN Web Desk Dec 01, 2021

Trump tested positive for COVID-19 days before debate with Biden: Meadows book
(The Hill) - Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reportedly reveals in a new book that former President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus three days before ...
CAMERON JENKINS Dec 01, 2021

Jurors, alternates selected in Josh Duggar's child pornography trial, Jim Bob Duggar won't testify
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) - After nine hours of questioning by Judge Timothy Brooks and the attorneys from both sides of Joshua Duggar's child pornography case, 12 jurors and four alternates have been...
Anna Darling Dec 01, 2021

Pearl police officer speaks after saving kidnapped child
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The Pearl police officer, who saved a four-year-old kidnapping victim from Alabama in early November, spoke to WJTV 12 News on Tuesday. Officer Donell Reynolds said it was a bles...
Thao Ta Nov 30, 2021

Supreme Court to hear arguments on Mississippi abortion case Wednesday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the biggest abortion case in decades on Wednesday, December 1. It centers on a Mississippi law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregna...
Anna Farish Nov 30, 2021

Mississippi NAACP calls for fair redistricting process
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi NAACP held a virtual news conference on Tuesday regarding the redistricting process for the state. The process takes place every decade in Mississi...
Jailen Leavell Nov 30, 2021

Jackson teacher charged with sexual battery
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson teacher has been charged with sexual battery. According to Jackson Police Deputy Chief Deric Hearn, Donna Robinson was arrested on Monday, November 29 for an incident...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 30, 2021
