Category Archives: WJTV
Mississippi Dept. of Education releases Fall 2021 Kindergarten Readiness results
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the fall 2021 assessment for kindergarten readiness. They said among the 33,265 kindergarteners tested, 31.8...
Nov 12, 2021
Focused on Mississippi: Fall before the frost
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Autumn in Mississippi is every bit as colorful as the Aspens in the Colorado Rockies or the Maples in Vermont. We just don't have the high mountain sides to display our colors....
Nov 12, 2021
694 new coronavirus cases, 5 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 694 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with five additional deaths. The new cases were...
Nov 12, 2021
TrustCare Kids of Madison offering COVID-19 vaccine for kids
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with TrustCare Health announced the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to children ages five through 11 at its TrustCare Kids location in Madison. The vac...
Nov 12, 2021
Missing Child Alert issued for 16-year-old Natchez boy
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Adams County Sheriff's Office issued a Missing Child Alert for a 16-year-old Natchez boy. Missing: Daffany Tullos last seen in Jackson in 1988 Investigators said Javar...
Nov 12, 2021
Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A police officer testified Friday he planned to give Ahmaud Arbery a trespass warning for repeatedly entering a home under construction before the 25-year-old Black man was chase...
Nov 12, 2021
Judge in Rittenhouse case criticized following 'Asian food' comments
(The Hill) - Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder sparked backlash Thursday after he joked about "Asian food" as the court was about to take a lunch break during Kyle Rittenhouse's m...
Nov 12, 2021
Water outage to affect Highway 80 businesses in Jackson this weekend
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson leaders announced several businesses along Highway 80 in South Jackson will be affected by a temporary water outage on Sunday, November 14. According to officials, crew...
Nov 12, 2021
Man accused of decapitating mom says Holy Spirit told him she was the devil
MARIETTA, Ohio (WJW)-- A southern Ohio man is accused of killing his adoptive mother because he claimed the Holy Spirit told him she was the devil. Lionel J. Gore, 34, is charged with murder in the de...
Nov 12, 2021
IRS pushing up income brackets for inflation relief
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - The Internal Revenue Service announced its tax inflation adjustment for 2022 this week. The good news is that income thresholds are getting a boost. The standard deduction fo...
Nov 12, 2021