Category Archives: WJTV

Silver Alert canceled for Kate Ogden Cole of Ridgeland
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The Silver Alert issued for 83-year-old Kate Ogden Cole of Ridgeland has been canceled. She has been located and is safe.
Cianna Reeves Nov 07, 2021

Two men shot in Jackson during argument while gambling
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after two men were involved in a shooting Saturday evening on Shepwood Drive. According to Deputy Chief Hearn, police received a call around 4:...
Cianna Reeves Nov 06, 2021

Mississippi Attorney General files lawsuit against Biden's vaccine mandate
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Friday, November 5, Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a petition for review with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Biden vaccine mandate. "In the President'...
Cianna Reeves Nov 06, 2021

Remembering legendary Coach Lafayette Stribling
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A celebration of life for former Tougaloo men's basketball coach Lafayette Stribling was held on Saturday. He was known as Coach "Strib" to many athletes and friends and served...
Deidra Brisco Nov 06, 2021

One dead, another hospitalized in two-vehicle crash on Highway 49
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash on Highway 49 in Rankin County on Friday night. According to MHP, Cynthia M. Witt, 49, of Brandon was trav...
Cianna Reeves Nov 06, 2021

Students for Life of America stops in Jackson on anti-abortion tour
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Students for Life of America made a stop in Jackson on Saturday, November 6. This is a part of the organization's 12-city bus tour which will end at the Supreme Court on Wednes...
Jailen Leavell Nov 06, 2021

Loved ones remember mother, infant killed by drunk driver
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A vigil was held outside the home where 39-year-old Allison Robinson grew up in. The mother of three was killed Monday by a drunk driver, authorities said along with her six mo...
Thao Ta Nov 05, 2021

Jackson mayor hosts crime summit
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba held a crime summit on Friday. The mayor met with top officials of local, state and federal agencies along with representatives of higher learning to...
Anthony Howard Nov 05, 2021

Jenna Bush Hager speaks at Mistletoe Marketplace luncheon
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Junior League of Jackson kicked off the holiday season with the Mistletoe Marketplace. On Friday, the organization teamed up with the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center for...
Leah Williams Nov 05, 2021

Two passengers arrested for tampering with evidence after I-55 shooting in Ridgeland
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police arrested two passengers for tampering with evidence after a shooting in the city on Thursday, November 4. Police said they initially received a call about a ...
Kaitlin Howell Nov 05, 2021
