Category Archives: WJTV
Family, friends gather to honor trailblazer Colin Powell
Friends, family and former colleagues gathered Friday at Washington National Cathedral to honor Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble Bronx beginnings to become the f...
Nov 05, 2021
Mississippi attorney general sues over Biden vaccine mandate
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, along with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, filed a lawsuit on Thursday, November 4 in ...
Nov 05, 2021
Leaking body fluids found in Tennessee mausoleum
JACKSON, Tenn. (WREG) - Body leakage was discovered at a Tennessee mausoleum after a cemetery operator allowed it to fall into extreme disrepair, according to state regulators. "If they don't have eno...
Nov 05, 2021
Video shows speeding car believed to be Henry Ruggs III moments before deadly crash
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - New surveillance footage shows the intense speed a car believed to be that of former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs III just moments before the deadly crash that took the life...
Nov 05, 2021
Chicago police officer charged in fatal shooting of her husband, who was fellow officer
CHICAGO (WGN) - A Chicago police officer has been charged in the shooting death of her husband, who was also an officer. Jacqueline Villasenor, 39, faces one count of involuntary manslaughter, accordi...
Nov 05, 2021
Widow of Ingalls Shipbuilding worker speaks about his death
VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WKRG) -- The family of a man who died after a workplace accident at Ingalls Shipbuilding is getting ready to say goodbye. Randy Wade leaves behind a wife, four children, and 12 grand...
Nov 05, 2021
US hiring rebounds, adds 531,000 jobs in October
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - America's employers added more than half a million jobs in October, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession may be overcoming a ...
Nov 05, 2021
Morning 'Sip at the Butterfield Mansion
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV)-Watch Jade Bulecza and Jacob Lanier live at the historic Butterfield Mansion in Brookhaven! According to the website Visit Brookhaven, the Butterfield Mansion was first erecte...
Nov 05, 2021
What does the new January 4th vaccine mandate mean for my job?
The Biden administration's sweeping new COVID-19 mandate will apply to 84 million workers at mid-size and large companies. President Joe Biden described the rules issued Thursday as urgently...
Nov 05, 2021
Suspect faces murder charge after victim dies in Brookhaven Waffle House shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One of the victims who was injured in a shooting at the Waffle House in Brookhaven died from her injuries. The Daily Leader reported Myrtessia Catchings died from her injuries ...
Nov 04, 2021