Category Archives: WJTV

Student wears KKK costume to California high school
PITTSBURG, Calif. (KRON) - A California community is upset and concerned after a photo of a Pittsburg High School student wearing a Ku Klux Klan costume began circulating on social media. The student ...
Tristi Rodriguez Oct 29, 2021

Laurel police warn neighbors about phone scam
LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) - Laurel police are warning the public of a scam happening in the city. Two children locked inside U-Haul while mom ate at Laurel Waffle House, police say According to police, nei...
Rachel Hernandez Oct 29, 2021

Ida assistance centers to open on November 1st in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Disaster Registration Intake Centers for Hurricane Ida will open on November 1st for businesses and residents of Amite, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, and Wilki...
Rachel Hernandez Oct 29, 2021

Jackson man accused of stealing power tools from Brandon Home Depot
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brandon police announced a man was arrested in connection to several shoplifting incidents that have happened in the Jackson-metro area. On Thursday, October 28, Brandon police...
Kaitlin Howell Oct 29, 2021

Brett Favre, Mississippi State Auditor exchange words on social media over welfare funds
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A few days after it was announced the former NFL quarterback Brett Favre repaid $600,000 in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn't appear, he release...
Kaitlin Howell Oct 29, 2021

Asian spider takes hold in Georgia, sends humans scurrying
ATLANTA (AP) - A large spider native to East Asia has spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches and vegetable patches all over north Georgia this year - a proliferation that has driven some u...
SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press Oct 29, 2021

Reports: Former Clarksdale mayor Bill Luckett has died
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Bill Luckett, former mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, attorney and co-owner of the Ground Zero Blues Club with Morgan Freeman, has died, according to several online reports. Luckett ...
David Royer Oct 29, 2021

Morning 'Sip at Mitchell Farms
COLLINS, Miss. (WJTV)-Watch Chloe Ortega and Jacob Lanier at Mitchell Farms Pumpkin Patch in Collins! The pumpkin patch is now open for tours, for more information click here.
Erika Bibbs Oct 29, 2021

Forum for Hinds County sheriff race held in Raymond
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Another Hinds County sheriff's forum took place Thursday night in Raymond where 10 out of 13 candidates running were present to answer questions. One of the questions they were...
Gary Burton Oct 28, 2021

Federal law enforcement meets with families of gun violence victims in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Families of gun violence victims met with the state's U.S. Attorney and FBI investigators in Jackson on Thursday. They want answers after the death of their loved ones. Some of...
Anthony Howard Oct 28, 2021
