Category Archives: WJTV
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Scott honored in Madison at namesake school
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Madison honored one of the first African American women to receive a higher education in Mississippi. Civil rights pioneer Rosa Scott was memorialized ...
Oct 25, 2021
Extreme couponing: How to cut consumer costs amid price hikes
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Prices in grocery stores have risen because of the coronavirus pandemic. There is more demand than supply, keeping prices high. This is primarily because many items are limited...
Oct 25, 2021
Jackson County lottery player wins $100,000
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A lottery player from Jackson County won $100,000 on Monday, October 25, 2021. Michigan man dies with winning lottery ticket in pocket The player bought the winning Elvis scrat...
Oct 25, 2021
Man sentenced to life in connection to Adams County homicide
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was sentenced to life plus 15 years for his role in a 2018 murder in Adams County. Man sentenced to 70 years in connection to Adams County homicide Jamein Washington was ...
Oct 25, 2021
IHL board votes in favor of vaccine mandates for university employees with federal contracts
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) held a special emergency called meeting on Monday to discuss President Joe Biden's Executive Order on manda...
Oct 25, 2021
Man pulled from Mississippi River charged with public drunkenness in Natchez
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Natchez police arrested a man who officers found swimming in the Mississippi River Friday afternoon. Mendenhall woman dies in crash on MS 541 The Natchez Democrat reported Robe...
Oct 25, 2021
Mendenhall woman dies in crash on MS 541
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mendenhall woman died after a crash in Simpson County on Monday, October 25. According to Trooper First Class Ron Bosarge, the crash happened just after 10:00 a.m. on ...
Oct 25, 2021
Stennis Space Center employees to protest federal vaccine mandate
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Several Stennis Space workers, who are against federal vaccine requirements, will hold a prayer rally on Tuesday, October 26, in Hancock County as the deadline for manda...
Oct 25, 2021
Hattiesburg begins construction on roundabout
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Construction will begin on Wednesday to improve the roundabout at the intersection of 2nd Avenue, Green Street and Adeline Street in Hattiesburg. The project, presented in ...
Oct 25, 2021
Teen shot, killed on Cherry Street in Brookhaven
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - Brookhaven police are investigating after a 17-year-old was shot and killed on Saturday, October 23. Body found inside abandoned building on Highway 80 in Jackson The Daily ...
Oct 25, 2021