Category Archives: WJTV
719 new coronavirus cases, 26 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 719 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 26 additional deaths. This brings the stat...
Oct 13, 2021
Jackson police search for man wanted for murder
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find a man wanted for murder. Man shot, killed on Cox Street in Jackson According to Officer Sam Brown, Joseph Brown is considered armed and dange...
Oct 13, 2021
Man shot, killed on Cox Street in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning. Mother of toddler killed in Claiborne County wants new judge in trial of child's stepm...
Oct 13, 2021
Child tax credit: Here's when next payment is coming
CLEVELAND (WJW) - The next advance child tax credit payments are due out later this week. Through Sept. 15, the U.S. Treasury Department said it has made over 106 million payments over the three round...
Oct 13, 2021
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully sends William Shatner to edge of space
VAN HORN, Texas (NewsNation Now) - William Shatner, 90, beamed up Wednesday for his first real-life spaceflight and became the oldest person ever to enter the final frontier. In a 10-minute trip, Shat...
Oct 13, 2021
Silver Alert issued for missing Copiah County woman
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss, (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has issued a Silver Alert for 56-year-old Deborah Hardy Barnes of Georgetown. She's five feet two inches tall, weighs 190 po...
Oct 13, 2021
Mother of toddler killed in Claiborne County wants new judge in trial of child's stepmother
CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - In early October, the stepmother who was convicted of killing her 14-month-old stepdaughter was released on bond after she was granted a retrial. The family of the Jur...
Oct 12, 2021
3 dead after postal worker opens fire in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Three people are dead Tuesday, including the shooter, after a postal worker killed two other employees at a sorting facility in Memphis, FBI officials said. Family members at t...
Oct 12, 2021
Mississippi governor says there isn't enough law enforcement in downtown Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) addressed crime in Jackson after a shooting in downtown Jackson. The shooting happened on Capitol Street at Farish Street, right outs...
Oct 12, 2021
One-on-one with Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In a one-on-one interview with Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, 12 News talked to him about education, medical marijuana and money coming into Mississippi from the COVID-19 stimu...
Oct 12, 2021