Category Archives: WJTV
Teens killed in Tate County crash
NOTE: This story has been edited to reflect new information from the Tate County Sheriff's Office regarding the number of people killed in this wreck. The corrected number of victims is below. TATE CO...
Oct 12, 2021
Mississippi Treasurer returns $12K in unclaimed money to Tupelo
TUPELO, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Treasurer David McRae announced he returned more than $12,000 of unclaimed money to the City of Tupelo. At south Mississippi church, members can give cryptocurrency ...
Oct 12, 2021
Jackson driver injured after shots fired into vehicle on Capitol Street
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after shots were fired in downtown Jackson Monday night. Officer Sam Brown said someone in a white Honda Accord fired shots at a black Dodge Ch...
Oct 12, 2021
Two killed in Jefferson Davis County wreck
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Two people from Prentis were killed in a two-vehicle accident on Saturday, October 9. The accident happened on Highway 13 N. and West Whitesand Road in Jefferson...
Oct 12, 2021
Two men wanted for robbing Jackson Family Dollar store
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find two armed robbery suspects. Clinton police arrest man after chase into Vicksburg According to investigators, the men robbed the Family Dollar...
Oct 12, 2021
Clinton police arrest man after chase into Vicksburg
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Clinton police arrested a man after a chase into Vicksburg Monday night. The Vicksburg Post reported the man was in a stolen vehicle. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace sa...
Oct 12, 2021
820 new coronavirus cases, 41 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 820 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 41 additional deaths. This brings the stat...
Oct 12, 2021
Gabby Petito was strangled to death, coroner says
(NewsNation Now) - Gabby Petito died by strangulation three to four weeks before her body was found, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said at a Tuesday news conference. Blue declined to speculate w...
Oct 12, 2021
Pedestrian hit and killed on Northside Drive
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed at the intersection of Northside and Londonderry Drive. Police said the incident happened around 4:00 Tue...
Oct 12, 2021
'Teacher of the Year' could be fired over vax mandate
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (NewsNation Now) - A former physical education teacher of the year could be fired over his decision to not get vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested. "Currently, I am on unpaid...
Oct 12, 2021