Category Archives: WJTV
Jones County home damaged by fire after person falls asleep while smoking
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County firefighters responded to a fire at a home around 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5. The fire happened at a home on New Hope Road. Club Empire in Hattiesburg de...
Oct 05, 2021
947 new coronavirus cases, 61 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 947 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mississippi, along with 61 additional deaths. This brings the state's tot...
Oct 05, 2021
FDA says don't use this hand sanitizer; may contain cancer-causing chemicals
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people against using certain hand sanitizers after finding high levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals. According to an...
Oct 05, 2021
Biden heads to Michigan to push benefits of spending plan
(NewsNation Now) - President Joe Biden heads to Michigan Tuesday to promote his infrastructure bill as well as his ambitious social spending plan. Set to visit a union training center in Howell, Michi...
Oct 05, 2021
‘I’d have rather been dead’: What marijuana cures in some, it causes in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - At age 13, Leonna Davis lost her father to suicide. Years later, a little-known, marijuana-related disease had forced Davis to a place where she, too, considered taking her o...
Oct 05, 2021
Family of man killed in Jackson wishes JPD would give more effort
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A violent weekend of crime left three people dead in three separate shootings in Jackson. One of the victims who died was James Wood, 42. He was shot multiple times at his home...
Oct 04, 2021
Vendors make final preparations for Mississippi State Fair
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 162nd Mississippi State Fair will open to the public on Wednesday, October 6, and the final preparations are underway. Michael Lasseter, the director of Mississippi State F...
Oct 04, 2021
Child injured in shooting at Newton Elementary School released from hospital
NEWTON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The first grade student, who was injured in last week's shooting at Newton Elementary School, has returned home after a stay at a Jackson hospital. The mother of Tylin Pa...
Oct 04, 2021
Mississippi doctors discuss patient hesitancy for COVID-19 boosters
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - COVID-19 booster shots are now available for those who qualify, but doctors said there is some confusion surrounding the third dose. COVID-19 booster shots are being recommende...
Oct 04, 2021
Hinds County Reentry Program begins workforce training next week
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The new Hinds County Reentry Program for formerly incarcerated people will begin workforce training for its participants next week. More than 50 people applied for the program,...
Oct 04, 2021