Category Archives: WJTV
Jackson leaders grapple with what's next for city's garbage collection
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson leaders have not decided what's next for the city's garbage collection at this time. Members of the Jackson City Council went into a closed session for an hour during T...
Sep 21, 2021
Public comments on proposed changes to Mississippi's Child Care Payment Program
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Proposed changes to Mississippi's Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) policy brought on a slew of public comments, which discussed the barriers parents and single families face u...
Sep 21, 2021
M-Bar partners with Jackson police to help curb crime with new surveillance
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In an effort to curb crime in Jackson, a local bar teamed up with Jackson police to use technology to their advantage. In March 201, Christopher Moncure, 30, was at M-Bar when ...
Sep 21, 2021
Mississippi sheriff's office IDs woman found in 1977 as victim of serial killer
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi sheriff's department said Tuesday that it has identified the skeletal remains of a woman found nearly 44 years ago, and investigators believe she was a victim of...
Sep 21, 2021
Soul-Filled Weekend kicks off with luncheon for coaches
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson is preparing for the first Soul-Filled Weekend. The event will be centered around two SWAC football games at Veterans Memorial Stadium this weekend. Three o...
Sep 21, 2021
Gabby Petito's body identified, death ruled a homicide
TETON COUNTY, Wyo. (NewsNation Now) - The body of missing YouTuber Gabby Petito has been identified, the FBI confirmed in a tweet. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday on the remains found Sunday in a...
Sep 21, 2021
Jackson woman injured after shots fired into home
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a woman was injured in a shooting. According to witnesses, shots were fired into a home on Hair Street Tuesday afternoon. The owner of th...
Sep 21, 2021
5th Circuit to hear arguments on Mississippi's felony voting ban
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday morning from its federal courthouse in New Orleans on whether Mississippi's life...
Sep 21, 2021
VIDEO: Smoke, flames billow from 3-alarm fire on Superdome roof, one injured
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - The Central Business District was abuzz on Tuesday afternoon as smoke and flames could be seen from miles away billowing from the roof of the Caesars Superdome. The city tweeted t...
Sep 21, 2021
Authorities 'checking' on Brian Laundrie tip after man shown on trail camera in Florida
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) -- Authorities in northwest Florida said they are aware of a photo that shows someone who "fits the description" of Brian Laundrie walking on a trail in Okaloosa County, a...
Sep 21, 2021