Category Archives: WJTV
UPDATE: Body found near Tillmans Corner Walmart believed not to be Brian Laundrie
UPDATE (9/20/21 3:57 PM) -- Mobile police confirm to WKRG News 5 that the body found near the Tillmans Corner Walmart is not that of Brian Laundrie. Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearan...
Sep 20, 2021
Jackson mayor says he's concerned about lack of consistency with Waste Management
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba discussed garbage collection in the city during his weekly news conference on Monday after declaring a local emergency last Friday. He said nego...
Sep 20, 2021
‘A slap in the face’: In surprise vote, IHL board bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning voted last week to ban public universities from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty a...
Sep 20, 2021
Pearl police searching for missing man
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl police are working to find a missing man. According to investigators, Phillip Brandt, 58, was last seen leaving his home in Pearl on September 12 in a green 1997 Chevrolet ...
Sep 20, 2021
Thousands of Mississippi parents lost child care assistance during pandemic as state hoards federal relief
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - A supervisor called Darlene Smith at her work-from-home office one afternoon this summer, wondering why she'd taken her 30-minute lunch break 30 minutes early. She...
Sep 20, 2021
Pearl River County deputies searching for two escapees
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pearl River County deputies are working to find two men who escaped from the Lenoir-Rowell Criminal Justice Center on Sunday, September 19. Alabama man arrested in f...
Sep 20, 2021
Boil water notice issued for more than 300 Jackson customers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Jackson have issued a precautionary boil water advisory for 365 customers due to a recent loss in water pressure. The advisory is for the following loc...
Sep 20, 2021
Alabama man arrested in fatal shooting at Mississippi casino
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - An early Saturday shooting at a Mississippi casino has left one person dead and another in custody, Biloxi Police said. It happened around 12:30 a.m. inside the Golden Nugget Casi...
Sep 20, 2021
FBI swarms Brian Laundrie's family home to execute search warrant related to Gabby Petito investigation
NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) -- Law enforcement agencies swarmed the home of Brian Laundrie's family on Monday as the fianc of Gabby Petito, who was identified by police as a person of interest in her disa...
Sep 20, 2021
'She touched the world': Families release statements after body believed to be Gabby Petito found
(WJW) - After FBI Denver confirmed that remains consistent with 22-year-old Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito's description were found in Wyoming near the east boundary of Grand Teton National Park Sunday, the...
Sep 20, 2021