Category Archives: WJTV
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in Richland
RICHLAND, Miss. (WJTV) - According to the City of Richland, the Richland Economic Development Association (REDA) and the City of Richland will be hosting the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall from Septe...
Sep 15, 2021
Doctors fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Doctors are working to fight vaccine misinformation as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Dr. Ada Stewart, the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, said since ...
Sep 15, 2021
Mississippi lawmakers hear from experts on state's low teacher pay problems
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Members of the Mississippi Legislature held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the state's teacher pay structure. The discussion was led by the Senate Education Committee and in...
Sep 15, 2021
Mississippi medical field experiencing staff shortages
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Unemployment has run out and companies are looking to hire, but no one is applying. Some of the biggest jobs needing to be filled are in the medical field. According to the Mis...
Sep 15, 2021
Mississippi Science Fest returns to Jackson on Thursday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - After going virtual last year, the sixth annual Mississippi Science Fest will be back in person on Thursday, September 15. at the Ecoshed. Monique Ealey, Mississippi Children's...
Sep 15, 2021
Inspiration4 liftoff: SpaceX launches world's first all-civilian mission into Earth's orbit
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- SpaceX made history Wednesday night when it launched the world's first all-civilian mission into orbit from Florida's Space Coast. The Inspiration4 mission lifted off from Launch...
Sep 15, 2021
Jackson issues water contact advisory for part of Eubanks Creek
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the City of Jackson issued a water contact advisory for a section of Eubanks Creek after a sanitary sewage overflow. The advisory applies to the section of the cre...
Sep 15, 2021
Fauci: There’s 'no evidence' to support Nicki Minaj's claim of COVID-19 shot leading to impotence
(NEXSTAR) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a top medical advisor to the president, has been forced to debunk a c...
Sep 15, 2021
No new charter schools were approved to open in Mississippi this year. Advocates say the process is flawed.
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - No new charter schools were approved to open in Mississippi this application cycle, and some charter school advocates say it represents bigger problems with the cl...
Sep 15, 2021
State economist refutes politicians’ claim that Mississippi cannot afford Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The most common refrain of prominent Mississippi elected officials who have long rejected the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act - that the state ...
Sep 15, 2021