Category Archives: WJTV
Man found dead inside trunk of vehicle, Jackson police say
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a man's body was found inside the trunk of a vehicle on Wednesday, September 8. Greta Bully sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaught...
Sep 08, 2021
Mississippi health leaders report another pediatric death due to COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported another pediatric COVID-19 death. This is the seventh pediatric death due to COVID-19 in the state. Stat...
Sep 08, 2021
'Give me a chance': Oklahoma teen yearns for new family after 7-year adoption ends
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - After seven years of being adopted, 16-year-old Dax was told it wasn't going to work out. But that hasn't kept Dax down on the journey to find a place to call home. Da...
Sep 08, 2021
Child tax credit: Only 4 payments left, with one coming up next week
CLEVELAND (WJW) - In a continued effort to help struggling families, the federal government is sending out four more advance child tax credit payments to many parents this year, with another one comin...
Sep 08, 2021
Greta Bully sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The wife of Bully's Soul Food restaurant owner pled guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, September 8, in the shooting death of a man outside a liquor store she also owns. Greta...
Sep 08, 2021
Inside Mississippi’s darkest month of the COVID-19 pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - In just one brutal month's time, the delta variant of COVID-19 accounted for one-fifth of the state of Mississippi's total cases since the pandemic began and kille...
Sep 08, 2021
Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall at St. Vincent Island
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tropical Storm Mindy formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday evening, strengthening quickly from a tropical depression as it moves over warm waters. The National Hurricane Cente...
Sep 08, 2021
Alabama woman sentenced to 99.5 years in prison for sodomy, bestiality
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. - An Albertville woman has been sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison on charges including sodomy and bestiality. Holly Deboard, who pleaded guilty to two felonies - sodomy and...
Sep 08, 2021
Saving the Bands: Musician aims to give back to Jackson schools
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A local musician is on a mission to save band programs in the Jackson Public School District. Antwone Perkins hopes through a few gestures of kindness, he'll spark a trend in t...
Sep 08, 2021
Judge grants new trial for woman accused in death of Claiborne County toddler
PORT GIBSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new trial has been granted for the woman accused of killing her 14-month-old stepdaughter in Claiborne County because one of the jurors failed to disclose he is related t...
Sep 08, 2021