Category Archives: WJTV
WHO chief calls for pause on COVID booster shots until 2022: 'I will not stay silent'
GENEVA (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, exp...
Sep 08, 2021
Mu variant of COVID-19 detected in 49 states
CLEVELAND (WJW/NEXSTAR) -- Recently added to the World Health Organization's list of coronavirus variants of interest, the B.1.621, or mu variant, has been detected in 49 states. That's according to a...
Sep 08, 2021
Hope Lodge reopens for Jackson cancer patients
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Today marks the long awaited reopening of the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge in Jackson. It will welcome its first guest back after closing for over a year due to the COV...
Sep 08, 2021
'Labor will always be welcome': Biden draws attention to unions while selling $3.5 trillion spending plan
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - After spending his Labor Day with members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, President Joe Biden will address the importance of unions and the role t...
Sep 08, 2021
Here are your chances of getting a breakthrough COVID-19 case
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) - A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows concern is growing among partially and fully vaccinated adults, with 52% worried about catching the virus. That's up from 32% in la...
Sep 08, 2021
1,934 new coronavirus cases, 102 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 1,934 new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 102 additional deaths. This brings the state's total ...
Sep 08, 2021
Byram mayor confirms homes are without water
BYRAM, Miss. (WJTV) - Byram's Mayor Richard White has confirmed homes are without water Wednesday morning due to a ruptured water line on Siwell Road. White said a call was received around 2:30 a.m. a...
Sep 08, 2021
What's the mu variant? And will we keep seeing more COVID-19 variants?
(NewsNation Now) - The World Health Organization has identified another coronavirus variant of interest, calling it the mu variant, saying it may have the ability to evade vaccine protections. Here's ...
Sep 08, 2021
Massive dead alligator found hanging from dumpster shocks New Orleans residents
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - On the corner of a quiet New Orleans street in the aftermath of Ida there are fences down, roofs are damaged, garbage bags are piling up, but there's something sending shock waves...
Sep 08, 2021
Jackson reaches 100 homicides for the year
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson has crossed into the triple digits when it comes to homicides for 2021. If the homicides continue at this rate, there could be closed to 150 homicide cases ...
Sep 07, 2021