Category Archives: WJTV
Thompson, Lawson place wager on Jackson State v. Florida A&M football game
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Al Lawson (D-FL) have placed a friendly wager on Sunday's football game between Jackson State University (JSU) and Florida A&...
Sep 03, 2021
Jackson Airport experiences record crowds during Labor Day weekend
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) said the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) experienced record crowds on Friday, September 3, du...
Sep 03, 2021
Ida damages 380 Mississippi homes
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - On Friday, leaders with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said initial reports showed a total of 380 homes in the state were impacted by Hurricane Ida. Of that t...
Sep 03, 2021
Stepmom: Mississippi AG used state bodyguards in family feud
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent state "bodyguards" to intimidate her stepmother during an ongoing legal feud over control of the attorney general's 88-year-old fathe...
Sep 03, 2021
Jones County man arrested on drug charge
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County narcotics agents arrested a 39-year-old man on a drug charge. Jones County deputies search for suspect in ATV theft Investigators said Sandy Beasley, 39, was ...
Sep 03, 2021
Silver Alert issued for Kemper County woman
KEMPER COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) issued a Silver Alert for Molly R. Netherland, 79, of Dekalb. She was last seen on Thursday, September 2, 2021, around 8:15 ...
Sep 03, 2021
Authorities identify man killed in trench collapse near Joe Davis Stadium, 2 others injured
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Two people were injured and one person killed in a trench collapse at a construction site in Huntsville on Thursday. Huntsville City Spokesperson Kelly Schrimsher said on Friday tha...
Sep 03, 2021
Discounts offered for Hurricane Ida evacuees in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with Visit Jackson announced there will be special discounts and incentives for Louisianians, who evacuated to the city due to Hurricane Ida. Shaggy's providing free me...
Sep 03, 2021
Curtis Flowers files federal lawsuit against Mississippi DA Doug Evans for misconduct in wrongful prosecution
WINONA, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona who had been tried for murder in six different trials and spent 23 years in prison before the charges were dropped, filed a ...
Sep 03, 2021
Emmett Till marker in Mississippi toppled but not vandalized
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An Emmett Till historical marker in the Mississippi Delta will be repaired or replaced after it was knocked off the pole that supports it, says the president of an advertising ag...
Sep 03, 2021