Category Archives: WJTV
Texas six week abortion ban now law. Will Mississippi's ban follow suit?
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In the fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Mississippi's 15 week abortion ban. The U.S. Supreme Court didn't take action to temporarily stop the heartbea...
Sep 02, 2021
Mississippi troopers to patrol highways Labor Day weekend
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol's 2021 Labor Day Travel Enforcement Period will begin on Friday, September 3rd at 12:01 a.m. and conclude Monday, September 6 at midnight. MHP wi...
Sep 02, 2021
Louisiana evacuees in Mississippi until they can return home
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - While hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana wait for their power to be restored, many are staying in Mississippi until they can return home. Hotels in the Jackson-metro ar...
Sep 02, 2021
TrustCare partners with JPS to administer COVID vaccines
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Public Schools (JPS) partnered with TrustCare Health to organize a COVID-19 vaccine drive at the high schools this week. The Pfizer vaccine is being administered to JPS...
Sep 02, 2021
Two classes at McLaurin Elementary transition to virtual learning
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Two classes at McLaurin Elementary School have transitioned to virtual learning after one student and teacher tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to the Natchez...
Sep 02, 2021
Jones County deputies arrest man, woman in drug bust
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Jones County narcotics agents arrested a man and a woman after a drug bust on Thursday, September 2. The agents responded to a home on County Board Road in the Shady Grove...
Sep 02, 2021
10 soldiers injured in multi-vehicle accident in Ridgeland
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ten members of the Mississippi National Guard were injured after a multi-vehicle accident on I-55 S. in Ridgeland. According to Ridgeland police, the crash happened just afte...
Sep 02, 2021
Man accused of assaulting reporter during Hurricane Ida arrested
DAYTON, Ohio (WJW) -- U.S. Marshals have arrested the Ohio man accused of assaulting NBC News reporter Shaquille Brewster in Mississippi during Hurricane Ida coverage. Benjamin Dagley, 54, was wanted ...
Sep 02, 2021
Workers protest Mississippi hospital’s COVID vaccine mandate
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Some employees are protesting a Mississippi hospital's mandate that all of its workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, even as the state has one of the lowest vaccination rates i...
Sep 02, 2021
Pediatrician parents say Mississippi’s largest school district is ignoring their COVID advice
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - A group of DeSoto County School District parents who are also physicians say their district - the largest in Mississippi - has ignored their advice on COVID-...
Sep 02, 2021