Category Archives: WJTV
Three Vicksburg Warren Schools closed due to power outages
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Vicksburg Warren School District announced three schools will be closed on Thursday, September 2, due to power outages. The outages were caused by a severe s...
Sep 02, 2021
Shaggy's providing free meal for Louisiana evacuees
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - The teams at Shaggy's restaurants are working to help Hurricane Ida evacuees from Louisiana by providing them a free meal. "To anyone who evacuated from Louisiana to Mississipp...
Sep 02, 2021
3,850 new coronavirus cases, 17 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 3,850 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 17 additional deaths. This brings the st...
Sep 02, 2021
Expectant father's celebratory gunfire during gender reveal prompts 3 school lockdowns
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - Three schools in Tennessee were on lockdown Wednesday while officers investigated an incident of shots being fired nearby. The cause of the gunfire? An expectant fath...
Sep 02, 2021
Two victims of deadly Highway 26 collapse in Mississippi fighting for their lives in the hospital
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) -- The investigation is still ongoing into the deadly Highway 26 collapse near Lucedale, Mississippi. WKRG News 5 spoke with George County Board of Supervisors Communications Direc...
Sep 01, 2021
McComb neighbors wait for power to be restored after Hurricane Ida
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - Three days after Hurricane Ida impacted the City of Mccomb, neighbors are still cleaning up, and people are waiting for the power to come back on. Torie Robinson, a McComb said,...
Sep 01, 2021
Baptist Medical Center leaders discuss increase in pediatric COVID-19 patients
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Health officials at Baptist Medical Center said they saw their largest number of pediatric patients in August 2021. Establishing safe schools during the pandemic is a growing c...
Sep 01, 2021
Beverly Harris Williams announces campaign for Hinds County sheriff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Former FBI Agent Beverly Harris Williams announced her campaign for sheriff of Hinds County on Wednesday. Williams is a Jackson native with more than 30 years of experience wor...
Sep 01, 2021
FTC investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken, report says
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating why the McDonald's ice cream machine is always broken, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. WSJ reports t...
Sep 01, 2021
Four teens arrested in connection to armed carjackings in Jackson-metro area
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Ridgeland police said four teens have been arrested in connection to multiple armed carjacking incidents that happened this weekend. According to Lieutenant Brian Myers with ...
Sep 01, 2021