Category Archives: WJTV

Quality Healthcare partners with Jobs for Jacksonians to find workers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The healthcare industry is dealing with worker shortages across the country. One Mississippi home healthcare service is being hit hard by the shortage. Quality Healthcare, a Mi...
Leah Williams Sep 01, 2021

Jackson Airport prepares for increased travel ahead of Labor Day
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - As Labor Day approaches, leaders with the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) said they are expecting increased travel starting Wednesday, September 1 throug...
Cianna Reeves Sep 01, 2021

250 Mississippi National Guard soldiers to help with Hurricane Ida response in Louisiana
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Wednesday, 250 Mississippi National Guard soldiers deployed for emergency response missions in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida. After a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 01, 2021

East Mississippi Correctional Facility inmate found dead in cell
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Lauderdale County are investigating the death of an inmate. According to Management and Training Corporatio...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 01, 2021

COVID surge makes getting flu shot much more important, doctor says
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) -- The COVID-19 surge makes getting your flu shot this year more important than ever, says a Missouri infectious disease specialist. Doctors at SSM Health St. Louis Un...
Dan Gray Sep 01, 2021

Children’s of Mississippi CEO calls for people to protect children from COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Children's of Mississippi CEO, Dr. Guy Giesecke, along with Presidents, CEOs and executive directors of the nation's children hospital are calling for everyone to stand togethe...
Cianna Reeves Sep 01, 2021

Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Larry forecast to become major hurricane
This story is no longer being updated. Click here for the latest forecast track. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tropical Storm Larry formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, strengthening from Tr...
WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff Sep 01, 2021

Officers, paramedics indicted on 32 counts in Elijah McClain's death
DENVER (KDVR) -- Three officers and two paramedics have been indicted on 32 counts by a grand jury in the death of Elijah McClain. The charges come two years after the 23-year-old was placed in a caro...
Dara Bitler Sep 01, 2021

Bicyclist killed after being hit by vehicle in Simpson County
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) troopers responded to deadly crash involving a bicyclist. The incident happened just before 5:30 a.m. on September 1, on MS 149 along th...
Kaitlin Howell Sep 01, 2021

WHO adds mu as latest coronavirus variant of interest
(NEXSTAR) - The World Health Organization has identified another coronavirus variant that may have the ability to evade vaccine protections. The B.1.621 variant, also known as the "mu" variant, was fi...
Nexstar Media Wire Sep 01, 2021
