Category Archives: WJTV
Meals for Heroes program returns to help UMMC frontline workers
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Fondren Renaissance Foundation (FRF) will bring back its Meals for Heroes program to help provide meals to frontline workers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center...
Aug 24, 2021
Passed-out felon found in vehicle with 300 recall ballots, drugs, driver's licenses, police say
(KTLA) -- Police are investigating the discovery of hundreds of recall election ballots in a vehicle where a felon was found passed out last week with drugs, a loaded firearm and multiple driver's lic...
Aug 24, 2021
Carnival cruise passenger, 77, dies of COVID-19 after testing positive on ship
(NEXSTAR) - A woman has died of COVID-19 after testing positive during a Carnival cruise to the Caribbean earlier this month. The woman, 77, was one of dozens who tested positive for COVID-19 on the C...
Aug 24, 2021
Man wanted in connection to Lawrence County homicide
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Lawrence County deputies are working to find a homicide suspect. Keontra Dunn, 22, of Brookhaven, has been accused of killing a 20-year-old Lawrence County man. Accordi...
Aug 24, 2021
Biden to deliver remarks as Taliban says no extensions for US evacuations
KABUL, Afghanistan (NewsNation Now) - A Taliban spokesman said Tuesday the U.S. must complete its evacuation of people from Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 date the Biden administration set for the wi...
Aug 24, 2021
'If you give one more shot, you yourself will be executed' Birmingham man tells Missouri pharmacists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- An Alabama man has gained national attention after he uploaded a live video on Facebook while confronting pharmacists in a Missouri Walmart who were administering the COVID-...
Aug 24, 2021
Three arrested after marijuana eradication operation in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) recently worked with other agencies to conduct a marijuana eradication operation in the state. According to MBN, three sus...
Aug 24, 2021
3,291 new coronavirus cases, 111 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 3,291 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 111 additional deaths. This brings the s...
Aug 24, 2021
Milwaukee Tool to expand operations in Clinton
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - Milwaukee Tool, a manufacturer of heavy-duty power tools and other items, will expand its presence in Mississippi by leasing a space in Clinton. The project is a more than $7 m...
Aug 24, 2021
JPS Board of Trustees to hold virtual meeting to discuss learning options
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees will hold a special virtual board meeting Tuesday, August 24, at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to consider a virtual lear...
Aug 24, 2021