Category Archives: WJTV
Madison Central moves to distance learning due to power outage
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Madison County School District announced Madison Central High School will have a distance learning day on Wednesday, August 18, due to a power outage at...
Aug 18, 2021
Wife's boyfriend accused of shooting husband after secretly living in their home
CREOLA, Ala. (WKRG) -- Police suspect a murder-for-hire plot after two men were shot in an Alabama home. On Sunday night at their home in Creola, Tracy Reeves went to her husband and told him there wa...
Aug 18, 2021
Florida woman arrested after exposing, touching herself during jail visit, sheriff's office says
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla., (WFLA) - Deputies arrested a woman for allegedly exposing herself in public at a county jail in Punta Gorda, Florida. The Charlotte's County Sheriff's Office said Danielle Ferr...
Aug 18, 2021
4,085 new coronavirus cases, 36 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 4,085 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 36 additional deaths. This brings the st...
Aug 18, 2021
Woman, snake come face-to-face in grocery store
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake. The head of the 3-meter-long (10-foot-long) non-venomou...
Aug 18, 2021
One-on-one with Hinds County interim sheriff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) -Just days after former Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance was laid to rest, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors decided that former Ward 6 Councilman Marshand Crisler will become ...
Aug 17, 2021
Two arrested after child shot in Magee
MAGEE, Miss. (WJTV) - Smith County deputies are investigated after a child was injured during a shooting in Magee. The shooting happened Monday, August 16, just before 3:00 p.m. on Goshen Road. Smith ...
Aug 17, 2021
Smith County family speaks out after teen dies from COVID-19
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The family of the 13-year-old Smith County girl who died from COVID-19 on Saturday said they are focusing on positive times they had with her to help them get through the ...
Aug 17, 2021
Sexual misconduct allegations led to MDA director John Rounsaville’s resignation
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Mississippi Development Authority Director John Rounsaville's announced resignation on Aug. 13 came after a state investigation into reports he sexually harassed a...
Aug 17, 2021
DeSoto County asks Mississippi to open testing facility, field hospital to cope with COVID cases
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. - DeSoto County leaders say they are asking the state to open a state-run field hospital and COVID-19 testing facility there as the county strains to keep up with rising cases. De...
Aug 17, 2021