Category Archives: WJTV
Vicksburg High student found with gun on school campus
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - A student of Vicksburg High School was found in possession of a 9mm handgun, according to Vicksburg Daily News. Adams County deputies work to solve 2020 double homicide A sch...
Aug 12, 2021
Mississippi marks all-time high number of COVID-19 hospitalizations
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Mississippi Department of Health said Thursday the state has passed a new milestone with nearly 1,500 people hospitalized for COVID-19. The state says this is the highest number o...
Aug 12, 2021
Adams County deputies work to solve 2020 double homicide
ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies are working to solve a double homicide case that happened in 2020. Investigators said Jamesia Brown, 19, and Cameron Jones, 16, were found dead insid...
Aug 12, 2021
3 buses of migrants not tested for COVID-19 dropped off in Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city of Laredo, Texas, recently bussed migrants who were not tested for COVID-19 into Austin, city officials said. According to Austin's Department of Homeland Security and Emergen...
Aug 12, 2021
NOAA predicts 70% chance of La Nina winter. Here's what that means where you live
(NEXSTAR) - It's looking increasingly likely the U.S. will see a La Nina winter this year. Is that good news or bad news? Well, it's complicated news. As of Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center ...
Aug 12, 2021
Mississippi pastors call for statewide mask mandate
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - As the Delta variant sweeps through Mississippi, local pastors are calling for the government to do more. Pastor FL Blount and Pastor Greg Divinity held a news conference on Th...
Aug 12, 2021
Baptist to require COVID vaccine for all employees
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Baptist Memorial Health Care is requiring all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Wednesday, November 1, 2021. The decision comes after "the growing threat of COVID-19 var...
Aug 12, 2021
Tom Hanks' son shares anti-vaccine videos, claims there's more evidence for UFOs than for COVID shot safety
(WJW) - Chet Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, claimed in a recent Instagram video that there is more evidence supporting the existence of UFOs than for the COVID-19 vaccine being "healthy....
Aug 12, 2021
Mississippi governor extends COVID State of Emergency
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced he will extend Mississippi's State of Emergency for 30 more days. 4,412 new coronavirus cases, 20 additional deaths in Mississippi In a...
Aug 12, 2021
Mississippi State Health Officer: "Hospitals and ER's beyond capacity"
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Hospitals and emergency rooms are "beyond capacity" in Mississippi, according to State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. 4,412 new coronavirus cases, 20 additional deaths in Mis...
Aug 12, 2021