Category Archives: WJTV

JSU holds town hall on COVID protocol ahead of starting school
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- Jackson State University (JSU) students will return to campus this week. On Tuesday, university leaders held a virtual town hall that focused on how to keep students safe amid t...
Anna Farish Aug 10, 2021

Mississippi National Guard prepares for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) announced on Tuesday, they are preparing for the COVID-19 vaccination mandate that was issued by Pentagon on Monday. The Pent...
DeAngelo Vaxter Aug 10, 2021

Founder of surfing school accused of stabbing, killing his two young children in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The founder of a California surfing school for children is accused of stabbing and killing his two young children in Mexico, the Baja California State Attorney General ann...
Staff Report Aug 10, 2021

Parents react to mask mandate for Pearl students
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) - The Pearl Public School District was the latest district in the Jackson-metro area to reverse its mask policy. The decision comes just two days into the school year. When student...
Leah Williams Aug 10, 2021

Mississippi approaches its own COVID hospitalization record
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi is approaching its record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations as the virus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U....
Thao Ta Aug 10, 2021

Former Yazoo City police officer charged with rape, kidnapping
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Yazoo City police officer has been fired after he was charged with rape and kidnapping in another city. Magnolia man arrested on attempted murder charge in Pike County Acc...
Kaitlin Howell Aug 10, 2021

Child tax credit payments coming early this month
(WJW) - Parents are expected to receive their next child tax credit payment this week. It will be the second of six payments - most of which will go to eligible parents on the 15th of each month throu...
Darcie Loreno Aug 10, 2021

COVID vaccines up 107% in past month as delta variant ravages Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - As the COVID-19 delta variant has given Mississippi the third highest infection rate in the nation, and the state's hospitals remain completely overwhelmed with pa...
Will Stribling Aug 10, 2021

Shots fired into home kill 5-year-old boy in Meridian
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Police in Mississippi are trying to find the person who shot into a home last weekend, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside with his family. "I'm lost without my baby. That w...
The Associated Press Aug 10, 2021

Man, woman arrested for stealing metal in McComb
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Pike County deputies arrested a man and a woman for allegedly stealing metal from a McComb business. Deputies responded to Fabricated Pipe Inc. on Frank Oaks Road on Friday...
Kaitlin Howell Aug 10, 2021
