Category Archives: WJTV
‘I should have gotten the vaccine’: Vicksburg Mayor Flaggs admits mistake after contracting COVID-19
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs has done public service announcements on television and in his hometown newspaper urging his constituents to get the COVID-19 vacci...
Aug 04, 2021
Mississippi State temporarily requiring face masks for employees, students
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with Mississippi State University (MSU) announced they will temporarily require masks for all indoor activities and in all indoor locations on campus at the beginnin...
Aug 04, 2021
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine expected to receive full FDA approval by Labor Day, report says
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WDAF) - Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine may soon be the first to be fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The New York Times reports that because of the delta variant and...
Aug 04, 2021
"At a breaking point": UMMC leaders concerned about increase in COVID cases
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) leaders said they are concerned about the high number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mississippi because the medical cen...
Aug 04, 2021
Mississippi Dept. of Health warns of phone scam
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announced a scammer is posing as an employee of the agency. According to officials, the scammer is asking people ...
Aug 04, 2021
Remembering Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders from across the State of Mississippi are remembering the life of Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance. He died at his Jackson home Wednesday morning. Hinds County leaders hel...
Aug 04, 2021
Mississippi parents voice concerns on kids back in classrooms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With a new school year approaching, parents are voicing their concerns about children being back in classrooms. Kerry Castone's son attends Blackburn Middle School in Jackson. ...
Aug 04, 2021
Tracking the Tropics: 3 areas being monitored by NHC as we enter most active months of hurricane season
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas in the Atlantic basin as we head into what's typically the most active part of hurricane season with "no signs of slowing,...
Aug 04, 2021
Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance passes away
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 4. According to leaders with the Hinds County Sheriff's Office, AMR responded to Vance's home r...
Aug 04, 2021
Several Disney employees arrested in undercover child predator sting, Florida sheriff says
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Seventeen people from across central Florida have been charged "Operation Child Protector," a six-day undercover investigation into child predators held by multiple agencies...
Aug 04, 2021