Category Archives: WJTV
Harrison County middle school students to learn virtually during construction
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Hundreds of Mississippi middle school students in Harrison County will be learning from home at the start of the school year while work is being completed on their new building....
Aug 01, 2021
Jackson landlord plans to help struggling tenants as eviction moratorium expires
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Tenants are facing the end of the federal eviction moratorium Saturday, including those in Mississippi. One Jackson landlord said he wants to help his struggling tenants. Pasto...
Jul 31, 2021
Some Mississippians decide to receive vaccine as COVID-19 cases increase in state
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - As the Delta variant continues to spread in Mississippi, some have decided that it's time to get the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...
Jul 31, 2021
Jackson leaders hold back-to-school event to help students return to class
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - With summer vacation coming to an end, students in Mississippi will be returning to the classrooms soon. Most schools are returning to in-person learning. With the Delta varian...
Jul 31, 2021
Teen Talk event helps provide space for Jackson teens to discuss issues
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Saturday, teens from across the Jackson-metro area were at the Smith Robertson Museum for a Teen Talk event. They discussed how to make it home safely, sexual health and hyg...
Jul 31, 2021
Bob Odenkirk says he had a small heart attack, will be back
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk said Friday that he "had a small heart attack" but will "be back soon." The 58-year-old actor took to Twitter to make his first public sta...
Jul 31, 2021
Mississippi shipyard receives $41M contract for Navy barge
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A shipbuilding company on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is getting a $41 million contract to build another barge for U.S. Navy crews to live aboard. The Navy awarded VT Halter Ma...
Jul 31, 2021
Bear runs into Tennessee restaurant, the meanders along the sidewalk beside visitors
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - A bear ran into a Tennessee restaurant Friday afternoon, according to visitors who witnessed the incident.An employee at Crawdaddy's in Gatlinburg confirmed the bear had run ...
Jul 31, 2021
'I should have gotten the damn vaccine,' Las Vegas father of 5 who later died of COVID texts from hospital bed
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A Las Vegas father who contracted COVID-19 while on vacation texted his fiancee from the hospital, "I should have gotten the damn vaccine," she later told Nexstar's KLAS. Michael Fr...
Jul 31, 2021
3 killed in Flowood crash, police say
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WJTV) - Three people are dead after a crash in Flowood early Saturday morning. According to Flowood police, an officer was attempting to stop a vehicle for careless driving on Lakeland...
Jul 31, 2021