Category Archives: WJTV
Doctors warn about slightly different symptoms with delta variant of COVID
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - As concern grows regarding the delta variant's spread across the globe, health leaders are warning about somewhat different symptoms that come with it. The Centers for Disease C...
Jul 26, 2021
‘We have to get it right,’ Dem vows as Jan. 6 probe begins
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson, didn't realize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection until his wife called him. He was inside the ...
Jul 26, 2021
Teen dies after drowning in reservoir north of Highway 43
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A 17-year-old Brandon High School baseball player died after drowning in the Ross Barnett Reservoir on Sunday morning. According to Reservoir Police Chief Terrell Dixon, ...
Jul 25, 2021
Fauci says US headed in `wrong direction’ on coronavirus
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation's top infectious dise...
Jul 25, 2021
Local restaurants continue to struggle with worker shortages
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Like most restaurants during the pandemic, Aladdin Mediterranean Grill on Lakeland Drive was also forced to close during the height of COVID-19. Although many restaurants are f...
Jul 25, 2021
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum free to public on Emmett Till's birthday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) -The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum offered free admission to commemorate Emmett Till's 80th birthday on Sunday. Emmett Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. In August 1955...
Jul 25, 2021
Two men in critical condition after two separate shootings in McComb
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - McComb Police Department is investigating two shootings that caused two people to get airlifted to the hospital. The first shooting occurred in the 500 block of 25th Street near...
Jul 25, 2021
Civil rights icon Robert "Bob" Moses dies at 86
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Civil rights leader Robert "Bob" Parris Moses has died at age 86. Moses fight for equality started with his involvement in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). ...
Jul 25, 2021
Two men wanted for attempted robbery at AT&T in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police are investigating after two men attempted to rob an AT&T store on Saturday morning. The incident happened at 3585 Pemberton Square Boulevard just before ...
Jul 25, 2021
McComb police investigate two shootings
MCCOMB, Miss. (WJTV) - McComb police are investigating two shootings that happened on Wednesday, July 21. The first shooting happened around 12:50 p.m. in the 500 block of 25th Street near Venable Str...
Jul 25, 2021