Category Archives: WJTV

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Shoppers at a south Mississippi outlet mall helped detain a man accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a woman in a restroom stall, police said. The assault and robbery ha...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers ignored its own operating manual when it twice opened a Mississippi River spillway in 2019, causing an environmental and economic disaster in Mississippi...

(WJW) - A Change.org petition urging Congress to send out $2,000 in monthly stimulus checks is nearing its goal of 3 million. Denver restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin started the online ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 961 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with eight additional deaths. This brings the s...

TONIGHT AND WEDNESDSAY: Clouds will be on the increase Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning. The clouds will keep our temperatures in the 70s overnight. A front will move into the state Wednesday...

UPDATE: NEWTON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - According to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI), the Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Alexia Kira Henry has been canceled. She has been locate...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson City leaders are considering a decision to move the Jackson Police Department's Precinct 4 from Colonial Mart. Councilman Ashby Foote said many neighbors have expressed...

As has been true throughout America's COVID-19 history, every state-and every county therein-has its own COVID-19 story, driven by local policies and behaviors. The United States as of July 14 had rea...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Jackson State coach Deion Sanders walked out of the Southwestern Athletic Conference media day after a reporter twice called him by his first name. The Pro Football Hall of Fam...

CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - School districts in the Jackson-metro area are working on plans to keep their students safe amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. When students return to campus for the 2021-202...