Category Archives: WJTV
Walmart to pay for 100% of college tuition, books for employees
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) - Walmart announced Tuesday that it will pay for 100% of college tuition and books for employees through its Live Better U education program. Previously, employees paid a...
Jul 27, 2021
Oakley Youth Development Center to hold job fair
RAYMOND, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) announces there will be a job fair at the Oakley Youth Development Center. The job fair will take place on Thur...
Jul 27, 2021
1,291 new coronavirus cases, 15 additional deaths in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 1,291 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mississippi, along with 15 additional deaths. This brings the state's t...
Jul 27, 2021
LIVE: Police who defended US Capitol testify at Jan. 6 riot probe's first hearing
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - Four police officers who worked to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters testified Tuesday at the first hearing before a congress...
Jul 27, 2021
Double homicide suspect hospitalized after being taken into custody
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The Hinds County Sheriff's Office announced Harry Hylander was taken into custody overnight at hotel in Clinton with the assistance of Clinton and Byram police. Hylander w...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympic champ Biles out of team finals with apparent injury
TOKYO (AP) - Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault. The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest...
Jul 27, 2021
Woman injured in shooting at Jackson apartment complex
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police responded to a shooting at Serenity At Jackson apartments on Hospital Drive Tuesday morning. According to investigators, a 20-year-old woman was grazed in the ar...
Jul 27, 2021
Report: Ex-officer set to take plea deal in woman’s killing
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A white former police officer in Mississippi will accept a life sentence in the 2019 shooting death of a Black woman with whom he was allegedly having a romantic relationship, a n...
Jul 27, 2021
12 News Investigates: Jackson Police and Public Records
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - WJTV 12 News has filed a complaint with the Mississippi Ethics Commission against the Jackson Police Department (JPD). At issue is our public records request for JPD's calls fo...
Jul 26, 2021
Mother and son found dead during welfare check in Terry
UPDATE: HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County deputies said the suspect, Harry Hylander, was taken into custody in connection to the double homicide. HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Hinds County depu...
Jul 26, 2021