Category Archives: WJTV
Texas, Oklahoma inform Big 12 of plans to exit, opening door for negotiations with SEC
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The University of Texas at Austin took the first step in severing ties with the Big 12 Conference on Monday, telling the league they don't intend to extend their grant-of-rights agree...
Jul 26, 2021
3,608 new coronavirus cases, 6 additional deaths reported in 3 days
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 3,608 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with six additional deaths. The cases were re...
Jul 26, 2021
Too much coffee can cause your brain to shrink, raise risk of dementia by 53 percent, study finds
(StudyFinds.org) - That morning cup of joe may be just what you need to help jumpstart your workday and sharpen your mind. But if you find yourself repeatedly heading over to the coffee pot for refill...
Jul 26, 2021
Mississippi Dept. of Education to temporarily relocate offices
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Monday, leaders with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced they will relocate employees who work in the Central High School Building (CHS) in mid-August. T...
Jul 26, 2021
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