Category Archives: WJTV
Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction while freeing him to r...
Jan 10, 2025
Jim Hill High School resumes in-person learning Friday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) announced Jim Hill High School will resume in-person learning on Friday, January 10. They said the heating has been rest...
Jan 09, 2025
Crews respond to fire at old Vicksburg hotel
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - An old Vicksburg hotel caught fire Thursday morning. The fire happened at the Scottish Inn on Clay Street just after 7:00 a.m. on January 9. Jackson firefighter injured while...
Jan 09, 2025
South Jackson family escapes house fire
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A South Jackson family is expected to be okay after they escaped a house fire on Thursday. The fire occurred at a home on Forrest Hill Road just before 9:00 a.m. on January 9. ...
Jan 09, 2025
Arrest made in Mississippi triple homicide: deputies
STATE LINE, Miss. (WKRG) - Greene County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man Thursday in connection with the New Year's Day triple homicide in State Line. Drexler Johnson, 37, was arrested in Sta...
Jan 09, 2025
Tennessee man sentenced for using drone to fly marijuana into federal prison in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Tennessee man was sentenced on Wednesday, January 8 to two months in prison for providing marijuana to an inmate of a federal prison in Mississippi. Officials with the U.S. A...
Jan 09, 2025
Jackson leaders discuss winter weather preparations
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson leaders are asking residents to remain vigilant in light of potentially hazardous weather Thursday night and into Friday. Parts of Mississippi could see a wintry mix du...
Jan 09, 2025
Federal trial date set for Daniel Callihan
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The federal trial for the man charged in connection to the abduction of two Louisiana girls, which ended with one of them deceased in Mississippi, has been set. According to co...
Jan 09, 2025
Cost-of-living adjustment could affect Mississippians with SNAP, TANF benefits
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippians could be affected by recent adjustments of certain federal benefits, including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Veterans Benefits (VA), or Ra...
Jan 09, 2025
Mississippi governor announces $10 billion investment in state
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WJTV) - A Dallas-based, multinational data center developer will locate its next hyperscale data center campus in Mississippi. According to officials, the Compass Datacenters cam...
Jan 09, 2025