Category Archives: WJTV
2024 Sanderson Farms Championship expected to bring economic boost to Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship is expected to rake in big bucks for the state of Mississippi. Golfers from across the world have traveled to the capital city to compete ...
Oct 01, 2024
JXN Food & Wine Festival expands to two days in 2025
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The JXN Food & Wine Festival will return to the capital city in 2025! For its second year, the festival will take place on March 14-15. The festival weekend will include a ...
Oct 01, 2024
Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state's death row longer than any other inmate. Richard Gerald Jordan...
Oct 01, 2024
John Amos, patriarch on 'Good Times' and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster 'Roots,' dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries "Roots," has died. He w...
Oct 01, 2024
Jackson's Ward 2 residents cast ballots in special election
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson residents, who live in Ward 2, cast their ballots on Tuesday to determine who will replace former Councilwoman Angelique Lee. Six candidates are vying for the seat. War...
Oct 01, 2024
Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
JERUSALEM (AP) - Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threa...
Oct 01, 2024
Mississippi quintuplets begin journey home after NICU care
LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) - The City of Laurel has four new residents. Three of the Meyers quintuplets, Allie Ray, Nova Mae, and Franklin Walker, left neonatal intensive care at the University of Mississip...
Oct 01, 2024
JD Vance, Tim Walz face off in 2024 VP debate: Key takeaways
(NEXSTAR) - Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz met Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each o...
Oct 01, 2024
McComb man sentenced to 85 years in prison in sexual assault case
PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A McComb man was sentenced to 85 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) in a sexual assault case. The Daily Leader reported that Billy Joe...
Oct 01, 2024
NHC tracking disturbance near where Helene formed | Tracking the Tropics
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- This story has been archived and will no longer be updated. For updates on this system, click here. The tropics remained active Tuesday as communities across the Southeast U.S. w...
Oct 01, 2024