Category Archives: WJTV

UMMC establishes multidisciplinary teaching campus in Ridgeland
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) will establish a multidisciplinary teaching campus in Ridgeland's Colony Park. According to UMMC officials,...
Kristopher White Jun 11, 2024

Tracking the Tropics: Disturbance forms off Florida Gulf coast. Could it develop?
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A tropical disturbance with a chance of development formed off the Florida Gulf coast on Tuesday morning. An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is expected to move ac...
Rachel Tucker Jun 11, 2024

Hunter Biden guilty on all 3 felony gun charges
President Biden's son Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of lying about his use of illicit drugs when applying to purchase a gun six years ago and unlawfully possessing it thereafter, marking the f...
Ella Lee Jun 11, 2024

Man arrested for fatal shooting on McCluer Road
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A man was arrested after a person was shot and killed inside a vehicle in Jackson. Detective Tommie Brown said Keiveontta Monterrio Jashon Turner, 24, surrendered at the Jackso...
Kaitlin Howell Jun 11, 2024

Mississippi mom says son was beating her when he was shot by deputy
ALCORN COUNTY, Miss. - A Corinth, Mississippi mother says she was severely beaten by her son before police arrived and shot him in the back of the neck on Saturday. Geraldine Lambert, 56, told WREG th...
Mike Suriani Jun 11, 2024

'Shooting rampage' in Mississippi kills one person, injures another
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- During the early morning hours of Friday, June 7, a 'shooting rampage' in Clarksdale, Mississippi left one man dead and another person injured. Artis "Ski" Ferguson, the owner of Ski...
Raven Moore Jun 11, 2024

Speaker White discusses education, healthcare reforms
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 2025 Mississippi Legislative Session is less than six months away, and lawmakers are already setting the table for what next year may look like. House Speaker Jason White (...
Richard Lake Jun 10, 2024

Marshand Crisler’s trial date set for November
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new trial date has been set for the former interim sheriff of Hinds County. According to court documents, the three-day jury trial for Marshand Crisler is set to begin on Wed...
Kaitlin Howell Jun 10, 2024

Mississippi Democratic Party calls for boycott of State Fair
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Democratic Party called for a boycott of the upcoming Mississippi State Fair after a rally for former President Donald Trump was held at the Mississippi Ag Muse...
Kristopher White Jun 10, 2024

Jury selection begins for man accused of killing two near Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jury selection began on Monday, June 10, 2024, for the man accused of killing two people near the Hal's St. Paddy's Parade in March 2023. Opening statements in the tr...
Kaitlin Howell Jun 10, 2024
