Category Archives: WJTV

Margaret Richards named Jackson State head women's basketball coach
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University (JSU) Vice President & Director of Athletics Ashley Robinson has named Margaret Richards as the seventh head coach of the women...
Kaitlin Howell May 01, 2024

Mississippi student accused of stabbing another at high school
CLEVELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - An 18-year-old student was arrested for allegedly stabbing another student at a Mississippi high school. The incident occurred just after 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30 on th...
Sethanie Smith May 01, 2024

Woman accused of killing man during domestic incident in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police said a woman was arrested in connection to the shooting death of a man. The shooting happened just before 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1 in the area of Grove ...
Kristopher White May 01, 2024

$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold at Mississippi casino
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in Mississippi! The player matched all five numbers in the Tuesday night drawing. Mississippi Lottery officials said the pl...
Kaitlin Howell May 01, 2024

Study: Mississippi teachers make less than national average
DENVER (KDVR) - Educators have long called for higher salaries, and while efforts to achieve that were successful in some parts of the country in the last year, it isn't enough to keep up with inflati...
Maddie Rhodes May 01, 2024

Violence erupts between pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UCLA
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Dueling groups of protesters clashed early Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one a...
Josh DuBose May 01, 2024

Body found in Pearl River in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating after a fisherman discovered a body in the Pearl River. The incident happened near South State Street and Gallatin Street on Tuesday, April 30....
Cameron Smith Apr 30, 2024

Protesters in custody after Columbia calls in police to end pro-Palestinian occupation
NEW YORK (AP) - Officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus. The scene unfolded shortly a...
The Associated Press Apr 30, 2024

Mississippi lawmakers quietly kill bills to restrict legal recognition of transgender people
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature will not take final votes on two bills that attempted to restrict legal recognition of transgender people. The bills died quietly wh...
The Associated Press Apr 30, 2024

Time running out for Mississippi lawmakers to pass Medicaid expansion bill
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers will be voting this week on a compromise measure that would expand Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of Mississippians. Facing a critical deadline on Mon...
Richard Lake Apr 30, 2024
