Category Archives: WJTV
More than 25,000 power outages reported in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - More than 25,000 Mississippians are without power as severe storms moved through the central part of the state. Entergy Mississippi has reported thousands of outages in the Jac...
Apr 10, 2024
VIDEO: Hail falls in Central Mississippi on Tuesday
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Severe storms moved through Central Mississippi on Tuesday, April 9. Parts of the Jackson-metro area experienced hail and some damage from the storms. Entergy Mississippi repor...
Apr 09, 2024
Mississippi Senate revives PERS reform bill
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Changes to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) were revived in the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday, April 9. Many of the asks from both retirees and Mississippi cities...
Apr 09, 2024
Multiple cars involved in crash on I-20 in Brandon
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brandon police responded to a multiple car rollover crash Tuesday evening. The crash happened on Interstate 20 westbound around the 55 mile marker. Police said people involved ...
Apr 09, 2024
Canton school officials fire staffer after altercation with student
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - A mother of a student who was allegedly assaulted in Canton wants justice. Catanna Francois, 15, is a student at Nichols Middle School. The teenager said she was physically and ...
Apr 09, 2024
Durant man sentenced for bank robbery
DURANT, Miss. (WJTV) - A Durant man was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for bank robbery. Prosecutors said Curtis Lee Williams, 22, was also ordered to pay $6,506.00 in restitution to the ban...
Apr 09, 2024
Lamar County prepares for possibility of severe weather
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Emergency management officials in the Pine Belt are warning neighbors to be prepared for severe weather on Wednesday, April 10. James Smith, director of Lamar County Emerg...
Apr 09, 2024
MDOT officials say agency is facing funding crisis
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) said the agency is facing a crisis due to the lack of funding. MDOT's primary source of funding is the fuel tax...
Apr 09, 2024
Mississippi Senate blocks House proposal to revise school funding formula
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi legislators are unlikely to create a new funding formula for public schools this year, after senators blocked a House proposal Tuesday. Senate Education Com...
Apr 09, 2024
LIST: Mississippi school closures for April 10
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Due to the possibility of severe weather on Wednesday, April 10, some school districts announced closures. The following school districts will be closed: Alcorn State Univ...
Apr 09, 2024