Category Archives: WJTV
How gas prices have changed in Mississippi in the last week
Gasoline is several cents more expensive than a week ago, on average, and could go higher as trade disruptions and refinery troubles, plus low supply and increasing demand, push prices up.Drivers in s...
Mar 16, 2024
Mississippi man arrested for fatal shooting at club
CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi man was arrested in connection to a fatal shooting outside a club. The incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 in the parking lot of...
Mar 15, 2024
Mississippi tax preparer sentenced for filing false tax returns
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi man was sentenced on Friday to 70 months in prison for conspiring to prepare and file false tax returns for clients in Jackson and for preparing false returns. Ac...
Mar 15, 2024
Funerals set for Mississippi National Guardsmen killed in helicopter crash
FULTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) will hold public funerals for two fallen Army aviators. The service for Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott will be held on Sunday,...
Mar 15, 2024
Driver leads Natchez officer to skeletal remains
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - A Natchez police officer discovered skeletal remains on Thursday after a driver led the officer to the remains. The Natchez Democrat reported the officer conducted a traffic st...
Mar 15, 2024
Wells Fargo to close Jackson branch
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Wells Fargo will close a branch in downtown Jackson this summer. "As customer preferences and transaction patterns change, so will our branches. This does not take away the imp...
Mar 15, 2024
MDOT crews make headway on I-20 improvements
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) said crews are making progress on a mill and overlay project along Interstate 20 in Jackson. The project cons...
Mar 15, 2024
Jackson garbage contract met with mixed reactions from residents
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jacksonians were given the opportunity to learn more about the proposed garbage contract from City Council President Aaron Banks, Ward 6, during a town hall meeting on Thursday...
Mar 15, 2024
Mississippi influencers react to potential TikTok ban
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The popular app TikTok could soon be banned in the United States. The bill passed the U.S. House and is now in the U.S. Senate. The effect has been felt in the City of Jackson,...
Mar 15, 2024
Man accused of shooting at police now in Mississippi after fleeing to Missouri
MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The man accused of shooting at officers in Olive Branch has been brought back to Mississippi after being extradited from Missouri, more than 300 miles away. Colby Towles is charged ...
Mar 15, 2024