Category Archives: WJTV

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers faced a major deadline on Tuesday as they enter the third month of the 2024 Legislative Session. Any bills not passed out of committee will be dead after ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba's recent comments on a new garbage contract has other city leaders concerned. The City of Jackson's current emergency contract with Richard's Di...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The woman accused of causing the death of her one-year-old son appeared in court on Tuesday. Yolanda Hunter was charge with capital murder and was denied bond. Investigators sa...

BYRAM, Miss. (WJTV) - Byram police arrested five suspects for allegedly stealing copper lines from AT&T sites. Over the past month, police said they received reports from AT&T in reference to ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Crawfish prices are starting to drop after last summer's drought led to near-record high costs. The Crawfish App, which averages the prices from more than 800 crawfish vend...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi's Presidential Primary Election Day is one week away. The March 12 ballot includes offices of President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative. To familiarize yourse...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The body of a woman strangled to death in Olive Branch in 1985 has been identified, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday. Lori Ann Mealer Pennell was identified ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Metro Booming Training Academy, along with Mac Haik Ford Company, launched a new training program. Jackson and Hinds County officials attended the announcement for the new ...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered a racehorse stolen from Mississippi in Todd County, Kentucky.   On February ...

(NEXSTAR) - Facebook and Instagram users were locked out of their accounts Tuesday morning during a widespread outage of the social media platforms. Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads - all ow...