Category Archives: WJTV
UNLV shooter had list of targets, sent letters to educators nationwide
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The gunman in the shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, that left three people dead and one seriously injured, was a former professor who had applied for jobs several ti...
Dec 07, 2023
Welcome reception held for new JSU president
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University (JSU) held a welcome reception for the university's new president on Wednesday. Dr. Marcus Thompson was named the 13th president of the university by t...
Dec 07, 2023
Suspect killed in Amory officer-involved shooting
AMORY, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in North Mississippi. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said t...
Dec 06, 2023
Businesses returning to Rolling Fork after March tornado
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - Nearly nine months after a tornado ripped through Rolling Fork, the mayor said he's proud of the town's accomplishments. "I'm happy to say that the businesses, the majorit...
Dec 06, 2023
Jackson pedestrian killed in hit-and-run
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that happened on Wednesday, December 6. Pedestrian hit, killed on Terry Road in Jackson Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade sa...
Dec 06, 2023
Mississippi maternal deaths are on the rise
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new report shows that maternal deaths are on the rise in Mississippi. The report by the Mississippi Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) looked at data from 2016 throug...
Dec 06, 2023
Greyhound resumes service at Jackson's Union Station
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - People in the Jackson now have another way to travel. Greyhound officially resumed its services in the capital city on Wednesday. Passengers began loading buses at Union Statio...
Dec 06, 2023
US House chair probes ballot shortages that hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The chair of a congressional committee with oversight of U.S. federal elections says ballot shortages in Mississippi's largest county could undermine voting and election confiden...
Dec 06, 2023
3 dead, 1 recovering after shooting on UNLV campus, suspect dead
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said three people are dead, and one is recovering at an area hospital as a gunman was killed following a shooting on the campus of...
Dec 06, 2023
Mississippi’s top lawmakers skip initial budget proposals
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Joint Legislative Budget Committee discussed the budget estimate for the upcoming Legislative Session. The committee's last meeting ended in a deadlock between committee me...
Dec 06, 2023