Category Archives: WJTV
Equipment stolen from Coahoma County recovered in Tennessee
COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) said stolen equipment from Coahoma County was recovered in Shelby County, Tennessee. Officials...
Sep 12, 2023
Former NFL receiver Mike Williams dies at 36
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Former NFL receiver Mike Williams has died at age 36. Family members said Williams died just before 9 a.m. Tuesday in Tampa, Florida. He was hospitalized earlier this month and ...
Sep 12, 2023
Biloxi police arrest Maine homicide suspect
BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) - Biloxi police arrested a man who was wanted in connection to a homicide in Maine. Officers said they received information just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 11 about a ve...
Sep 12, 2023
Mississippi reaches settlement with leasing company
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Tuesday, Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe's advertising and leasing to consume...
Sep 12, 2023
McCarthy directs House committees to open Biden impeachment inquiry
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will seek to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden based on the House GOP's investigations of his family's foreign business dealings an...
Sep 12, 2023
Greenwood Leflore Hospital hits another roadblock in struggle to stay open
A financially struggling Delta hospital received another bit of bad news: its application for a federal designation that would bring in more money has been initially denied. The regional Centers...
Sep 12, 2023
JPS parents concerned about middle school consolidation
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Jackson Public School District (JPS) met with families of Peeples and Whitten Middle School students. The two schools will soon merge following a testing irreg...
Sep 12, 2023
Red Cross declares national blood shortage 'in wake of back-to-back climate disasters'
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The national blood supply has reached critically low levels, the American Red Cross announced Monday. The organization is in urgent need of blood donations "in (the) wake of back...
Sep 12, 2023
Hurricane Lee whips up waves along northern Caribbean as it churns through open waters
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WFLA) - Hurricane Lee whipped up waves of more than 15 feet on Monday as the Category 3 storm cranked through open waters just north of the Caribbean region. The storm is not ex...
Sep 12, 2023
Carroll County bridge damaged by arsonist
CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Carroll County bridge was damaged by a fire on Monday, September 11. Deputies said the Carroll County EOC received a call just before 7:30 a.m. concerning a bridge fir...
Sep 11, 2023