Category Archives: WJTV
Report: $590 million misspent in Mississippi during pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A new report, released by State Auditor Shad White, showed that more than $590 million in unemployment compensation was misspent in Mississippi alone during the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 06, 2023
Victim in Jackson hospital shooting dies
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The victim, who was shot at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson on Tuesday, September 5, has died. Officials said 92-year-old Loyce Ivey was taken to the University of Mississipp...
Sep 06, 2023
Jackson Public Works Director Khalid Woods resigns again
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson has resumed its search for a Public Works director after Khalid Woods resigned... again. Jackson leaders said they held several conversations with Woods, an...
Sep 06, 2023
UMMC doctors urge caution as COVID hospitalizations increase
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Infectious disease experts at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) said the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is on the rise in Mississippi and nationwide. The...
Sep 06, 2023
New leader named for Mississippi Ag Museum
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - On Wednesday, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson named Theresa Love as executive director of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. Love...
Sep 06, 2023
Mississippi reports nine human cases of West Nile Virus
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Nine human cases of the West Nile Virus (WNV) have been reported in Mississippi in 2023. A report from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) showed the cases were r...
Sep 06, 2023
Capitol police search for suspect who escaped traffic stop
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Capitol police are searching for a driver who fled from a traffic stop. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, September 4. Bailey Martin, press secretary for the M...
Sep 06, 2023
Rankin County man accused of shooting stepson
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies arrested a man for allegedly shooting his stepson. Investigators said the incident happened on Tyler Drive on Sunday, September 3. They said a phys...
Sep 06, 2023
Mississippi Match 5 player wins $98,800
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi Match 5 player won nearly $100,000 during the Tuesday, September 5 drawing. The player won the $98,800.07 jackpot by matching all five numbers. The ticket was pur...
Sep 06, 2023
Three killed after Jackson police chase stolen vehicle
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Three people have died and two others were injured after a chase in Jackson early Wednesday morning. Jackson police said four suspects fled from officers in a 2013 Hyundai Elan...
Sep 06, 2023