Category Archives: WJTV
Idalia blasts Florida and Georgia, swamping the coast and closing highways
PERRY, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning st...
Aug 30, 2023
McGowan wins Hinds County Supervisor District 5 runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Incumbent Hinds County Supervisor Bobby McGowan, District 5, won the primary runoff election. McGowan defeated his challenger, Malcolm Johnson, during Tuesday's race. McGowan r...
Aug 29, 2023
Nelson wins House District 66 Dem. Primary runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Fabian Nelson, a Democrat, has won the House District 66 primary runoff election. Nelson defeated Roshunda Harris-Allen in Tuesday's race. The two candidates were vying to repl...
Aug 29, 2023
Evers wins Hinds County Supervisor District 4 runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Wanda Evers won the primary runoff election for Hinds County Supervisor of District 4. Evers defeated incumbent Supervisor Vern Gavin. She received 1,645 votes, while Gavin rec...
Aug 29, 2023
Gibbs wins House District 72 Dem. Primary runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Justis Gibbs, a Democrat, has won the House District 72 primary runoff election. Gibbs defeated Rukia Lumumba in Tuesday's race. The two were vying to replace former Rep. Debra...
Aug 29, 2023
Butler-Washington wins House District 69 Dem. Primary runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Tamarra Butler-Washington, a Democrat, has won the House District 69 primary runoff election. Butler-Washington defeated Patty Patterson in Tuesday's race. The two were vying t...
Aug 29, 2023
Coolidge Ball, first Black student-athlete at Ole Miss, dies
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - The first Black student-athlete at the University of Mississippi has passed away at the age of 71. "Emily and I are saddened by the news of Coolidge Ball's passing," said Chance...
Aug 29, 2023
Convicted rapist who escaped Arkansas prison captured in West Virginia
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - A convicted child rapist who escaped from an Arkansas prison work detail a year ago and allegedly made his way across the Mississippi River on a jet ski was captured Tuesday. S...
Aug 29, 2023
Jackson City Council approves Wade as next police chief
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson City Council unanimously approved Joseph Wade's appointment as the new police chief of the Jackson Police Department (JPD) on Tuesday. Wade was appointed as the nex...
Aug 29, 2023
Jackson neighbors could receive garbage credit
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A garbage credit could be on the way for Jackson neighbors. Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said he did not intend for residents to suffer from not having garbage collection for so lon...
Aug 29, 2023