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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Republican-led Mississippi House passed a bill that would expand Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents. Rep. Missy McGee (R-District 102) introduced the Republican version of Medicaid expansion bill on Wednesday, February 28. McGee began her introduction of House Bill 1725 by acknowledging the politics surrounding the issue, but says [...]

BOLIVAR COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Special Agents from the State Auditor's Office arrested the former mayor of Beulah. According to State Auditor Shad White, Bertha Thomas was charged with three counts of embezzlement. She's accused of embezzling tax disbursements issued to the town by the Bolivar County Tax Collector. Thomas was served with a $12,573.42 [...]

It isn’t nearly on the scale of last week’s AT&T outage, but DIRECTV customers were reporting problems with their satellite TV service on Tuesday.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Jackson's emergency contract with Richard's Disposal is set to expire at the end of March 2024. During the City Council's meeting on Tuesday, the main topic was trash collection. Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Ward 3, introduced an ordinance to prohibit awarding a solid waste contract with Richard's Disposal. The [...]

THE BAHAMAS (WJTV) - Officials with the Royal Bahamas Police Force said they're investigating an alleged drowning of a tourist from Mississippi. Police in Abaco said they received a call just after 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27 about the incident. They said the 68-year-old Mississippi man had fallen from a vessel near Tilloo Cay. [...]