Wlbt Com (2024)

FAQs

Who is the weather girl on WLBT? ›

Ashley Sivik joined the First Alert Weather Team in June of 2023 at WLBT and Fox 40 News. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.S. Degree in Geosciences with a concentration in Professional Meteorology and a minor in Communication.

On Friday, we reported that WLBT anchor and meteorologist Barbie Bassett is no longer with the Jackson, Miss., NBC station after racially insensitive comments. In October, Bassett referred to WLBT MMJ Carmen Poe's grandmother as her “grandmammy,” which was a term slaves used for their grandmothers.

Peyton Garrison is a meteorologist at WLBT and Fox 40 News.

WLBT (channel 3) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with NBC.

Since meeting on Match.com in 2005, Dennis and Heather Haley fell in love and got married.

Our Carmen Farrish WAFB recently tied the knot and will now go by her married name. Congrats, Carmen POE!

Peyton Manning and wife Ashley Thompson have been married for 22 years. Peyton Manning and Ashley Thompson share two children together. Peyton Manning met his wife just before starting his freshman year at University of Tennessee.

My career is still at WLBT, after much prayer, I decided to accept a position in the Sales department at WLBT. I am more than grateful to everyone who has tuned in and watched me over the last two years in the Jackson/Metro area and beyond. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Wilson returned to the morning anchor desk in 2014. He anchors from 5-7 on WLBT and from 7-9 on Fox 40.

It is owned by Gray Television, which also operates American Spirit Media–owned Fox affiliate WDBD (channel 40) and Vicksburg-licensed MyNetworkTV outlet WLOO (channel 35) under shared services agreements (SSAs).

What happened in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s? ›

In 1963 Jackson saw business boycotts, a sit-in, protest marches, and mass arrests of demonstrators. In June, NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his home in Jackson. His murder struck a national chord, inspiring many to work for Civil Rights.

Throughout the late spring and summer of 1961, teams of Freedom Riders continued to pour into Jackson. Local students immediately embraced the Freedom Riders and became participants in the escalating protest. Protesting Jackson students, like many of the Freedom Riders, were arrested.

Meteorologist & Reporter

Alexa Minton is a midwestern native, born in Bloomington, Indiana, and raised in Granville, Ohio.

Rachel Coulter is the newest meteorologist on the WBTV weather team and is excited to be coming back to her home state of North Carolina!

Alex Garcia, 68, chief meteorologist at the KABB television station in San Antonio spotted warming trends as far back as 30 years ago.

Gracie Morris joined Storm Team 12 in April of 2022 as the weekend morning meteorologist and weekday noon meteorologist for WJTV 12 News.