Archives: July 2017

Jackson police seek leads in armed robbery of local clinic

JACKSON, Tenn. — Police are asking for information from the public in a Monday afternoon armed robbery at a local clinic. Officers responded around 2:30 p.m. Monday to a robbery at Tri-County Family Medicine and Urgent Care, located at 110 East Forest Avenue, according to a release from Lt. Phillip Stanfill with the Jackson Police Department. An employee told police…

Dangerous Heat This Week

Weather Update – 10:45 p.m. Monday On average, temperatures drop to about 70°F at the coolest point of the night in mid-July. Tonight, we’ll actually get a little bit cooler than that with overnight lows in the middle and upper 60s! Skies will stay mostly clear throughout the night. Tomorrow will be another hot day with mostly sunny to partly cloudy…

Gary’s Goodbye: Break room snack connoisseur

  JACKSON, Tenn. — This is Gary Pickens’ last week at WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News. Every morning this week we will take a minute to share some of our favorite memories with Gary. Gary loves sweets, specifically Nutty Bars, Honey Buns and donuts. Donuts might be his favorite food. We have a lot of snacks at WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News….

Lawyers for Titans teammates call suit ‘blatant money grab’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for Tennessee Titans teammates Tajae Sharpe and Sebastian Tretola say a lawsuit filed against their clients is a “blatant money grab.” Dante Satterfield said in a lawsuit filed earlier this year that Sharpe assaulted him in an alley behind a bar the first night of the NFL draft while Tretola acted as a lookout. In…

Gov. Haslam opens alternative high school equivalency program

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam has opened an alternative residential program operated by the Tennessee National Guard that gives some teens a chance to earn a high school equivalency diploma outside a traditional school setting. The governor’s office said in a news release that the Tennessee Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy is located at the site of the former Woodland…

WEATHER UPDATE

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA.  AS A RESULT, EXPECT RISING HUMIDITY LEVELS TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA.  THE COMBINATION OF HIGHER HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREES BY THURSDAY….

Gospel concert series heads back to Jackson

JACKSON, Tenn. –Gear up for four full nights of gospel music right here in the Hub City. Starting Wednesday, July 12 and running through Saturday, July 15, “Jackson Sings the Gospel” will take place in the Carl Perkins Civic Center. Wednesday’s show starts at 7:00 p.m. General admission tickets cost $20. For more information on performances, call (941) 756-6942. Categories:…