JACKSON, Tenn. — Goodwill is celebrating Christmas in July. According to a news release, thousands of holiday items, including outdoor decorations, lighted trees, trimmings, and decor, will be available at Goodwill stores this weekend for their Christmas in July event. The event will be held at each of Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee’s 29 retail stores across the state on…
Bobby Lee Leek, age 70, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2019. A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mr. Leek will be conducted on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home with Bro. William Harrell officiating. The inurnment will follow at the Gadsden Cemetery. Mr. Leek was born in Bells,…
MARTIN, Tenn. — Students at the University of Tennessee at Martin who lost merit scholarships during the COVID-19 pandemic are eligible to have scholarships reinstated if they did not meet the grade-point-average requirement at the end of the spring semester, according to a news release. The release says 508 students will be eligible to have their scholarships reinstated. “So many…
Services for Ms. Mary C. Ligon, age 80 of Bells, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2021, 1:00 P.M., in the Bells Elementary School Gymnasium; 4547 Highway 88 South. The interment will be in the Bellview Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 4:00 P.M.- 6:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. She will lie in state…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Some Jackson residents should have already had their new Waste Management garbage cans. Starting Monday, the City of Jackson will distribute 94 gallon garbage cans to residents across the city, starting with south side, then west, to the east and then moving north. This is a part of the city’s five year contract with Waste Management. Jackson…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Fire Department responded to a house fire Monday night. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness received a tip shortly after 9 p.m. of a house on fire on East Forest Avenue. WBBJ-TV’s crew and firefighters were still on the scene as of 9:30 p.m. There’s no word of injuries or if anyone was in the home at the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Police Department has installed new technology across the city. Recently, the department placed some of their new Flock Safety Camera Systems. “It’s a camera that we’re trying, test trying on a 60 day basis. It actually has a license plate reader built into the camera,” said Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser. The cameras are temporary…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have fired the state’s top vaccination official, who had been facing scrutiny from Republican state lawmakers over her department’s outreach efforts to vaccinate teenagers against COVID-19. Dr. Michelle Fiscus with the Tennessee Department of Health, tells The Tennessean that she was fired Monday as a scapegoat to appease lawmakers. She provided the newspaper with…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The man convicted of fatally shooting another man in east Jackson back in 2019 has been sentenced. “The only person that will do life is me. The only picture that I have recent of my son’s are the ones that I remember him laying in that casket,” said La Shawn Jones, the mother of 24-year-old shooting victim…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson firefighters were at the scene of a wreck on Highland and Royal Street for a unusual rescue. A truck hauling watermelon and cantaloupe went off an embankment Monday afternoon. Though the truck was damaged, the occupants were not injured, according to the fire department. Firefighters were able to unload the fruit, which will be stored at…
