DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a woman has been arrested after punching a Southwest Airlines employee in the head during boarding for a flight out of a Dallas airport. Police say 32-year-old Arielle Jean Jackson was arrested Saturday afternoon at Love Field. Police said Jackson has been charged with aggravated assault. A Southwest Airlines spokesman says the incident happened…
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver and founder of a high-performance driving school that taught many A-list actors, has died at age 88. According to his family and the Bondurant Racing School website, Bondurant died Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. No cause of death was released. The website says Bondurant…
PARIS, Tenn. — Henry Co. medical facility offers COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinic. According to a news release from Henry County Medical Center, on Friday November 12, the center held a COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinic. The COVID-19 booster shots were offered to interested individuals along with first time COVID-19 vaccines. HCMC offered Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19…
JACKSON, Tenn. — TBI is currently investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred last night. Wbbj learned of this news story thanks to a local tipster. According to information released from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, on Saturday evening November 13, members of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital encountered a combative individual inside the entrance of the Emergency Room. A Jackson…
ROCCELLA JONICA, Italy (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy’s mainland. One rescue, of 303 migrants, began Saturday night and ended early Sunday when the migrants, soaked and shivering, were brought to the port…
BIG STONE GAP, Va. (AP) — Virginia state police say a 33-year-old man is in custody after a police officer from Big Stone Gap was fatally shot during a welfare check. State police said 29-year-old Offficer Michael Chandler died Saturday evening of injuries he received during the early morning shooting. Police said a suspect from Big Stone Gap was apprehended…
PARIS, Tenn. — Healthcare center residents enjoy nature thanks to a special donation. A local church’s mission project is bringing joy to residents at Henry County Healthcare Center. According to a news release, members from a bible study group at Tennessee Valley Community Church sought to bring smiles to HCHC by installing several bird-feeders. The endeavor was completed in hopes…
RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — A former captive during the Iranian hostage crisis has been laid to rest along with his wife in a veterans’ cemetery in Kentucky. Donald Hohman was among the Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981. The couple, both 79, lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Their daughter-in-law, Jocelyn Hohman, told the Lexington Herald-Leader…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police in Fargo, North Dakota have arrested a man wanted for murder in Tennessee. Police officers with Fargo’s Metro Street Crimes Unit learned on Friday that the man was staying in the city. He had been issued a warrant for First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder in Tennessee. Police spokeswoman Jessica Schindeldecker says police worked through…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Residents in Jackson gather for a rally to celebrate democracy. A Democracy Rally was held at Conger Park Saturday. The focus of the rally was to save democracy in America. Organizers of the event were the New revised Voter’s Council. The keynote speaker at the event was Jackson Attorney Richard Donnell. The event was organized as a…
