Author: WBBJ Staff

Barry E. Bryant

Barry E. Bryant, 59 of Jackson TN, passed away on November 13, 2025. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 21, 2025, from 11:00am to 5:00pm at Affordable Funerals and Cremation Services chapel. Funeral Service will be on Saturday, November…

Crime Stoppers: Clothing theft

You're about to see two scallywags that went into The Uniform Source located on Vann Drive not to buy anything, oh no, they went in to steal. Why…

Fredrick Carter

Funeral service for Fredrick Carter, age 65, will be Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Carter died Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Visitation for Mr. Carter will…

Missing man from Bolivar

According to Tennessee Missing and Unsolved on Facebook, a Bolivar man has gone missing.

Crime Stoppers: School Vandal

This stupid idiot your about to see thought it would be a good idea to break into Jackson Academy located on Emporium Drive and destroy the furniture and a metal detector.…

SAR Tree Dedication

One community gathers for a dedication ceremony in West Tennessee.

James Groeneveld

Mr. James Groeneveld, 67, of Union City passed away 1:26 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2025, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Angie Simbeck will officiate. Burial will…

Sharon Elaine Parnell

Mrs. Sharon Elaine Parnell, 70, of Troy passed away 3:30 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2025, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Steve Gatlin will officiate. Burial will follow in…

Contessa Price Jones

Contessa Price Jones, age 41, of Whiteville, TN., departed this life on Thursday, October 16th, 2025, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 24th, 2025, from 3:00pm-6:00pm, at Hardeman County Funeral Services Chapel…

Tamara Ranae Cody

Tamara Ranae Cody, 42, of Union City passed away Thursday morning, October 16, 2025, at her home. Memorial services will be held at Union City First United Pentecostal Church. Time and date to be announced. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is…

Football Friday Night: Week 9 Recap

Every week, WBBJ will be recapping the high school football action with the scores and highlights from games all across the region.

What the Tech: Navigation and GPS facts

Columbus Day is Monday, and while banks, the postal service, and many Americans will take the day off, I started thinking of the explorer himself. If you remember much…

What the Tech: Chatgpt and Christmas gifts

If you unwrap something this Christmas that feels oddly practical, like a vacuum cleaner or a budgeting book, don’t take it personally. There’s a good chance it wasn’t…

Nancy Elois Miller

Nancy Elois Miller, 79, of South Jackson, Tennessee, passed away on October 2, 2025. She was born on June 29, 1946, in Gibson County, Tennessee, to the late R.V. and Lola Mae Forsythe. Nancy was raised on her family’s farm…

Herbert Johnson

Herbert Johnson, 68, of Jackson, Tennessee, passed away on October 1, 2025. He was born on December 27, 1956, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to the late Ralph L. Johnson and Mary Zomparelli Johnson. Herbert had an incredible love for life…