[gtxvideo vid="huIfRFSX" playlist="" pid="wMQlYtLM" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/huIfRFSX-120.jpg" vtitle="GMWT Webber"] Weather Update - 7:00 a.m. Wednesday Scattered showers are moving northeast across West Tennessee with isolated thunderstorms, so pack an umbrella as you head out! The chance for rain will peak between the…
MILAN, Tenn.-A special shopping trip for 70 kids in Milan Tuesday night. The Milan Police Department hosted its annual 'Shop with a Cop' event at the Milan Walmart. State…
ALAMO, Tenn.-A big congratulations to seven young men from West Tennessee who are now ranked among the top five percent of all Boy Scouts. Troop 354 pinned seven scouts with their…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis district attorney general's office plans to release the investigation file in a white police officer's fatal shooting of a black man. The unusual release, planned for Tuesday, comes after a grand jury declined to…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A national organization that assists families of service members says 500 military families will receive holiday meal kits on Tuesday near Fort Campbell. The organization Operation Homefront and Wal-Mart are holding the event in Clarksville,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis Mayor-elect Jim Strickland has chosen Gina Sweat to become the first female director of the Memphis Fire Department. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1m2mMGv ) reports Strickland announced Sweat's selection on Monday. She is a 23-year veteran…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Motorists who don't buckle up in Tennessee will soon face a stiffer fine. A new law passed by state lawmakers and signed by the governor takes effect on Jan. 1. State law enforcement officials held a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The National Labor Relations Board has certified the United Auto Workers win in a union vote among skilled workers at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee. The German automaker…
BENTON, Tenn. (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a fatal crash involving an ultralight aircraft near Benton. Media outlets report that the crash happened Saturday at the Chilhowee Gilderport, killing pilot Gary Church. Sheriff Steve Ross says the…
MCHENRY, Ill. (AP) - Funeral services have been set for an Army pilot from Illinois who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash near a Kentucky military base. The body of 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin Mose…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas is asking the federal government to designate Crittenden County as meeting federal ozone standards, a move officials say will help boost economic development in the region. Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday asked the EPA…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville authorities say a man suspected in the November shooting of Metro Councilman Loniel Greene has been arrested in Mississippi after an unrelated incident. In a news release Monday, Metro police said that 19-year-old Brandon Hunt-Clark…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Two witnesses to the fatal shooting of a black Memphis man by a white police officer said 19-year-old Darrius Stewart was shot while trying to run away, although the medical examiner said the two were no…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have identified a body found in Tennessee last week as a missing Army veteran from Clarksville. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that the remains found in a heavily wooded area…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer is facing federal charges. Police say 30-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn shot Officer Sean Bolton several times in August while Bolton was attempting…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a plane has rolled off a runway at Nashville International Airport, injuring eight people. Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Emily Samuels said in an email Tuesday night that Flight 31 from Houston Hobby Airport to Nashville…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Christmas came a littler early for children Tuesday morning at Isaac Lane Technology Magnet Elementary School. Express Employment Professionals has been hosting an Angel Tree at the school since 2009.…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- This holiday season, there will be zero tolerance for drunk driving in Madison County. Booze It and Lose It is the statewide campaign that will launch…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- You've heard the saying "click it or ticket," and the Tennessee Highway Patrol wants to remind you those ticket fines will increase starting Jan. 1. First-time violators can expect to…
[gtxvideo vid="f5y418Qv" playlist="" pid="wMQlYtLM" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/f5y418Qv-120.jpg" vtitle="Weathercast 6pm"] Weather Update - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday A cold front currently moving across the Southern Plains is bringing a few showers to portions of eastern Texas. This front will arrive in West Tennessee tomorrow…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have identified a man killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting outside Humboldt. Kenneth Wayne Vailes, 52, was found fatally wounded when deputies responded around 4:30 p.m. Sunday to a reported disturbance at a residence in…
1033 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 High pressure over the region will provide for dry conditions and warm temperatures today. Another cold front will move across the mid south on Wednesday with scattered to numerous…
SAVANNAH, Tenn.- Santa is taking a break from the North Pole this week and visiting with kids at Tennessee Street Park in Savannah. From 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday from…
JACKSON, Tenn.-For the second time in five years, Jackson has the best turf in the state. The West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex has been named the municipal field of the…
LEXINGTON, Tenn.-Bright lights and loud noises brought the spirit of Christmas to Henderson County, Monday night. Fire trucks, floats and marching bands made their way through the town for the annual…
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn.-The Weakley County Sheriff's Department said a man was charged after a road rage incident late last week. Investigators said Christopher Wilson, 32, was arrested on a charge of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Voters in the home county of a top Republican in the state house are getting robocalls demanding his resignation over a prescription fraud investigation and a letter he wrote urging a lower sentence for a former…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Shelby County Election Commission says it is accepting applications for administrator. The commission oversees elections in Shelby County, which includes Memphis. The administrator oversees daily operations and 14 employees, reporting directly to the five part-time…
It took about two days for the FBI to announce it was investigating the Dec. 2 attack that killed 14 in San Bernardino, California, as an act of terror. Authorities have carefully avoided using the same wording about the Kuwaiti-born…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knoxville man has helped raise over $194,000 for the families of the victims in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Media outlets report Tarek El-Messidi, founder of the nonprofit organization Celebrate Mercy, has helped…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A recently criticized inmate rehabilitation organization is planning to stop providing meals to Tennessee prisons. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1I40C0U ) reports that Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction CEO Patricia Weiland has announced that the organization will be…
ESTILL SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a 12-year-old boy has fatally shot an 11-year-old classmate in southern Tennessee. Franklin County Sheriff's spokesman Chris Guess said Monday that Sienna Dusk Owens was shot in the back Saturday in the garage…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's effort to outsource hospitality operations at 11 state parks has failed to draw any interest from private vendors. Haslam has long cited the operation of park services like restaurants, golf courses, inns…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton III says his office is reviewing a white Memphis police officer's fatal shooting of a black teenager. The family of 19-year-old Darius Stewart had asked federal prosecutors to step in after a…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Coast Guard says two towing vessels have collided on the Lower Mississippi River near Memphis, restricting river traffic there. No injuries were reported in the collision shortly after noon Monday. The Margaret Ann and the…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A local museum is recognized as one of West Tennessee's most historic African American schools. The Dunbar Carver Museum in Brownsville and several other historic schools have been included in…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Citing the shooting in Chattanooga, the Tennessee Firearms Association is asking sheriffs across the state to encourage their citizens with handgun permits to carry wherever they go. Gibson…
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man is facing drug charges after a raid on his home reportedly yields cocaine and marijuana. Deputies took David Jones into custody Friday on drug charges after raiding…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A longtime high school football coach — sometimes called the "godfather" of West Tennessee varsity football — has been asked to step down.
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have arrested two suspected drug dealers after an investigation led to a drug dog allegedly finding drugs in a car.
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Officers are asking for input from the public in their investigation of two early Sunday morning shootings, one of which left a man injured.
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A former sheriff was arraigned in court Monday morning along with 11 others in his administration.
[gtxvideo vid="JTJ4DEj4" playlist="" pid="wMQlYtLM" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JTJ4DEj4-120.jpg" vtitle="Weathercast 6pm"] Weather Update - 4:15 p.m. Monday After record breaking temperatures and wind gusts between 30 and 40 miles per hour last night, calmer and more seasonal weather is starting to return to West…
Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas and McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck both have published letters encouraging citizens of their respective counties to take advantage of their constitutional right to carry firearms. Below are the letters. Click on each letter to…
The following is a news release published Monday evening by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: FORMER GIBSON COUNTY SHERIFF AMONG 12 INDICTED ON VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING THEFT, OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT JACKSON – A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A person of interest in a deadly Sunday shooting outside Humboldt has been been killed by officers, according to officials with the sheriff's office.
845 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 A frontal boundary moved through the region last night leaving cooler temperatures across the area in its wake. A dry beginning to the week is expected with above average…
JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson police have arrested two women during an undercover prostitution sting. According to court documents, Kayla Carter and Stephanie Fowler are both facing prostitution charges. Investigators said the undercover bust was in response to an online ad. Court papers…
CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn.-A local state park is celebrating the Christmas spirit. Chickasaw State Park is having its annual Christmas Light Show, featuring more than 30 different displays throughout the park. People are encouraged to drive through the light show, all for…
JACKSON, Tenn.-Hundreds of fans showed up for 'Friday Night Lights' at Liberty Tech High School. An EMS helicopter touched down to deliver the game ball for the fourth annual West Tennessee 'All-Star Football Game.' The all stars were just as…
