JACKSON, Tenn. -- Last Thanksgiving, RIFA hosted their 17th annual Turkey Day 5K Run to raise money for their organization. On Thursday morning they gathered at Gold's Gym to receive the proceeds collected…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Haywood High School has earned an award for diversity. A news release from Haywood County Schools says the high school earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award. The release says the award is given…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- With omicron continuing to increase COVID-19 cases nationwide, West Tennessee is also seeing the rise. The weeks before the beginning of the year to the two weeks after saw a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Promise Scholarship FAFSA deadline has been extended. A news release says that the deadline has been moved to March 1 due to COVID-19 and recent weather events. "We know that many Tennessee students rely on…
MILAN, Tenn. -- The Milan Special School District is closing Friday, Jan. 21. The school district says the schools will be closed due to issues with COVID-19 and sickness. You can find more local news through the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness…
SHARON, Tenn. -- The Sharon Police Department is investigating after a body was found in a culvert. The department says the body of Thomas Koker, 51, of Martin, was found Wednesday in Sharon. The department says that on the previous…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Workers effected by the Dec. 10 tornadoes can now apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development says this is available to those in Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson City Council is strategizing for future budgets. The city council met Thursday for a budget strategy session with representatives from the Municipal Technical Advisory Service. Together they reviewed…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Trey Cleek has announced his run for Madison County Trustee for the 2022 election year. Currently serving as Commissioner at the Madison County Commission, Cleek is also local treasurer for the Shriners, President Elect for the Jackson…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- Community Bank has opened a new location in Henderson. Residents joined staff on January 13 for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. In attendance was CEO Phillip Renfroe,…
HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- According to the Henderson County Sheriff's Department, Henderson County Schools will be closed on Friday, January 21. The Central Office will be closed as well. The closure is due to "staff and student absenteeism caused by…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is now available to workers in 12 Tennessee counties affected by December's tornadoes. Those counties include six in West Tennessee: Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Obion, and Weakley. This comes after FEMA approved a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- One organization is looking to better childhood development and education across West Tennessee, and they need your help. "It's really important for us to hear from our community as we're…
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. – The McNairy County Schools will be closed Thursday, Jan. 20, and Friday, Jan. 21. The school system says this is due to sickness in faculty and staff. Earlier on Wednesday, Hollow Rock-Bruceton also announced closures for…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Wednesday, Madison County Mayor Jimmy Harris delivered his annual -- and final -- State of the County address. "Our community has weathered, at least to this point, the…
