NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Women, Infants and Children program has moved from issuing its benefits on paper to a debit card-style system. The state Department of Health says the program known as WIC will now allow beneficiaries to use…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Over the last five years, the Madison County Sheriff's Office budget has increased by $5.5 million. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News reporter Julia Ewoldt looked at the numbers. "When…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- "But he died doing what he loved," said Chris Gatti, father of Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Gatti. Just hours after Chris Gatti's son, 24-year-old Trooper Matthew Gatti,…
JACKSON, Tenn. - The Lift Wellness Center is offering a week full of fitness activities the entire family. Lift employees say their goal is to bring awareness to the community…
MEDINA, Tenn.--Two school officials were put to the challenge, Monday. Students at South Gibson Elementary made a deal with the superintendent and principal that if they could raise $15,000 during…
JACKSON, Tenn.--Members of the Jackson-Madison County School Board met, Monday evening. They discussed whether the board should have an official standing Board of Ethics Committee. The main focus this meeting…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The sounds you hear in the empty parking lot are birds chirping and cars going by — but not gunshots. Former customers of Range USA say the…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- One person is in custody after a standoff Monday afternoon at an apartment near Lexington High School. Lexington police say the standoff stemmed from a domestic incident at an apartment at Parkview Courts. Police say the suspect…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Only 6,555 of the 40,425 registered voters in the city of Jackson have voted in the municipal election. "I'm really disappointed with the low voter turnout we've had so…
MEDINA, Tenn. -- Students take their history class outside for a lesson on the battlefield. "History has to come alive to these kids, and this brings it alive to them," said…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Federal prosecutors have filed a motion to have a local nurse practitioner held until his trial. The motion, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, seeks a hearing in which federal prosecutors hope to have Jeff…
UPDATE: Local law enforcement agencies have reported on social media that a state trooper was killed in a Monday crash on Interstate 40 in west Madison County. The crash occurred near mile marker 74. The Tennessee Department of Transportation was rerouting traffic…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Two men are in custody after a robbery early Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Slide & Ride Saloon in Martin. In a news release, police say Samuel Anderson, 19, of South Fulton, and 18-year-old…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Martin police are searching for a man wanted for stealing property from the Slide & Ride Saloon over the weekend. Police say 39-year-old Brandon Henry, of Martin, was identified as a suspect in the thefts of a…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- A Martin man is in custody after two Tiptonville juveniles were reported missing last week. In a news release Monday, Martin police say 24-year-old De Sean Hart played a role in bringing the two juveniles to Martin.…
