JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man appeared Thursday in city court on a sexual battery charge after allegedly hugging and grabbing a woman in a Jackson convenience store. Sam Saleh is accused of approaching the woman July 5 while he was…
[gtxvideo vid="nmejwsYH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nmejwsYH.jpg" vtitle="Local Priests Returns Home PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson's St. Mary's Catholic Church welcomes a familiar face, now leading a flock who helped raise him. "It's always been a dream of mine to come home…
[gtxvideo vid="KA9kFVCo" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KA9kFVCo.jpg" vtitle="Blackwell Domestic Assault 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man accused of holding his girlfriend down and hitting her in the face appeared Thursday in city court. Jamecus Blackwell is charged with aggravated assault. Court papers…
[gtxvideo vid="sqXp6SPU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sqXp6SPU.jpg" vtitle="Pittman Transferred”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Charlie Pittman, who recently pleaded guilty in the death of his fiancee, has been turned over to state custody. Pittman was transferred Aug. 21 from the Madison County Jail…
[gtxvideo vid="eXz7u15L" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eXz7u15L.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Shed Fire”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Thursday fire destroyed a storage shed on Alamo Highway. The Gibson County Fire Department responded to the structure fire just outside Trenton, but the building was a…
[gtxvideo vid="cHVagc2p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cHVagc2p.jpg" vtitle="JCM Arrests”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Six juveniles were arrested Thursday morning at Jackson-Central Merry High School, according to the sheriff's office. Officers responded to two separate calls about fights on the campus, and the juveniles…
[gtxvideo vid="YPKutvhn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YPKutvhn.jpg" vtitle="Hendeson FD Update”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Sites have been cleared for the construction of two new volunteer fire stations. Construction will begin once they bid out the project, according to Henderson County Fire Chief…
[gtxvideo vid="iwmputEB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iwmputEB.jpg" vtitle="Veterans Free Dental PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local Vietnam-era veteran received thousands of dollars worth of free dental care. The dentist who did the work also served in the military. “I was ashamed for…
[gtxvideo vid="nOjVab2w" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nOjVab2w.jpg" vtitle="Carroll Missing Man”] CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies are searching for a mentally challenged man who went missing Wednesday night just outside Huntingdon. Erik Allen, 32, was last seen Wednesday evening after he went for…
[gtxvideo vid="9WE6aXmG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9WE6aXmG.jpg" vtitle="Brazil FD Follows Trend 5”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Another local agency's trucks are now christened with a godly phrase. The Brazil Fire Department's trucks have new decals reading "One Nation Under God." Chief Bryan…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- An afternoon fire destroys about two acres of a soybean field Thursday in the Tyson community. Gibson County firefighters responded to the blaze on Bells Chapel Road and were assisted by Yorkville. Fire officials say the…
[gtxvideo vid="pjx3nI8v" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pjx3nI8v.jpg" vtitle="Bread Recall”] NEW YORK (AP) -- The maker of Sara Lee, Nature's Harvest and other brands is recalling bread sold in 11 states because it may contain fragments of glass from a broken light bulb…
[gtxvideo vid="sJXF35b5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sJXF35b5.jpg" vtitle="MS State Shooting”] JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi State University officials say one man has been arrested after the school received a "credible threat" that led them to issue an alert for an active shooter.…
[gtxvideo vid="ah6cGgTb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ah6cGgTb.jpg" vtitle="Selmer Kitchen Fire Update”] SELMER, Tenn. -- The Selmer Fire Department told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News they have not determined what caused a kitchen fire, but they are investigating it as suspicious. The flames started…
[gtxvideo vid="rYhDRWmd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rYhDRWmd.jpg" vtitle="Student Suspension Controversy PKG”] SELMER, Tenn. -- A student is suspended from his school after his mother said a teacher accused him of sexual misbehavior. The mother says it happened before she was able to…
