EAST JACKSON -- Officers responded Thursday afternoon to a traffic accident involving a Jackson Transit Authority bus on Lincoln Circle. Jackson firefighters on scene said the driver of the car was transported. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News will have more information…
[gtxvideo vid="AcE0ktne" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AcE0ktne.jpg" vtitle="Car Into House”] NORTH JACKSON -- A car has run into the front of a north Jackson house. The car struck the home just after 4 p.m. Thursday in the 20 block of Howlett Cove.…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in court Thursday on accusations of burglary and then giving police an incorrect name. Cortez Rashun Williams is charged with aggravated burglary and criminal impersonation. An officer responded Wednesday to a report of a…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Two men appeared in Jackson court Thursday on charges stemming from alleged thefts of guns, guitars and other items from a Jackson home. A homeowner reported the thefts March 30. He told Jackson police two Les Paul…
[gtxvideo vid="LoOPz7Cf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LoOPz7Cf.jpg" vtitle="Trinity Mart Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Thursday on accusations of robbery and later running from police. Two men told police they were robbed at gunpoint Sunday at Trinity Food…
[gtxvideo vid="vISlu6sT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vISlu6sT.jpg" vtitle="Police Social Media PKG”] MILAN, Tenn. -- In less than 24 hours, WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewers help solve two cases in Milan. Tuesday night, Milan officers released surveillance pictures from their Walmart, and Wednesday…
[gtxvideo vid="wFYCt38p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wFYCt38p.jpg" vtitle="City Council Race”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- All nine seats of the Jackson City Council are on the ballot. However, only three of them are contested. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News caught up to District 2 incumbent…
[gtxvideo vid="g78IF13W" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/g78IF13W.jpg" vtitle="Henry Co K9 Training - Katie”] PARIS, Tenn. -- From Texas to New York and 25 states in between, hundreds of drug dogs are sharpening their skills in Henry County this week. The Henry County…
[gtxvideo vid="b2zna9Mo" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/b2zna9Mo.jpg" vtitle="Early Voting”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- We are inching closer and closer to when voters decide who will lead the city of Jackson for the next four years. Officials already are calling this a historic election,…
[gtxvideo vid="HsI9J6e6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HsI9J6e6.jpg" vtitle="Lane Prayer Vigil - Vic”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- For students, faculty and community members at the prayer vigil on Lane College's campus Wednesday, the message to Baltimore was simple — stand in support and share…
[gtxvideo vid="e8fZXpDx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/e8fZXpDx.jpg" vtitle="K9 Drug Arrests”] HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Drugs and thousands of dollars in suspected drug money are off the streets due to the work of a Henry County Sheriff's Office K-9. Investigators say they recovered…
[gtxvideo vid="TeQNQWEt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/TeQNQWEt.jpg" vtitle="Baxter Press Conference”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Mayoral candidate James Baxter held a news conference Wednesday in city hall to respond to the racial tone of advertising by opponents Jerry Gist and Lowe Finney. In particular,…
[gtxvideo vid="na76OiV4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/na76OiV4.jpg" vtitle="Dyer Co Crash”] DYER COUNTY -- One person is airlifted to Memphis and another taken to a nearby hospital after a car flips into a ditch. Five people were inside the car that overturned while…
NORTH JACKSON -- Union University has announced the selection of the interim dean of the college's business school. Bill Nance has been appointed as interim dean of the McAfee School of Business Administration, according to a release from the university.…
[gtxvideo vid="bdvR0Dwf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bdvR0Dwf.jpg" vtitle="Car Mart Theft”] SOUTH JACKSON -- Police are searching for a man they say damaged property at two south Jackson auto businesses. On March 31, the man allegedly climbed over a fence and broke into…
