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Search continues for missing Henry County woman

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Brooke Walker, 34, suddenly went missing Tuesday, last seen at a home on Henry Mansfield Road with her co-workers. According to friends, Walker and her…

JSCC breaks ground on Health Sciences Building

JACKSON, Tenn. -- School leaders and local officials gathered Friday at Jackson State Community College to commemorate breaking ground on a new building project. The Health Sciences Building will be…

Man faces drug charge after Martin apartment search

MARTIN, Tenn. -- Officers in Martin executed search warrants at a home Friday morning, seizing drugs and making an arrest. Police arrested Jeffery Davis, 51, on a count of drug possession with intent to sell. Investigators say field tests on…

Work-from-home scam yields fake paychecks, police say

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are warning the public of a work-from-home scam that leaves workers stuck with fake paychecks. Investigators with the Jackson Police Department say several residents have been victims of…

Shoppers swarm civic center for USJ Holiday Mart

DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Shoppers swarmed the Carl Perkins Civic Center on Friday for the first full day of the 45th annual University School of Jackson Holiday Mart. “I'm buying some…

Man charged in Big Sandy shooting death

BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have filed charges against the suspect in a deadly Monday shooting in Big Sandy. The sheriff told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News that George Burns III was…

Pizza man robbed at gunpoint on Lane College campus

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police say a pizza delivery man was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night. Police say around 8 p.m., the pizza man was approached by two black men outside Alumni Hall at Lane College. Authorities say one of…

Fire damages home, Red Cross helps family

JACKSON, Tenn. --A late night fire damages a south Jackson home. The Jackson Fire Department says it happened around midnight at 124 Chester Levee Road. Firefighters say it was a cooking fire and not deemed suspicious. They say the kitchen…

Firefighting goes virtual with driving simulator

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A number of Gibson County firefighters crashed their trucks Thursday afternoon, some of them multiple times. Thankfully, it was all part of a high-tech simulation aimed…

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