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TN Senate Passes Spending Plan, Cuts Budget for Megasite

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Senate has passed its version of Gov. Bill Haslam's more than $31 billion spending plan, making nearly $60 million in cuts to a number of programs. The chamber voted 32-1 Friday to pass the bill…

Ten Arrested, One Wanted in Pseudoephedrine Bust

Metro Narcotics agents have arrested nearly a dozen people from West Tennessee. Each is accused of purchasing pseudoephedrine products for the purchase of making meth. On Wednesday, the Jackson-Madison County Metro Narcotics Unit conducted an operation to target people purchasing…

MCSD Deputy Resigns Amid Inmate Abuse Investigation

This video is no longer available. The Madison County correctional officer at the center of an excessive force investigation has resigned. According to Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork, Benjamin E. Long, 24 submitted his resignation, Friday. It is effective April…

Man Wanted for Stealing Wallet on Camera

This video is no longer available. Jackson police are asking for help identifying a man who stole a wallet on camera. Thursday, a woman reported losing her wallet at Kroger on Stonebrook. A good Samaritan found the wallet and took…

JPD Officer Suspended After Cemetery Rendezvous

This video is no longer available. A Jackson Police officer was accused of using his patrol car to rendezvous with a woman while off the clock, but what may be more shocking was where investigators said it happened; at a…

MCSD Unveils New State-of-the-art Dispatch System

A state of the art upgrade is underway at the Madison County dispatch center. "Quicker service, when we get a 911 call, say, wanting an ambulance they don't have to dial any numbers they can just touch a button and…

Pair Charged With Four-Wheeler Thefts

This video is no longer available. Two men in Henderson County are accused of stealing several items that are both large in price and in size. Deputies said Anthony Phoenix and James Moody are accused of breaking into a home…

JPD Hits Street With Tasers

This video is no longer available. At roll call Thursday morning Captain Steve Overton talked to the officers about tasers. He knows first hand the power of the 50,000 volts that come with the five second jolt from the taser.…

Suspected Robber Identified, in Custody

Thanks to a 7 Eyewitness News viewer, the man who was caught on surveillance video grabbing money from the register early Monday morning at the BP station on Whitehall has been arrested. Even though he got away from the clerk,…

Police Surround and Arrest Shoplifting Suspect

This video is no longer available. An accused shoplifter at Belk in the Old Hickory Mall led security and police on a foot chase just after 12 Noon, Thursday and caused quite a scene along North Parkway. Several Jackson Police…

Fired Union City Police Officers File Suit

This video is no longer available. Three Union City Police officers fired amid an insurance fraud investigation into a fellow officer earlier this year, have filed suit against Union City. According to their filing, former patrol officers Ashley Thompson, Randy…

McKenzie Police Chief's Condition Improves

This video is no longer available. Good news for McKenzie Police Chief Bobby Pate as family told 7 Eyewitness News the chief is out of intensive care and in a private room. Last week, the chief was injured when he…

Food Fight at Lane Ends with Arrest

This video is no longer available. A food fight. That is what apparently landed a Lane College student in jail Wednesday night. Kenneth Moment, 18, of Memphis was charged with disorderly conduct and disrupting a lawful school school assembly, which…

Crime Victims Remembered in Lexington

This video is no longer available. Members of the Board of Probation and Parole were in Lexington, Thursday to commemorate National Crime Victims' Rights Week. For the fourth year, state officials planted trees at the Henderson County Criminal Justice Center.…

Emergency Managers Practice Disaster Response

This video is no longer available. Jackson are emergency responders got training, Thursday for dealing with not just the physical problems, but mental side effects after a disaster. Officials from the Red Cross met at Union University and instructed first…

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