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32nd Annual West Tennessee Health Fair Held

This video is no longer available. Thousands of West Tennesseans are feeling a little healthier after getting free health tests and screenings, Saturday. Organizers estimate 5,000 people from all across the area attended the 32nd Annual West Tennessee Health Fair…

Boy Scouts Earn Robotics Badge

This video is no longer available. If you think Boy Scouts can only earn badges by tying knots, camping and canoeing, you have it very wrong. Boy Scouts of Troop 6 spent Friday and Saturday earning the newest hi-tech badge…

Police Investigate Rhea Street Shooting

This video is no longer available. Police detailed two men shot after a Friday night shooting in east Jackson. One man was fatally wounded in the gunfire while another man was briefly hospitalized. However, ABC 7 Eyewitness News has learned…

Crockett Co. Escapee Caught

This video is no longer available. After exactly a week on the run, Crockett County deputies caught up with the inmate who escaped last Friday. But, William Neace was not the only one arrested. Officers say his wife Lorrie Ann…

Suspect's Mom and Sister Arrested in Attack

This video is no longer available. A mother and daughter from Jackson are both behind bars with a $75,000 bond each, after Jackson police say they used pepper spray on a woman as she held her young child. Mary Johnson,…

Suspect Sought In Lane College Shooting

This video is no longer available. A shooting at Lane College has a student in the hospital and the shooter still on the run. At around 8, Thursday night, Jackson police received a call of shots fired on campus. They…

9/11 Memorial Held in Jackson

This video is no longer available. Community members in the Jackson area began their refection of the September 11th 10 year anniversary a little early. On Friday morning, leaders and safety officials joined residents to remember the lives that were…

Brownsville Police Receive Grant

This video is no longer available. Brownsville police said thanks to a grant awarded by the Department of Justice, their police force will operate a little safer, making it easier to serve its citizens. The JAG program which provides critical…

Regional Hospital Supervisors Receive Awards

This video is no longer available. Congratulations go out to the top leaders at Regional Hospital in Jackson. CEO Steve Grubs, CNO Jan Zimmer and CFO Richard Read have been recognized as the top at their respective positions within their…

Free Diabetes Screenings Available at Health Fair

This video is no longer available. It was a busy day at the Carl Perkins Civic Center, Friday. As hundreds of vendors and health professionals set up boots and screening facilities for Saturday's 32nd annual West Tennessee Health Fair. During…

Jackson St., U of M to Sign Transition Agreement

This video is no longer available. It is now possible to be a Jackson State student and a University of Memphis student, simultaneously. Next week, the two schools, will sign what is call a PEP, or Partnership Enrollment Program agreement,…

First Friday Forum Begins for Fall

Boosters of downtown Jackson got together, Friday for the first time during the fall season. Bob Martin, who helped develop downtown Franklin was the featured speaker at the First Friday Forum, held at First United Methodist Church, in downtown Jackson.…

Haywood County Notified New Jail may be Decertified

This video is no longer available. Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith said the Haywood County Jail received notice of multiple infractions which if not corrected by October 31, could lead to the jail losing its certification. "We've just built a…

Asia Garden Delivery Driver Robbed

This video is no longer available. Around 9:00 p.m., Thursday, a delivery driver for Asia Garden restaurant was attacked and robbed while making a delivery on Hamlett Cover, which is just off Christmasville Road in northeast Madison County. Investigators say…

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