JACKSON, Tenn. -- Experts with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discussed the challenges that disinformation and misinformation have on the fight against COVID-19. The school's research estimates that in Summer 2021, dis- and misinformation caused 2-12…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson State Community College student and professor took home trophies on Wednesday. The pair attended the 5th Annual Statewide Outstanding Achievement Recognition Awards, with Mooney…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- March 30 is National Take a Walk in the Park Day, and some walkers may be taking their special fur friend out on a stroll. Walking your pet…
MILAN, Tenn. -- An arrest was made after an attempted arson at a local family clinic. According to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Milan Fire Department…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two men were killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, police said Thursday. Police were looking for suspects after the shooting Wednesday night that authorities said began…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man who shot and killed a Tennessee nurse as she was driving to work two years ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, according to the Nashville district attorney's office. In January,…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A military spokesperson says nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky. Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said Thursday morning that…
MILAN, Tenn. -- An investigation by special agents and fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, along with the Milan Fire Department, has resulted in the arrest of a Jackson doctor in connection to an attempted arson at a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A police presence at a home in north Jackson prompts a call from a WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News tipster. We received a call around 6 p.m. Wednesday night of officers at a home on Saddlebrook Drive. Our…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Rutherford man is arrested on multiple counts in connection to a child rape investigation in Gibson County. Carroll Simon Butler was arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Wednesday on one count of continuous sexual…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local college spreads red sand for a good cause. Wednesday, the University of Memphis Lambuth's Nursing Department joined together to fill the cracks of the college's…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some…
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- March 29 marks Mom and Pop Business Owners Day! It is a day to appreciate the hard work and dedication that it takes to run a small business. Independently-owned businesses are essential to the community. They…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Rotary Club welcomed the YMCA, where they shared updates and their progress in West Tennessee. The YMCA shared an update on the work in expanding and creating…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Roughly four years after one person was killed, a man has received his sentence. According to a news release, on March 6, Gerald Crossley, who was 16 at the time of the shooting in 2019, was sentenced…
