JACKSON, Tenn. -- A last minute addition to the June City Council agenda: hiring the Crone Law Firm from Memphis to look into the city's dealings with the Jackson Generals under former Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist. "I've spent a couple…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Gov. Bill Lee announced the Tennessee Business Relief Program for small businesses in Tennessee impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release, Lee, along with Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, House Speaker Cameron Sexton and the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Miss Tennessee organization has announced the pageant, scheduled to be held in Memphis, has been cancelled for 2020. In a news release, the organization says that the decision was made due to concerns about COVID-19, as…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has announced a statewide campaign to recruit polling officials for the Aug. 6 elections. In a news release, Hargett says Tennesseans can join the campaign to be a poll official in…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County branch of the NAACP is calling for criminal justice reform after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Floyd, an unarmed black man, died in police custody after an officer kneeled on…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Madison County, according to the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department. The health department says the newest patients are two 13-year-old boys and a 21-year-old man. There are a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Board of Regents has named Dr. George Pimentel president of Jackson State Community College. The move will go into effect July 1, according to a news release. Pimentel is currently the vice president of academic…
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A married couple on the verge of divorce leads to three fatalities at a Henry County business. According the the Henry County Sheriff's office, around 9 a.m.…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn.-- The recent death of George Floyd has sparked protest for victims of police brutality. The family of Roy Glenn Jr. marched Monday near the area where Glenn died. On February 22, 2009,…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.-- Many Americans are expressing their feelings about the death of George Floyd in different ways, such as music. Adrian Perkins taught his son how to play drums. "I like when…
JACKSON, Tenn.--The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department passes out thousands of masks, Monday. The giveaways were moved to Jackson Fairgrounds Park to help with traffic flow and make the pick up system easier for…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Protests erupted for the sixth day across the U.S. over the death of George Floyd, who died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Even right here…
MILAN, Tenn. -- Events across the country are prompting some to protest and others to express themselves. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News Reporter Julia Ewoldt listened to a poem from a local police…
The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 23,554 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday, June 1. In addition, 367 people have died and 1,767 have been hospitalized. Another 15,564 have recovered. The report shows the following…
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Investigators with the Henry County Sheriff's Office, as well as troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, are at a business on Highway 79 in Springville investigating a possible shooting incident. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has…
