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Traffic stop in Medina yields illegal drugs, gun

MEDINA, Tenn. -- Medina police say a traffic stop led officers to drugs, including a substance they believe is fentanyl, and a gun Friday afternoon. Police say officers stopped 31-year-old Dexter Craig Lambert, of Medina, just before 1:30 p.m. for…

Interstate 40 reopened after crash

UPDATE: THP says all eastbound lanes reopened shortly around 11:30 a.m. EARLIER STORY: JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 are blocked due to a crash near mile marker 82. THP is advising…

Kentucky cyclist raises money for best friend with ALS

SAVANNAH, Tenn -- "I'm riding in his honor," said Lee Cooper from Kentucky. An honor to Lee Coopers best friend, Jesse Williams, who unfortunately passed from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS. "Seeing your best friend and hearing from his wife…

Madison County Commission votes to censure Morris Merriweather

JACKSON, Tenn.--Madison County District One Representative Luther T. Mercer confirms the Madison County Commission voted 14-6 to censure JMCSS school board member Morris Merriweather for violating the county ethics policy Monday. Mercer confirms the six commissioners to vote "no" were…

Boys and girls enjoy Scout Day Camp

JACKSON, Tenn.--Monday was an afternoon "Under the Sea" for local campers. Mondy is the kickoff for the Central District Cub Scout Day Camp. Around 50 boys and girls were able to experience scouts for the first time at Calvery Baptist…

Local boxing club holds grand opening

JACKSON, Tenn. - A local boxing club held a special event Monday. It was the grand opening of Team Ingram's Rayford Collins Jackson Boxing Club in Heritage Square. Lamont Ingram is now the head boxing coach. Lamont says the club's name…

Madison Co. shooting suspect returns to court

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man who called the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News newsroom back in April before turning himself in to police in north Jackson returns to court. Devoris Newson was arrested in April on multiple charges stemming from a…

Nashville Confederate monument vandalized with red paint

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Red paint and the phrase "they were racists" were discovered on a Confederate monument in a Nashville park. Police say they found the vandalism Monday at the Confederate Private Monument in Centennial Park. Red liquid was…

Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, jeans queen, dies at 95

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gloria Vanderbilt, the "poor little rich girl" heiress at the center of a scandalous custody battle of the 1930s and the designer jeans queen of the 1970s and '80s, died on Monday at 95, according to…

Authorities probe fatal inmate fight at Middle TN prison

HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of an inmate found unconscious in his cell, apparently after a fight with his cellmate. News outlets report 42-year-old Ernest Hill was pronounced dead Saturday at…

Local park holds program informing public of snakes

CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. - A local state park held a snake program to inform the public. Marlie Montandon, a seasonal interpretive ranger at Chickasaw State Park, taught about snakes and the importance of knowing…

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