NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- After four decades with only six executions, Tennessee is on schedule to execute three inmates this year alone. Edmund Zagorski died in the electric chair on Thursday. Billy Ray Irick…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Just 24 hours after his resignation, a school board member is now withdrawing his resignation from the education body. Morris Merriweather has announced he will not resign from the Jackson-Madison County…
UPDATE No. 2: The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says Jeremiah Mays was erroneously identified as a suspect in a recent shooting. See the updated story here. UPDATE No. 1: The attorney representing Jeremiah Mays contacted WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News over the…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson man is sentenced 30 years in federal custody on methamphetamine conspiracy and weapons charges. Stephen Williams, 30, was one of several individuals indicted in U.S. District Court in connection with the investigation. According to a…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- A fraternity at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been suspended after allegations of hazing and other violations. The Tennessee Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was placed on an interim suspension Thursday after an investigation…
WEST JACKSON, Tenn. -- Back in August, Morris Merriweather was elected onto the Jackson-Madison County School Board. After almost three short months on the job, he announced Thursday, he is resigning. "I…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn.--A day after a tornado warning was issued in Jackson, several people gather to learn how to detect storms in advance. The Memphis National Weather Service Office conducted a free storm spotter training program in Madison County, Thursday…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson City Council members do not want to send the city into more debt to fund the public-private partnership. "We were concerned whether or not, if the city…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- One neighborhood is coming together to support a local synagogue. The Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association is asking residents to bring flowers and cards to B'nai Israel Synagogue in west Jackson. LANA board members say this is their…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- In the past week, there have been at least four bus stop crashes across the country. "When the public sees a school bus stopped, they need to make…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor is in the Hub City Thursday. Karl Dean held a news conference at the New Southern Hotel in downtown Jackson to…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A recently elected member of the Jackson-Madison County School Board announced Thursday that he is resigning. Morris Merriweather tells WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News he will resign, effective immediately, from his District 6, position 2 seat on the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee is delaying the start of construction on a Neyland Stadium renovation project to review all aspects of the plan. Noting that he's been on the job for less than a year, athletic director Phillip Fulmer…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- With just hours left before his scheduled execution, condemned Tennessee inmate Edmund Zagorski is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put a stop to it. On Thursday Zagorski asked the court take up his claim that it's…
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in East Tennessee say a half-naked woman fell twice through a restaurant's ceiling and landed in its kitchen. News outlets report 26-year-old Harley C. Morton was arrested Tuesday on charges including trespassing and disorderly conduct.…
