JACKSON, Tenn. -- "Lock down! Lock down!" These were the first words teachers heard Wednesday at their safety training session. This was the first simulation that Jackson-Madison County teachers experienced Wednesday morning.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Republican-led Tennessee House panel has killed a bill to ban child marriage because a socially conservative lobbyist argued it interferes with his state legal challenge of same-sex marriage. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted Wednesday…
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two search warrants executed Wednesday by the Weakley County Sheriff's Department resulted in six arrests. The first search took place at a room at Len Haven Motel in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's attorney general says the state constitution doesn't exempt whiskey barrels from property taxes. Attorney General Herbert Slatery's opinion comes as Jack Daniel's and others push barrel exemption legislation. That bill says the constitution already exempts…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- "He has angels over him," grandfather Gerric Yarbrough said. Just one day after a car smashes through an east Jackson house, the family of the 4-year-old injured inside says…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Medina man has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for forgery, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Jay Richard Hassman, 52, had outstanding debts with various creditors and created a false restraining order, according…
JACKSON, Tenn -- Jackson Police said the suspect in connection to the armed robbery at Family Dollar Monday night, is still on the run. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News first…
JACKSON, Tenn.-The Jackson-Madison County Education Vision Committee met Tuesday night, discussing the agenda for the upcoming school board meeting.. Committee members discussed creating polices to streamline the use of school facilities,…
HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn.--The Haywood County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found inside a home. Deputies say the body of a 31-year-old man was found at a home in the 70 block of Upper Zion Road Friday night.…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Family members say a 4-year-old boy is recovering after a car crashed through his bedroom Monday night. As drivers glance at the damage Tuesday morning at the…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Kirkland Cancer Center community outreach coordinator Carrie Knox says being able to bring awareness to colorectal cancer means potentially saving more lives.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Beer Board met Tuesday to discuss several special applications. Two fundraising events, one benefiting the Christian Girls Home in Haiti and the other benefiting WRAP, were both approved…
HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies are searching for two suspects wanted on attempted murder charges in a weekend shooting in Stanton. Michael Holman, 30, of Brownsville, and Tarrence Starks, 28, of Stanton, are wanted in connection with a shooting Saturday…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery Monday evening at a local dollar store. Officers responded around 6:40 p.m. to a call about a robbery…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson City Council was presented with an amendment to alter two of the liquor zones on Tuesday. These zones were drawn in 1972. "I'm of…
