JACKSON, Tenn. -- Residents at a Jackson apartment complex search for answers after the city notifies them their units are "unsafe." On Tuesday, staff with the city's Building and Housing Codes Department posted…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A law enforcement sweep Wednesday led to dozens of arrests across the six-county area that makes up the 26th and 28th State Judicial Districts. During the operation, 39 people were arrested for various state violations ranging from firearm and…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Three small businesses doing big things in Jackson received awards Thursday. The Tennessee Small Business Development Center recognized owners at the Jackson Chamber. “It's very motivational,” Diana…
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- A line of storms brought high winds and some damage Thursday morning in West Tennessee. WBBJ viewer Sharon Hayes sent us photos of damage including a downed tree along Highway 54 in Alamo. Stay tuned to…
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added a man accused of kidnapping his niece to their Top Ten Most Wanted list. Gary Simpson is wanted by the Rogersville Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A hiker says he was bitten by a bear as he slept along the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Park spokeswoman Dana Soehn tells local media that the 49-year-old hiker told authorities…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The Army says a 101st Airborne Division soldier has died from injuries suffered during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana. A statement from Fort Campbell says the soldier died May 10 after participating…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- For the first time a West Tennessee family who fought to save one of their own, a 7-year-old almost killed in a vicious dog…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson mother called WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News Wednesday saying she and her neighbors came home to "do not occupy" notices from the city on their doors…
JACKSON, Tenn.-A temporary order of protection filed against former Jackson Police Sergeant Peaches Nesbitt was dismissed Wednesday. The order was filed by a local mother who accused Nesbitt of grabbing her young daughter at Walmart, last June, after another encounter…
JACKSON, Tenn.-Fresh off Tuesday night's school board meeting, where some capitol expenses were approved, the Jackson-Madison County School Board held a budget meeting Wednesday morning. The top, Wednesday, the school system's five-year plan for capitol improvements. The school budget committee…
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Cleanup begins for homeowners and several businesses after a tornado rips through a Western Kentucky community. Wilby Hawkins said he and four other employees were working when the funnel…
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. -- Investigators believe a 9-year-old East Tennessee girl allegedly taken from school by her uncle may be in serious danger. Gary Simpson, 57, is an uncle by marriage to…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, but how active are our kids? The State Comptroller's Office released statistics after researching physical activity in Tennessee's public schools. Currently,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for help to identify a man and woman they say stole more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from Belk at the Old Hickory Mall.…
