2 in custody, 1 on run after Dyer Co. manhunt
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- A massive manhunt goes on for hours,Tuesday night in Dyer County with dozens of officers searching hundreds of acres. Two people are in custody after deputies…
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Fire investigators: Bolivar home goes up in flames, second time in seven months
BOLIVAR, Tenn.-The Bolivar Fire Department needs your help putting an arsonist behind bars after a home goes up in flames for the second time in just seven months. State bomb and…
Tennessee hires firm to score TNReady tests after mishaps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has entered a contract with Pearson Education to have it score the TNReady assessments this year after the previous vendor was fired this spring. News outlets…
Soldier, back from serving overseas, surprises daughter on field trip
HALLS, Tenn. -- There were plenty of touching moments Tuesday as a mother was reunited with her daughter after being separated for months by thousands of miles. It's something the…
Officers say car theft leads to manhunt in Dyer Co.
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officers from multiple agencies are searching a wooded area near Sorrell Chapel Road near Highway 412 where two men wanted in a car theft reportedly…
Nova Elementary awards students one final time
JACKSON, Tenn. -- With Wednesday marking the official end to the school year, across the district students are enjoying their last days of schools. Especially those that will close for…
Middle school steps up students' style with bow ties, pearls
JACKSON, Tenn. -- North Parkway Middle School will soon have a brand new look to begin its new school year this fall. A new era of professionalism will soon grace the…
Henry Co. Sheriff's Dept. offers reward in large-scale gun theft
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- The sheriff's department is offering a cash reward after the theft of a large number of rifles, shotguns and handguns. The firearm thefts, which include many…
Park euthanizes bear believed responsible for Smokies attack
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have euthanized a black bear that they believe bit a sleeping Appalachian Trail hiker last week. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that park wildlife technicians shot the bear with…
Henderson Co. Chamber hosts job fair ahead of local layoffs
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- This week brought some good news for one local community expected to lose nearly 200 jobs over the next year. The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce hosted…
Church to host summer prayer meetings across Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local church is taking its mission to the streets of West Tennessee this summer. Campbell Street Church of Christ says they're taking a vacation from their…
Haslam names Ohio emergency administrator to head TEMA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has named Ohio emergency operations administrator Patrick Sheehan as the new director of Tennessee's disaster response agency. Sheehan takes over as director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency from David Purkey, who remains assistant…
Woman shares personal struggle with unseen reality of anxiety
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Experts say around 40 million people in the United States struggle with some type of anxiety disorder, which is around 18 percent of the population. "It's real — that's the most important thing," Ashleigh Burton said. She…
Bald eagle accidently struck, killed by ambulance
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- A weekend crash claims an unlikely victim, a bald eagle. In what can only be called a freak accident, the national symbol was struck by an ambulance…
County commission budget committee meets with JMC School System
JACKSON, Tenn.-The Jackson-Madison County School System met with the county commission budget committee Monday afternoon to once again discuss the district's budget for the next fiscal year. The committee went through…
