District Attorney: Self defense claim "bogus"
BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A stern warning to Benton County residents from District Attorney Matt Stowe after a shooting earlier this week left a 19 year-old dead and a 21…
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Search continues for missing Henry County woman
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Brooke Walker, 34, suddenly went missing Tuesday, last seen at a home on Henry Mansfield Road with her co-workers. According to friends, Walker and her…
Students vs. faculty charity game at Jackson Christian funds good cause
NORTH JACKSON -- A basketball game at Jackson Christian on Friday pitted teachers against their own students. It was student vs. faculty in Jackson Christian's seventh annual charity basketball game.…
Paris, Tenn., residents create memorial for victims of France attacks
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Citizens of Paris are extending condolences to the victims of the terror attacks in France. Paris, Tenn., citizens are sending good thoughts and prayers to the…
Local students help children their own age in Africa
JACKSON, Tenn. -- One organization is inspiring West Tennessee students to get out of their "bubble" and help other kids their age across the world. "We have a very privileged life,"…
JSCC breaks ground on Health Sciences Building
JACKSON, Tenn. -- School leaders and local officials gathered Friday at Jackson State Community College to commemorate breaking ground on a new building project. The Health Sciences Building will be…
Man faces drug charge after Martin apartment search
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Officers in Martin executed search warrants at a home Friday morning, seizing drugs and making an arrest. Police arrested Jeffery Davis, 51, on a count of drug possession with intent to sell. Investigators say field tests on…
Work-from-home scam yields fake paychecks, police say
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are warning the public of a work-from-home scam that leaves workers stuck with fake paychecks. Investigators with the Jackson Police Department say several residents have been victims of…
Police ask for help to ID suspect in Old Medina Market burglary
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking the public to help ID a suspect in a recent burglary at Old Medina Market. Investigators say a black male appearing to be in his…
Goodwill's 'Blue Friday' sale brings business to new store location
NORTH JACKSON -- In the middle of the holiday shopping season and ahead of Black Friday and Gray Thursdays sits the newest addition — Blue Friday. Most of the shoppers…
Shoppers swarm civic center for USJ Holiday Mart
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Shoppers swarmed the Carl Perkins Civic Center on Friday for the first full day of the 45th annual University School of Jackson Holiday Mart. “I'm buying some…
Man charged in Big Sandy shooting death
BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have filed charges against the suspect in a deadly Monday shooting in Big Sandy. The sheriff told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News that George Burns III was…
Officers locate missing teen, return her to mother
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. -- Police say they have located a missing juvenile and returned her to her mother. Deputies in Hardeman County got a tip Thursday night that led them to 14-year-old…
Pizza man robbed at gunpoint on Lane College campus
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police say a pizza delivery man was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night. Police say around 8 p.m., the pizza man was approached by two black men outside Alumni Hall at Lane College. Authorities say one of…
Fire damages home, Red Cross helps family
JACKSON, Tenn. --A late night fire damages a south Jackson home. The Jackson Fire Department says it happened around midnight at 124 Chester Levee Road. Firefighters say it was a cooking fire and not deemed suspicious. They say the kitchen…
