[gtxvideo vid="DS1cvoHk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/DS1cvoHk.jpg" vtitle="Dyer Downtown Demolition PKG”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The city of Dyer is getting a new look as one of the city's historic buildings is prepared for demolition Wednesday. The former Ben Franklin building was…
[gtxvideo vid="2UFxLrKX" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2UFxLrKX.jpg" vtitle="Hendrix Murder conviction”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Madison County jury hands down a guilty verdict Tuesday in a deadly July 2014 shooting. Dontavious Hendrix was found guilty of second-degree murder in the North Royal Street…
[gtxvideo vid="LYPzrFwl" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LYPzrFwl.jpg" vtitle="Medina Car Explosion”] MEDINA, Tenn. -- A pickup truck fire left a charred scene Wednesday morning near a Medina home. The homeowner said he looked out his window around 10 a.m., saw smoke and realized…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have identified the man accused of hitting a motorcycle with his pickup truck Sunday, injuring a man and 9-year-old girl, and then leaving the scene. Dwayne Brasfield, 54, of Humboldt has admitted to investigators he…
[gtxvideo vid="ftWBRv2d" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ftWBRv2d.jpg" vtitle="Haynes Agg Burglary”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Wednesday in city court on accusations of breaking into a storage closet and later selling items he stole from it. Ty Haynes is charged with aggravated…
[gtxvideo vid="wy6oc2Rt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wy6oc2Rt.jpg" vtitle="Toyota Team Visit”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A caravan of Toyota vehicles rolls into the Hub City Wednesday to make a stop at a local manufacturer and meet with officials. The visit is part of a…
[gtxvideo vid="acPF2BRh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/acPF2BRh.jpg" vtitle="Hit And Run Update”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A suspect in a weekend hit-and-run in Gibson County is taken into custody. Sheriff Paul Thomas told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News after hundreds of tips from the…
[gtxvideo vid="JENmhcYE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JENmhcYE.jpg" vtitle="Old Hickory Shooting Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man accused of shooting another man inside a Jackson hotel room on the 4th of July was arraigned Wednesday in Jackson City Court. Jacques Marquette Anderson is…
[gtxvideo vid="A9DuAYFr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/A9DuAYFr.jpg" vtitle="Peaches Simple Assault PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson family is still in shock after an encounter with a former Jackson police officer takes an unexpected turn while shopping at Walmart. "My baby was on…
[gtxvideo vid="RcASKMG2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RcASKMG2.jpg" vtitle="Ramer Comptroller”] McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- An investigation by the state comptroller's office lists a variety of problems for one West Tennessee city. The report says several mistakes have gone uncorrected for years within the…
SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say they have canceled an Amber Alert that was issued for a 14-year-old East Tennessee girl seen with a 41-year-old sex offender after both were found in Virginia. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A Tennessee woman has reached a plea deal after being charged with child abuse and fleeing from police during a chaotic 2013 traffic stop in which a New Mexico officer shot at her minivan full of…
[gtxvideo vid="wnbWYD74" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wnbWYD74.jpg" vtitle="Auto Shop Burglary PKG”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Henderson County man is behind bars on charges of stealing 40 catalytic converters from one business. Christopher Howard was arrested over the holiday weekend for the…
[gtxvideo vid="n8SMnRjt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/n8SMnRjt.jpg" vtitle="JMCSS Principals”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Jackson-Madison County Schools Superintendent Dr. Verna Ruffin announced the appointments of four new principals Tuesday for the 2015-2016 school year. Tracey Vowell has been named new principal at Pope…
[gtxvideo vid="EEdDz2NU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EEdDz2NU.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Car Fire”] EAST JACKSON -- Traffic was shut down at an east Jackson intersection after an SUV caught fire Tuesday afternoon. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewer Tony Hernandez sent video of the SUV on…
