[gtxvideo vid="E1ODePxy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/E1ODePxy.jpg" vtitle="Election Commission Controversy PKG”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Wayne Chester served on the Weakley County Election Commission for more than 14 years until he was removed over the weekend by State Rep. Andy Holt. Both…
[gtxvideo vid="qHj8kNOw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qHj8kNOw.jpg" vtitle="McKenzie Mascot PKG”] McKENZIE, Tenn. -- Residents in McKenzie are discussing whether the school district's mascot is appropriate. School staff said "Colonel Reb" has represented the "Red and Gray" since the 1940s. "We were never…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police and fire employees will receive a 2 percent raise in the fiscal year 2016 budget approved by the Memphis City Council. The budget approved in a council vote Tuesday also calls for a 1 percent…
McKENZIE, Tenn. -- The city of McKenzie has received a more than $1 million loan to improve their water and waste water infrastructure. The $1.8 million is a low-interest loan provided by the State Revolving Fund Loan Program, according to…
[gtxvideo vid="O4XkDzuB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/O4XkDzuB.jpg" vtitle="Sports Second In State 10pm”] Jackson's popular senior adult men's league continues to dominate on the big stage. Team Popeyes won silver in Franklin over the weekend after losing to Crossville in the championship. In…
[gtxvideo vid="uJBbDBqD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uJBbDBqD.jpg" vtitle="Hardeman Hoader PKG”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- A mess in Hardeman County is finally dwindling after two years of complaints. "Wonderful — I cannot believe they are finally doing something," Laura Wade said. Neighbors say for…
[gtxvideo vid="zfWedCtZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/zfWedCtZ.jpg" vtitle="Haslam TDOT Grant”] TRENTON, Tenn. -- Gov. Bill Haslam announced a grant amounting to half a million dollars Wednesday to revamp downtown infrastructure. Haslam along with Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer visited the town…
[gtxvideo vid="re4PP6l0" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/re4PP6l0.jpg" vtitle="THP Fleet”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- If you've traveled the 45 Bypass through Jackson lately, you may have noticed a fleet of Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicles in an auto dealer's lot. Golden Circle Auto Group is…
[gtxvideo vid="mzajVIdI" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mzajVIdI.jpg" vtitle="Haslem On Tags”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Gov. Bill Haslam takes a stand on the state's specialty license plate featuring the Confederate flag. Haslam told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News on Monday he'd like to see the…
[gtxvideo vid="BsSETieq" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BsSETieq.jpg" vtitle="Church Fire Update PKG”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- State Bomb and Arson investigators worked Wednesday to determine what sparked a fire that destroyed a Gibson County church. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives…
[gtxvideo vid="q6pdcfMi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/q6pdcfMi.jpg" vtitle="HWY 412 Accident”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A four-vehicle wreck Wednesday afternoon west of Lexington leaves four people injured, according to Henderson County Sheriff Bryan Duke. The four injured were transported by ambulance, and the…
[gtxvideo vid="f8ftMhy7" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/f8ftMhy7.jpg" vtitle="NBF Park”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- A local lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park in Benton County. Rep. Johnny Shaw, a Democrat representing District 80…
[gtxvideo vid="0D8HFKQU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0D8HFKQU.jpg" vtitle="Police Chief Terminated”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- The police chief of Newbern has been fired after being suspended twice this year on allegations of a hostile work environment. Doug Robertson was suspended in April and…
[gtxvideo vid="cpJcnHQ1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cpJcnHQ1.jpg" vtitle="Food Mart Robbery 6pm”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in court Wednesday on charges of robbing an east Jackson convenience store. Rocky White is accused of being one of the three men responsible for…
[gtxvideo vid="EZHGqVZp" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EZHGqVZp.jpg" vtitle="White Agg Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared Wednesday in city court on accusations of stabbing a man in the face during an altercation at a Jackson apartment. Meshyala White faces an aggravated assault…
