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…
[gtxvideo vid="O0pOhdwn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/O0pOhdwn.jpg" vtitle="Hilliard Child Abuse Indictment PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- New charges are filed in the 2014 death of a baby boy in Benton County. The mother's boyfriend is already serving time for the murder. Now…
[gtxvideo vid="lnoCpG4m" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lnoCpG4m.jpg" vtitle="Prayer Meeting PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Church groups gathered Tuesday in north Jackson to pray for the lives lost in the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., and for a brighter, kinder future without racism. Skyline…
