JACKSON, Tenn. -- Three of the nine city council districts are contested in the upcoming municipal election. One of those is District 3, where incumbent Ernest Brooks is hoping to retain his seat in the race against challenger Robert Curlin.…
[gtxvideo vid="4TWHkgoh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4TWHkgoh.jpg" vtitle="Post Vision 2020”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School System will soon see changes. Another series of public forums wrapped up Thursday that will impact the future of the district. Parent Paul Williams is…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- On Thursday, the last day of early voting, more than a thousand voters went to the polls. A total of 1,030 Jackson voters cast ballots. That brings the early voting total to almost 7,200, which equals more…
The Jackson Symphony has announced their 55th Concert Season schedule. The season will include 11 performances starting Aug. 29. The 2015 season runs from August 2015 to April 2016. For the season schedule and information about each performance, find the…
[gtxvideo vid="Bb4p9Rmx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Bb4p9Rmx.jpg" vtitle="K9 Drug Arrests UPDATE”] HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies have made a second arrest after searching a Paris home. Deputies say Brooke Myers has been charged with drug counts. Henry County deputies arrested Korey Rick…
[gtxvideo vid="UcVFunJH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UcVFunJH.jpg" vtitle="West TN Storm Spotters PKG”] BEMIS, Tenn. -- William Brantley has been a storm spotter in Bemis for decades, and his weather station got an upgrade Thursday, going from an analog to a digital thermometer…
EAST JACKSON -- Officers responded Thursday afternoon to a traffic accident involving a Jackson Transit Authority bus on Lincoln Circle. Jackson firefighters on scene said the driver of the car was transported. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News will have more information…
[gtxvideo vid="AcE0ktne" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AcE0ktne.jpg" vtitle="Car Into House”] NORTH JACKSON -- A car has run into the front of a north Jackson house. The car struck the home just after 4 p.m. Thursday in the 20 block of Howlett Cove.…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in court Thursday on accusations of burglary and then giving police an incorrect name. Cortez Rashun Williams is charged with aggravated burglary and criminal impersonation. An officer responded Wednesday to a report of a…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Two men appeared in Jackson court Thursday on charges stemming from alleged thefts of guns, guitars and other items from a Jackson home. A homeowner reported the thefts March 30. He told Jackson police two Les Paul…
[gtxvideo vid="LoOPz7Cf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LoOPz7Cf.jpg" vtitle="Trinity Mart Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Thursday on accusations of robbery and later running from police. Two men told police they were robbed at gunpoint Sunday at Trinity Food…
[gtxvideo vid="vISlu6sT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vISlu6sT.jpg" vtitle="Police Social Media PKG”] MILAN, Tenn. -- In less than 24 hours, WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewers help solve two cases in Milan. Tuesday night, Milan officers released surveillance pictures from their Walmart, and Wednesday…
[gtxvideo vid="wFYCt38p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wFYCt38p.jpg" vtitle="City Council Race”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- All nine seats of the Jackson City Council are on the ballot. However, only three of them are contested. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News caught up to District 2 incumbent…
[gtxvideo vid="g78IF13W" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/g78IF13W.jpg" vtitle="Henry Co K9 Training - Katie”] PARIS, Tenn. -- From Texas to New York and 25 states in between, hundreds of drug dogs are sharpening their skills in Henry County this week. The Henry County…
[gtxvideo vid="b2zna9Mo" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/b2zna9Mo.jpg" vtitle="Early Voting”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- We are inching closer and closer to when voters decide who will lead the city of Jackson for the next four years. Officials already are calling this a historic election,…
