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Family Horse Found Shot Dead in Possible Poaching

This video is no longer available. DYER COUNTY, Tenn.- Dyer County Deputies are asking for help after one family's pet horse was found shot dead, Thursday morning. Officials say someone opened fire in the darkness off of Parker Road in…

Local Residents Losing Unemployment Benefits

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn- More than a million U.S. citizens will lose their unemployment benefits on Saturday; and for some local residents the loss is hitting close to home. Sharon Sewell receives unemployment benefits but after…

Update: Bells Fire Victims Receive Big Donations

This video is no longer available. CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- Some good news after a tragic Christmas fire left one family in Bells homeless after the holidays. Just hours after the family's story aired on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News, family…

Two-Year- Old Falls In Sinkhole, Saved by Pants Leg

This video is no longer available. HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn.- One West Tennessee family saves their two-year-old child from a being swallowed by a massive sinkhole in Stanton, Thursday. Haywood County deputies told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News the toddler slipped in…

Dyersburg Shooting Victim Speaks Out

This video is no longer available. DYERSBURG, Tenn- James Simonton said he's lucky to be alive. "The same bullet that hit me is the same bullet that hit and killed him," Simonton said. Simonton's friend, Quincy Terry was shot in…

Ceramic Heater Fire Destroys House in Huntingdon

This video is no longer available. HUNTINGDON, Tenn. -- Instead of unwrapping gifts on Christmas 58-year-old Eddie Woods Sr. and his fiance were looking for a place to stay after a heater in their laundry room set their house on…

Child In Sinkhole

This video is no longer available. UPDATE: The child who fell into the sinkhole in Stanton is ok. The Haywood County Sheriff tells us that the child was standing on the sinkhole when it opened up. Her clothes were then…

Christmas Day Fire Leaves Family Homeless

CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Christmas fire destroys a home in Bells, leaving the family homeless. Raymond Woodward said he was cooking a Christmas meal for his family when the kitchen went up in flames. "It was blazing," Woodward said.…

Jackson Police Work Around the Clock at Christmas

This video is no longer available. DOWNTOWN JACKSON, Tenn. -- Many enjoy a day or two off over the holidays. But for those who vow to keep Jackson citizens safe, they will work around the clock. "In my life, my…

Kids "Unwrap" Father After Surprise Return from Kuwait

This video is no longer available. PARIS, Tenn. -- To Carlie and Mason Thompson, seeing their father under their Christmas tree was priceless. Chris and Gary Thompson serve in the Army National Guard. After being stationed in Kuwait for nine…

Homeless for the Holidays: The Story of George Wiliams

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. -- It's the most wonderful time of the year but instead of putting gifts under the tree George Earnest Williams will spend his Christmas at a shelter. "After my wife passed away…

Basketball Player Brings Christmas to a Family in Need

This video is no longer available. BOLIVAR, Tenn. - Christmas comes early for a family in need as former Bolivar basketball standout Willie Kemp gives back to his community. "I just can't explain it," Christmas surprise recipient Charlene Hudson said.…

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