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Grand Junction Police Search for Armed Robbery Suspects

GRAND JUNCTION Tenn.- Grand Junction Police are searching for two men and one woman believed to be involved in an armed robbery late Sunday. Investigators tell 7 Eyewitness News a woman drove the two suspects to Grand Junction, where the…

Rescue Horse Used for Therapy

This video is no longer available. MICHIE, Tenn. - Ava is just one of twelve horses that were rescued from a home in Holladay in October 2012. Now, eight months later, Ava is living and working at Hillside New Beginnings.…

Fatal Hit and Run in Trenton

This video is no longer available. GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn.- Trenton Police are searching for the driver of a white truck which is believed to have hit and killed a 74 year old man. The man was collecting cans on the…

Rangers: New Reservation System Brings More Campers

This video is no longer available. WILDERSVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee State Parks may have launched a new reservation system a few months ago, but park rangers here in West Tennessee say they are already seeing an increase in visitors, thanks…

Utility Provider Making Repairs, Adjustiments After Storm

This video is no longer available. HAYWOOD CO., Tenn.- A 300-foot radio tower came crashing down late Thursday, after it was damaged in a late afternoon storm. Southwest Electric told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News winds damaged the tower and they…

Watts Bar 2 reactor remains on schedule, on budget

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A new reactor at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant remains on schedule for completion in December 2015. Work was initially scheduled for completion in late 2012 at a cost of about $2.5…

Cash registers emptied at chain store

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Police in Bowling Green say someone emptied out four cash registers at a Macy's in a crime with similarities to a theft at the same chain in Tennessee. Officer Marc Kaiser wrote in a report…

6th Circuit won't stop prayers before meetings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court won't halt prayers before Hamilton County Commission meetings, at least for the time being. Brandon Jones and Tommy Coleman filed suit last year, claiming the invocation of Jesus' name before meetings violates…

Predators still in Central, open season at Blues

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Predators remain in the Central Division in the first season of the NHL's realignment, and they open the season Oct. 3 visiting the St. Louis Blues. The Predators already had been slotted into a…

Bethel Springs Community Helps Tractor Crash Victim

This video is no longer available. BETHEL SPRINGS, Tenn. - The Bethel Springs community has rallied in support of injured community member, Jackie Roach. "We're trying to raise money for his family to aid them in their stay at the…

School Supplies Giveaway in Selmer

This video is no longer available. SELMER, Tenn. - Backpacks, notebooks, pens, paper, and more will be available in Selmer as part of the Fourth Annual Back to School Bash, Saturday. Supplies will be handed out on a "first come,…

Downtown Brownsville Cleans Up Trees and Debris

This video is no longer available. BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.-The thunderstorms that hit West Tennessee left some people with a lot of cleaning up to do. Crews in Brownsville spent their morning removing trees that blocked some streets and knocked down power…

Man Shot in Buttocks Along North Highland Avenue

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- What appears to be a drive-by shooting early Friday morning in midtown Jackson leaves a man recovering from a gunshot wound to his backside. The man told officers just before 1 a.m.,…

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