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JPD Officer Hospitalized After Serving Warrant

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - Officer Kelly Schrotberger was admitted to the hospital after serving a warrant. Early Thursday morning, Schrotberger assisted the gang unit in a warrant. It was not until the team returned back…

Community Saddened after Two Children Killed in Fire

This video is no longer available. DYERSBURG, Tenn. - A tragedy in Dyer County is bringing the community together. Investigators in Dyersburg are looking into what caused a fire that killed two young children. Friends and family are grieving. "It…

County Files Public Nuisance Action Against Poise Lounge

This video is no longer available. UPDATE: On Friday, April 19, 2013 Chancellor James F. Butler issued a temporary injunction ordering the Poise club also known as the UpNorth club be padlocked. A hearing has been scheduled for April 26th…

More Than a Dozen Workers Laid off at Hospital in Martin

This video is no longer available. WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. More than a dozen hospital workers at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin were laid off, Thursday. Hospital officials said the firing came as a result of the hospital making mandatory staffing…

All Madison County Storm Sirens Working

This video is no longer available. MADISON COUNTY, Tenn.- According to the Madison County Emergency Management Director, all 47 sirens in Madison County are functioning properly. If you live in the Jackson-Madison County area and are within ear-shot of a…

Two Arrested in Connection with Wednesday Shooting

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- Jackson police have arrested a man in connection with a Tuesday afternoon shooting along Belmont Avenue. But they also arrested the man he may have been aiming for. Police said B.J. Ward,…

Shots Fired into Building on Old Hickory

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson police are looking for two men who opened fire shots outside an apartment complex along Old Hickory Boulevard in west Jackson, Thursday morning. Witnesses told police they saw two black men fire…

Football Coach Waived Preliminary Hearing

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.-. JCM assistant football coach Anthony Anderson was back before a judge, Thursday afternoon. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News was there when the 25-year-old waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Court records showed…

Holly Bobo's Purse Found, Law Enforcement Searching the Area

This video is no longer available. FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that nothing resulted from Thursday's search effort. They do not currently have any plans for another search in the near future. ORIGINAL STORY: DARDEN, Tenn.…

County Files Public Nuisance Action Against Poise Lounge

JACKSON, Tenn. - A public nuisance action has been filed against a Madison County night club. According to Sheriff David Woolfork, at his request, Madison County Attorney Steve Maroney filed the petition in Chancery Court, Thursday. The petition requests that…

Miss. man charged with threatening Obama, others

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama and others. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Thursday that 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis…

Storms building, will sweep east across Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Strong thunderstorms are expected to develop across Tennessee and some could become severe. The National Weather Service said West Tennessee will see stormy weather late Thursday afternoon into the evening as a squall line moves eastward…

Miss. mail suspect described body-parts conspiracy

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin described uncovering a conspiracy to trade human body parts on the black market and sometimes performed as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Forty-five-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis was…

College Baseball: FHU vs. Lemoyne-Owen

This video is no longer available. HENDERSON, Tenn.- Wednesday was a long day for the Freed-Hardeman Lions as they took on Lemoyne-Owen College on the diamond... In the 8th inning, the Lions would get three straight hits, followed by an…

Three West Tennessee Sites Finalists for New 4-H Camp

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn.- Camp Hazlewood in Henry County has been formally designated as one of three finalist as the site for the proposed 4-H Youth Education and Conference Center. Hazlewood will be in competition with a Hardeman County site which…

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