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Humboldt Police Release More Details in Thursday Shooting

This video is no longer available. HUMBOLDT, Tenn. - The Humboldt Police Department has released additional details in a shooting death, Thursday. According to a news release, Ricky Eugene Gaines, 51, was killed in the incident. Police believe Gaines stabbed…

Hostess to close, cites nationwide worker strike

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Hostess Brands says it is going out of business, closing plants that make Twinkies and Wonder Bread and laying off all of its 18,500 workers. The Irving, Texas, company says a nationwide worker strike crippled its…

Police Identify Victim in Jackson's 13th Homicide

This video is no longer available. JACKSON Tenn.- The Jackson Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting that killed one man. Officers responded to the shooting at 173 Lealand Lane around 5 p.m. Officials said they found Devon Staten,…

Post Office in Bradford Facing Possible Service Reduction

This video is no longer available. BRADFORD, Tenn.- Dozens of people in Bradford crowded into the post office, Thursday evening in an effort to save the services and hours provided by the location. Residents throughout the town were surveyed last…

Hampton Inn on Campbell St. Robbed

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- A north Jackson hotel was robbed at gunpoint, Thursday evening. Now police are trying to determine if the same suspect or suspects tried to rob someone outside of PetSmart on Vann Drive…

One Dead, One Injured after Shooting in Humboldt

This video is no longer available. HUMBOLDT, Tenn. - Humboldt police are investigating a shooting case. Officers were dispatched to the area of West Side Drive and Lee Street in reference to a robbery where shots were fired around 12:45…

Carl Perkins Center Announces Benefit Concert Performance

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- Thursday, the Exchange Club/Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse kicked off its public campaign for its upcoming Blue Suede Spectacular. The center hosted a media luncheon, Thursday afternoon, where…

New Traffic Cameras Installed in Jackson

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- You might want to slow down while driving in Jackson because traffic cams are going back up. At one of the locations, North Highland at Carriage House Drive, crews from Red Flex…

Hardeman Co. Deputy Injured in Crash Returns Home

This video is no longer available. MIDDLETON, Tenn.-WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News is happy to report that the Hardeman County sheriff's deputy who was paralyzed after an on-duty crash back in August is back home in Middleton. Deputy Dale Wyman was…

State Could Take Over Whiteville Elementary

This video is no longer available. WHITEVILLE, Tenn- Whiteville Elementary School, in Hardeman County, is listed on the Department of Education's High Priority list. Now, the school's faculty and staff is making changes to improve. The list targets schools that…

Sheriff's Department Investigating Homicide In Denmark

This video is no longer available. MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. - After an early morning call, Madison County Sheriff Deputies spent hours combing through an area of Denmark-Jackson Road in the Denmark community after finding a dead man on the side…

Shots Fired on Lealand Lane

JACKSON, Tenn. - Police responded to a report of shots fired just 5 o'clock Thursday evening in the 100 block of Lealand Lane. Initial reports believe the suspect is a black man who was wearing a dark jacket and a…

Stolen Guns from Deputy's Car Recovered

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- In a follow-up to a story WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News brought you earlier this week, the two guns stolen from a Madison County deputy's car have been recovered, thanks to a viewer…

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