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Bolivar Residents Remember 9/11

This video is no longer available. HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. - No matter how far away you were, the morning of September 11 still stings many people across the country. Firefighters with the Bolivar Fire Department remembers the hundreds of first…

Former NYC Business Owner Reflects on 9/11

This video is no longer available. BELLS, Tenn. - It has been 11 years since terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City, but for some West Tennesseans, it feels like just yesterday. That is the case for…

JMCAAC Honors First Reponders at Golf Tournament

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- The Jackson-Madison County African American Chamber of Commerce took some time Tuesday to honor first responders before teeing off for their second annual golf classic tournament, Tuesday. After honoring those officials for…

Deputies Chase Burglary Suspects

This video is no longer available. MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. - The Madison County Sheriff's Department is searching for two men who are suspects in home burglaries. According to investigators, deputies pulled over a red sedan, at the intersection of Beech…

Wrestler, Commentator Lawler in Hospital

MONTREAL (AP) - Professional wrestler and commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler is stable in the cardiac care unit of a Montreal hospital after collapsing during a World Wrestling Entertainment event. The WWE posted an update on Lawler's condition Tuesday afternoon…

Man Found Dead after Apparent Arson

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - Jackson firefighters are investigating a suspicious fire. A man inside the house was found dead by firefighters of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities were called to the scene at 100…

Body Found in Creek Identified

The identity of a man found dead in a central Kentucky creek has been released. Scott County Coroner John Goble says on Monday that the victim was 29-year-old Jorge Zamudio Flores of Frankfort. Flores' body was discovered Friday partially submerged…

Thieves Risk Lives for Copper

Utility officials in Breathitt County say copper thieves risked their lives stealing from an American Electric Power substation. Someone crawled under a fence at the Haddix substation over the weekend. They only got about two-hundred feet of copper wire, but…

Sentence in Bank Robbery Case

A Tupelo man has been sentenced to seventy months in prison for the 2011 armed robbery of Merchants & Farmers Bank. Twenty-six-year-old Matthew Hyde Maynard was indicted Nov. 15, 2011, on three counts associated with the bank robbery. He faced…

Bookkeeper Arrested for Embezzlement

A 47-year-old Pass Christian woman has been accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer over a period of nearly two years. Harrison County sheriff's investigators arrested Kathleen Sue Woods on an embezzlement charge Monday. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said…

Gas Drive-Offs Becoming A Problem

This video is no longer available. UNION CITY, Tenn. - Gas prices are high and police said so is the number of people refusing to pay for it. AAA estimated gas at $3.65 per gallonon average across the state, which…

Dyersburg Teen Dead; Meningitis Suspected Cause

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A Middle Tennessee State University freshman who died on Monday is suspected of having meningitis, and health officials want anyone who was in close contact with him to get evaluated. According to a news release from…

RIFA Getting Settled in New Building

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- RIFA is getting settled in after more than a week of moving into its new downtown Jackson location. RIFA is now located in the old Nando Jones building on Airways Boulevard, which…

Guilty Pleas Entered in Puppy Abuse Case

This video is no longer available. WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn.- Two teens accused of killing a puppy in Weakley County entered in a guilty plea during their arraignment, Monday. According to the Weakley County Circuit Clerk's Office, Preston Odle and Levi…

Two Sentenced to 40+ Years Without Parole

Two of three men found guilty this summer of kidnapping and robbing a Jackson couple last year were sentenced, Monday. Police told 7 Eyewitness News, Jordan Curry and Deangelo White were sentenced to 44 years and 40 years, respectively, without…

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