MIDDAY GUEST: National Blood Donor Month
Melinda Reid with LIFELINE Blood Services joined our show on Tuesday to discuss their initiatives amid National Blood Donor Month. Click here for more information on donating with LIFELINE. For more local…
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Body found near Parsons identified as missing man
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- A body discovered last week north of Parsons has been identified. According to the Decatur County Sheriff's Office, the body has been identified as Kyle Dixon of Knox County. Investigator Stephen Whitlock confirms Dixon was reported…
Sports card show benefiting local Special Olympics coming to Martin
PRESS RELEASE FROM CLINTON SMITH, AREA DIRECTOR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE, UPPER WEST REGION: SPORTS CARD SHOW BENEFITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF UPPER WEST TENNESSEE MARTIN, Tenn. – A sports card show featuring an extensive array of sports cards, ranging from vintage…
Conservation Dinner & Gun Bash to raise money for turkey research
JACKSON, Tenn. -- An upcoming event is asking the community to "fight" for turkeys. The Two Rivers Chapter of the Turkeys for Tomorrow will present a banquet on Saturday, February 24. The 2024 Conservation Dinner & Gun Bash will take…
Routine traffic stop ends in arrest at Skyline Drive
JACKSON, Tenn. – A routine traffic stop ended with one person arrested. We received a call from several of our WBBJ 7 Eyewitness tipsters regarding heavy police presence on the corner of Skyline…
New app to help you keep up-to-date on Jackson's many events of 2024
JACKSON, Tenn. – The year 2024 will be a busy year for the City of Jackson. The first events of the new year are kicking off this weekend. The Visit Jackson, TN office has…
Church holds blanket drive for homeless
JACKSON, Tenn. – With temperatures dropping, a local church is taking action for those in need. Aldersgate Methodist Church members held a blanket drive at RIFA Tuesday. The blankets will be given to the…
Respiratory illnesses increasing in the southeast
JACKSON, Tenn. – Doctors are warning of a rise in respiratory illnesses now that the holidays are winding down and Americans are getting back to their everyday lives. …
First city council meeting of 2024 held Tuesday
JACKSON, Tenn. – The Jackson City Council met for the first time in the new year. It was a fairly quick meeting to start 2024 for the Jackson City Council as the agenda was…
Trump appeals Maine ruling barring him from ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s secretary of state barring him from the state's 2024 ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contending she had no…
100 Women Who Care announces grant applications for local nonprofits
The following is a news release from the Community Foundation of West Tennessee: Jackson, Tenn. – 100 Women Who Care: West Tennessee is accepting applications from local nonprofits for their first grant awards since relaunching last year. The deadline to apply…
23-year-old woman killed after deer smashes through car windshield in Mississippi
PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman was killed early Tuesday when a deer smashed through the windshield of a car traveling on a Mississippi highway, authorities said. The deadly collision happened at about 5:20 a.m. on U.S. 61 in…
DeSantis and Haley will appear at next week's CNN debate at the same time as Trump's Fox town hall
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to appear at next week's Republican presidential debate on CNN, while former President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the same time. [caption id="attachment_1743387" align="aligncenter"…
Judge rules former clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses must pay $260,000 in fees, costs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal…
TBI: Obion County man faces arson, attempted arson, weapons charges
The following is a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: OBION COUNTY/ GIBSON COUNTY – An investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Kenton man, who has…
