JACKSON, Tenn. -- Happiness is not only an emotion, but it's a feeling. One local church allowed the community to not only look happy, but feel happy in their stomachs. Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church fed over 300 people Thursday…
NEW YORK (AP) — Beloved cartoon characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants are taking to the skies above New York City in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade is marking its 97th year. It started Thursday under cool…
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and “Scream” star Melissa Barrera were each dropped by Hollywood companies after making comments on the Israel-Hamas war that some deemed antisemitic. Spyglass Media Group, the production company behind the upcoming “Scream…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court. Families that lost loved ones to overdoses are divided over…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Thanksgiving is a time to reunite with family and celebrate together what they're thankful for. But for many that requires traveling. With the holiday season…
JACKSON, Tenn. – It's the season of gratitude, and that comes for gifters and receivers. But in order to make the hand off you need to make sure you…
UPDATE: JPD: No charges to be filed after pedestrian struck JACKSON, Tenn. — Authorities are investigating a body found on the side of a busy Jackson highway. According to officials…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican-drawn map for Tennessee's Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the legislative districts in left-leaning Nashville, which affects which years those seats are on the ballot, a panel of judges ruled…
The following is a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation TIPTONVILLE – An ongoing drug investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and 27th Judicial Drug Task Force,…
From the Dyersburg Police Department on Facebook: November 22, 2023 9-hour armed standoff results in arrest November 21, 2023, Dyersburg police responded to the area of 104 West and Evansville in reference to a man waiving a gun around. Officers…
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that…
In the first episode of WBBJ's podcast "Traffic Jam with Downtown Ricky Brown," Brown sits down with McNairy County Mayor Larry Smith about the county's new agricultural events center…
LEBANON, Maine (AP) — A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit against the mother of his child in an attempt to keep his identity concealed. The man won a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of child sex charges who has been on the run for over a month after escaping custody in Tennessee has been captured in Florida. The FBI in Knoxville said on social…
NEWS FROM THE GREATER JACKSON CHAMBER: The 2023 Holiday Season is here! What better way to start off the season than by shopping local with our 2023 Greater Jackson Chamber Holiday Gift Guide? The 2023 Shop Local: Holiday Gift Guide…
