MARTIN, Tenn.-- A West Tennessee women's athletic's legend turns 90 on Jan. 11. Bettye Giles started as a physical education teacher at the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1952. At that…
More than a million Toyota vehicles are being recalled over air bag concerns. It comes a week after Ford announced it was recalling about a million cars in the U.S. because of Takata airbag worries. The air bags could explode…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A video made by local high school students has reached 100,000 views on YouTube. "[It was] a lot bigger deal than I thought it was…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Exchange Club is accepting nominations for Jackson's Man of the Year. The annual Man of the Year celebration is an Exchange Club tradition dating back to the mid-1940s when the inaugural Man of the Year…
BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host a public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease Tuesday evening in Bolivar. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Bolivar Middle School gymnasium, located…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Rotary Club is accepting nominations for Jackson's Woman of the Year for 2018. The Woman of the Year is open to any woman who is a resident of Madison County and is at least 40…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Lifeline Blood Services says they are in urgent need of O-negative and O-positive blood types. According to Lifeline, patients used large amounts of blood last week and more will be needed for blood transfusions this week as…
NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Department of Health has released its list of the 10 most popular baby names in the state of Tennessee in 2018. Emma tops the list as the No. 1 baby name for girls, replacing Ava, according…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's mobile American Job Center will visit the Hub City next week. The mobile center will be located at the Jackson-Madison County Library from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tuesday,…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- The Martin Police Department will host a new Citizen Police Academy class this spring. The class will be the first in the department's new facility and will begin at 6 p.m. March 5, according to a release…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- There's something more to get excited about besides the new year — the Girl Scout cookie season is upon us! Not only that, but the Girl Scouts have announced a brand new cookie. The new caramel chocolate chip…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- In no particular order, here are some of WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News' most popular stories of 2018. At #1, federal agents retrace their steps in the Cayce McDaniel…
NASHVILLE -- New laws are coming to Tennessee at the start of the new year. One of them deals with the opioid crisis. It requires doctors to document when they give prescriptions for opioids that are more than a three-day supply.…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Gibson Electric Membership Corporation has announced there were thousands without power Monday morning due to weather. According to a release, recent weather has caused outages to about 2,100 members. There were reportedly 13 outage locations scattered…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Gas prices in Tennessee have fallen 3.2 cents per gallon in the past week. Gas is now averaging $2 a gallon, according to GasBuddy's daily survey. Current gas prices in Nashville are 2.11 a gallon, down 4.3 cents…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is advising soybean and cotton farmers to follow new federal guidelines when applying a weed killer blamed for drifting and damaging crops in neighboring fields. In a news release, the department…
NASHVILLE -- Governor-elect Bill Lee has announced two cabinet appointments. Major General Jeff Holmes, who is from Carroll County, will lead the department of military. Holmes currently serves as the deputy commanding general of First Army and has previously served as…
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JACKSON, Tenn. -- One local nonprofit is on their way to having a new building. The Dream Center is in the middle of fundraising for their new building. So far they've raised more than $1.5 million of their total goal,…
