Brownsville, TN

Oakland, Tenn.–A home at 225 Whitehead Loop was destroyed by an early morning fire, but all the residents–including the dogs and cats–were able to get out of the house. One resident was transported to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation. The Oakland Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched...

Jeff Stewart decided to buy two Tennessee Lottery tickets instead of his usual one last week. That second ticket won him $1 million.

A former secretary of the Brighton Blitz Booster Club is charged with theft following an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. Comptroller Jason Mumpower says Amy Spurlin is charged with one count of theft over $1,000. The booster club helps raise money for the Brighton High School football team....

A forty-foot memorial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday to commemorate the life of Madison County Deputy Sheriff Terry Dyer. Six motorcycles will escort the processional to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Denmark, according to a press release from the department. Dyer served in law enforcement for more than 35 years. ...

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health has suspended the license of a West Tennessee cancer doctor for a second time. The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners suspended Dr. Omar Ahmad’s license in 2014 but lifted that suspension in 2020. In March of 2022, the broad suspended Ahmad’s license again and said he treated […]

MARTIN, Tenn. – Randy Boyd considers the 2022 University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program participants as his classmates – and for good reason. He’s officially one of them. The University of Tennessee System president was announced as the fourth honorary graduate in the leadership program’s history during WestStar’s annual graduation event held June 21 at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt.

The state comptroller’s office has charged a former Brighton Blitz Booster Club with stealing from fundraising events. On Dec. 12, 2020, the club contacted the comptroller’s office to report its secretary, Amy Spurlin, had stolen money from the discount card fundraiser and the March 13, 2020 Lift-A-Thon, for which donations were collected online.

Two West Tennessee women are facing charges in a 2019 Benton County fire investigation. TBI spokesperson Keli McAlister says the Benton County Grand Jury returned indictments Wednesday charging 38-year-old Candace L. Wright, of Camden, and 34-year-old Sharon R. Collins, of Jackson, with Arson, Vandalism over $250,000, Aggravated Burglary, and Theft of Property over $10,000.

What beef producer hasn’t dreamed of cutting out the middleman and selling high quality steaks and ground beef directly to consumers?. Andrew Donnell (pictured right) not only dreamed it he took the ultimate step last year and built an on-farm butchering and processing center. Now, there’s no one between him and his customers - no feedlot, no packer, not even a local locker plant.

CAMDEN, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two women were charged Thursday in connection to a 2019 house fire. An extensive investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into a residential fire resulted in the indictment of Candace L. Wright, 38, of Camden, and Sharon R. Collins, 34, of Jackson.

JACKSON, TENN (WNBJ)- After today’s supreme court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade abortion will be almost completely illegal in Tennessee because of the state's trigger law. The 2019 "Human Life Protection Act," makes it a Class C felony to perform an abortion, If convicted they would face three...

Veteran Pink House defender Derenda Hancock reacts to anti-abortion activist Coleman Boyd's protesting outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, moments before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was issued, Friday, June 24, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state.

Randy Boyd considers the 2022 UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program participants as his classmates – and for good reason. He’s officially one of them. The University of Tennessee System president was announced as the fourth honorary graduate in the leadership program’s history during WestStar’s annual graduation event held June 21 at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt.

At around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Rural Metro Fire responded to a reported house fire at the 4500 block of Foothills Drive in Halls. When they arrived they found an unattended brush fire spreading toward two homes.

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Jackson metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 615 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 476 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, […]

Jackson Madison County School Board approved the superintendent's evaluation during a special-called meeting on Tuesday. Since Superintendent Marlon King took the helm of the Jackson Madison County School System in July 2020, the school system has made positive strides.  ...