Election Date   Qualifying Deadline Date  First day to pick up petitions Offices to be elected May 1, 2018 County Primary (If called by local political parties) February 15, 2018 (12:00 NOON) 17-Nov-17 Both parties called a primary for the following offices: District Attorney (vacancy), District 26 County Mayor County Commissioners: All 25 seats County Trustee Sheriff Circuit Court Clerk Juvenile […]

Captain Ron Adams Alcohol Countermeasures Team Activity As part of ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of the citizens of Jackson, the Jackson Police Department will be performing Sobriety Checkpoints and increased traffic enforcement throughout the city this weekend. There will be a Sobriety Checkpoint on Sunday, 15 April 2018, from 0030 until 0200 on Carriage House Drive at Wallace […]

Story by Omer Yusuf, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee / Edited by our Staff Three third-grade students, coached by the NAACP, from Alexander Elementary School recently wrote a letter to the Madison County Commission, encouraging them to spend more money on education following its decision to allocate $30 million — of the $40 million it approved to borrow — for jail […]

 Come and listen to this powerful line up of Panelists discuss these important issues with your Hosts William & Selena Owens William & Selena Owens have been married for 27 years and have reared 4 children. They are authors of a combined 11 books and have spoken at over 350 Christian and conservative events since 2009. William’s recently revised book, […]

By WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News Staff The Madison County Budget Committee is meeting with departments all week to start planning for next fiscal year. The departments get 10-20 minutes each to show what they have planned for the 2018-2019 fiscal year and compare their budgets from previous years. Committee Chairman Doug Stephenson says they are “looking pretty good” as the 2017-2018 […]

On Feb. 27, 2018 T. Robert Hill posted his interest in both the 27th Senate District race and the 73rd House District Race for Tennessee… that takes some balls considering T. Robert is as left politically as they come. His announcement is below: PARTICULARS (#1): Today, I pulled petitions for both the 27th Senate District (Lake, Dyer, Lauderdale, Crockett and […]

The Jackson Sun’s favorite child, Scott Conger, has finally decided to return to Facebook after an absence of several years. The young Mr. Conger is attempting to smile his way into the Mayor’s office in the city of Jackson. The Jackson Sun reported that: Conger created a Facebook page several weeks ago to reach out to the city’s younger demographic, get them […]

Letter to the Editor, The Tennessean Prayer, Bible ‘proven, low-cost’ school safety measure The Dickson Herald’s Friday, March 9th article on the City of Dickson adding school safety officers is a welcome improvement to better ensure the safety of our County’s children. There is one possible proven low-cost initiative that should augment this effort. Before prayer and the Bible were […]

Investigators of the Jackson Police Department are investigating a shoplifting that occurred at 93 Stonebrook, Target. Jackson Police need your assistance in identifying this person of interest. On March 24th, a heavy set, black female with short dark hair, who was wearing a blue top with a white sweater, took several items from Target without rendering payment.  Jackson Police believe […]

Robbery Investigators with the Jackson Police Department are investigating a robbery that occurred at 1400 N. Highland, Exxon.  Jackson Police need assistance identifying a suspect. The robbery occurred today, April 5th at approximately 12:40 p.m.  Investigators believe the robbery was committed by an armed black male wearing a black jacket with torn blue jeans.  He was accompanied by another armed black male […]

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a man who was stabbed at his home earlier Saturday morning has died. Robert King, 52, died at the hospital after being stabbed at his residence in the 1200 block of Highway 158. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office responded to call of a black male being stabbed just before 6 a.m. Saturday morning. EMS […]

The Jackson City Council will once again gather together tomorrow and vote the mayor’s bidding of increased spending and poor planning. Some of the items on the current agenda include: Authorization to purchase property owned by the estate of John T. Murphy, located at 517-520 Airways Boulevard for the purpose of relocating the Parks Maintenance Operations Department. The asking price […]

“For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Prov 23:7) A neophyte in the realm of city council having been elected the first time and in my first couple of months of service after running against Mrs. Anna Parks Covington (a very gracious lady by the way),  I had been invited to a private meeting between Mr. […]

…Freezing temperatures expected across portions of West Tennessee this morning and also Thursday morning… …FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING… …FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY… The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Thursday. […]

On March 17 around 6:15 p.m., Jackson police were called about a suspicious death. A man was found dead outside on the campus of USJ, at 232 McClellan Road. Investigators and a medical examiner responded to the scene. The victim was not a USJ employee but was part of an out of state contract crew working outside the school. The […]

Investigators of the Jackson Police Department are investigating an Auto Burglary that occurred at Anytime Fitness, 133 W. University Parkway.  Jackson Police need your assistance identifying this person of interest. On March 15th sometime between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm, a male subject is captured on surveillance video using a stolen credit card at a local retail business.  This card was […]

Investigators of the Jackson Police Department are investigating a Theft of Property that occurred at 102 W. Chester, The Barrel Wine and Spirits.  Jackson Police need your assistance identifying this person of interest. On March 10th, surveillance video captures an unidentified heavy set black female with long hair who was wearing a white T-shirt, gray shorts,gray baseball cap, and brown boots leaving […]

Theft of Property Investigators of the Jackson Police Department are investigating a Theft of Property from Wal-Mart, 2196 Emporium Drive.  Jackson Police need your assistance identifying this person of interest. On March 10th, surveillance video captures an unidentified slim built, white male who was wearing a blue and white hat, a black cut-off shirt with the words “Team Hostile” on the […]

Theft of Property Investigators with the Jackson Police Department are investigating the recent Theft of Property from Wal-Mart, located at 2196 Emporium Drive.  Investigators need the public’s assistance in identifying these subjects. On March 9th, two unidentified black males stole an undetermined amount of merchandise from a restricted area of the Automotive Department of Wal-Mart.  One of the subjects acted […]

From Captain Ron Adams Alcohol Countermeasures Team Activity As part of ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of the citizens of Jackson, the Jackson Police Department will be performing Sobriety Checkpoints and increased traffic enforcement throughout the city this weekend. There will be a Sobriety Checkpoint on Sunday 18 March 2018, from 0030 until 0145 on Ridgecrest Road at Campbell Street, and one Sunday, 18 March 2018 from 0215 until 0345on North Parkway […]