Omer Yusuf, USA TODAY NETWORK All four incumbent Madison County commissioners lost their contested primaries Tuesday night, signaling a potential changing of the guard in the Republican Party in the county. After all 33 precincts were reported, challengers Brett Beckham, Tommy Gobbell, Carl Alexander and Jeff Wall won against incumbent Commissioners Larry Lowrance, Gerry Neese, Jim Ed Hart and Joe “Smokey” […]

The Jackson City Council will meet on Tuesday, May 1st, at 9:00 AM to due the Mayor’s bidding. Things of interest: There will be a proclamation regarding National Women’s Health Week which will be given to Margaret Murray, Mary Russell and Julanne Stone will be receiving the award. There will be some updating on projects in CRA District 1 presented by Hal […]

Omer Yusuf, USA TODAY NETWORK Earlier this month, the Jackson City Council created an education committee to work with the Jackson-Madison County School System to explore the possibility of funding the district’s new multi-million dollar Madison Academic Magnet High School on the University of Memphis Lambuth campus. The newly formed City of Jackson Education Committee met for the first-time Friday […]

by Brittany Hardaway  |  WBBJ JACKSON, Tenn —  Former Governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen made a stop in west Tennessee Saturday. He’s making stops throughout the state to find out what is important to Tennesseans and to listen to their needs, concerns and issues. Bredesen spoke about topics such as economic development, agriculture, and broadband in rural areas.  […]

JACKSON, Tenn — Jackson police are investigating a fatal shooting at the Marathon gas station in North Jackson. Officers responded to the scene around 9:45 p.m. Sunday night. One male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Several law enforcement officers and first responders were on the scene investigating. The incident is under investigation. Police have not released any information […]

In the latest 2018 trust deed release, US South LLC, shows two trust deeds totaling over 1 billion dollars. Who are they? As yet we don’t know. What we do know is there has been a hugh rise in the number of LLC’s during the last year due to a change in the tax laws. Stay tuned……

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 […]