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JACKSON, Tenn. — Parents, the time is approaching for you to gather the kids and head out to save on back to school items. Tennessee’s tax free weekend is coming up, so hold off on back to school shopping for the kiddos until then and you can save big!

Kristen Golightly is joining Tennessee's women's golf coaching staff as an assistant coach for the upcoming season, as announced by head coach Diana Cantu. Golightly brings experience from coaching at NCAA Division II level with successful stints at West Georgia and UWG, where she led the teams to top finishes and coached multiple award-winning players.

To address the rising number of data breach class action lawsuits, Tennessee has enacted Public Chapter 991, which sets a higher standard for plaintiffs. Signed into law on May 21, 2024, this legislation stipulates that plaintiffs must demonstrate "willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence" by the defendant to establish liability. This standard deviates from other states’ data privacy laws and aims to protect businesses and support Tennessee’s economic growth.

Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster, Crossville Mayor RJ Crawford and House Speaker Cameron Sexton joined Whisper Aero Co-founders, Mark Moore and Ian Villa, for the official ribbon cutting of Whisper Aero’s Flight Test Center. Construction on the 8,000 square foot hangar at the Crossville Memorial Airport began last July. The new facility was made possible through a $1.2 million appropriation from the State of Tennessee and features a high bay area for testing and office space for onsite engineering.

JACKSON, Tenn. — ‘Books and Brews’ was held Friday night at Hub City Brewing. Books and Brews is a summer reading program hosted by the Jackson-Madison County Library. The theme this year is adventure. Library staff made a pairings menu of some of the drinks at Hub...

JACKSON, Tenn. — The annual Black Tie & Blue Jeans event is returning for a great night of dinner, dancing and supporting heart health. The event is set for August 3 at the Carl Perkins Civic Center and starts at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction, cocktails,...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Covington Police Department is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for help to identify arson suspects. A home on 711 Best Street was set on fire on July 4 at 11:30 p.m. The home went up in flames after a loud explosion. Witnesses say...

Buchanan Realty Group CLICK HERE located in Hamilton Hills Shopping Center, 621 Old Hickory Blvd., sponsors Strictly Business, a weekly column that takes a look at a few of this week’s business highlights. The Buchanan Realty Group – (731) 300-3071 – provides commercial real estate services throughout Tennessee. The...

Jackson Area Council on Alcohol (JACOA) enjoys being a member of the East Jackson community, and director Barry Cooper and his staff wanted to somehow celebrate that community with their building. They were able to do that by being awarded a Love Your Block grant from the City of Jackson...

Jabari Small didn’t know it, but he had a tie to Jackson he didn’t know about while he was speaking at Englewood Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 17. The Tennessee football alum who played high school ball at Briarcrest Christian in Shelby County found out his high school coach, Brian Stewart, once coached at Jackson Christian.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC)—State representative G. A. Hardaway, along with several victims of violent crime in Memphis, held the Fight Bullets with Ballots rally today at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. This rally was put on specifically for victims of violence and their families to have a voice in voting. Heading...

UPDATE:  A teen was arrested and charged with kidnapping in this case. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say an abduction victim was rescued and the suspect captured after a chase and crash Friday evening. It began just before 6, when officers spotted a vehicle they say had been used in an abduction — with the victim […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Two people were in police custody after a two-car crash on I-240 left three people--one a child--severely injured, Memphis Police said. Around 7:45 Friday evening, officers were sent to an accident at I-240 and Poplar Avenue. Once there, police said they found the two-car accident and three people: a man, a woman, and a child, all severely injured.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Multiple residents in a Cordova neighborhood say pool parties at a house in their neighborhood have gotten out of control, leading to noise complaints, street racing, cars doing donuts and even reports of people carrying guns. “It’s gotten really bad,” Aimory Farris, who does not live...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mom says her 17-year-old son is lucky to be alive after he was shot several times by her daughter’s boyfriend when the boyfriend mistook the teen for a car burglar. Frank Winding, 46, was booked in the Shelby County Jail on Thursday for attempted second-degree murder and employing a firearm […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Our Summers are getting hotter, a symptom of climate change but also because of something known as the Urban Heat Island. Many urban corridors in the City of Memphis are swaths of concrete and asphalt with little shade. In a natural field, we would expect temperatures...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Two people are in custody after a shooting in Frayser that sent one man to the hospital Friday afternoon. Memphis police say they were dispatched to the 1800 block of Cedarhurt Avenue at 3:54 p.m. The victim was sent to Regional One Hospital with noncritical injuries.