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Overnight fire destroys mobile home in Lexington

[gtxvideo vid="UIFUEpSo" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UIFUEpSo.jpg" vtitle="Overnight Trailer Fire”] LEXINGTON, Tenn.-A double-wide mobile home caught on fire early Thursday morning. According to neighbors, it happened around 4:30 a.m. after they said they heard explosions. Firefighters said no one was at home…

Inmates prepare for re-entry with inaugural program

[gtxvideo vid="rWRM3Vnh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rWRM3Vnh.jpg" vtitle="Whiteville Reentry Program PKG”] WHITEVILLE, Tenn. -- Inmates at Whiteville Correctional Facility got a glimpse of life after their prison sentence. Organizations from across the state came to show them what is next. Inmates who…

Motorists are encouraged to share the roads with farmers

[gtxvideo vid="x0MuOmYs" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/x0MuOmYs.jpg" vtitle="Farm Equipment Driving Safety PKG”] CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Harvest season has begun for West Tennesseans and more farmers and their equipment will be out on the roads. "People aren't aware of how slow this…

New bulletproof vests for Madison County sheriff's deputies

[gtxvideo vid="889U2dpi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/889U2dpi.jpg" vtitle="MCSO Vest Grant”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn.-The Madison County Sheriff's Department will purchase 60 new bulletproof vests. The department will add the more than $18,000 worth of gear through a grant from the Bulletproof Vest Partnership.…

West Tennessee landmark gets a face lift from the community

[gtxvideo vid="eG6Mquif" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eG6Mquif.jpg" vtitle="Lowes Fixes Tower PKG”] PARIS, Tenn. -- A larger than life West Tennessee landmark got a much needed face lift Thursday morning, all through a program aimed at giving back to the community. The Eiffel…

Police: dog's chain embedded around neck, man charged with animal cruelty

[gtxvideo vid="iXWO96VN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iXWO96VN.jpg" vtitle="Animal Abuse Arrest PKG”] SHARON, Tenn.-- A severe case of animal cruelty is under investigation. Police in Sharon have charged a man after they said his dog was found to have severe cuts into its…

Marijuana grow operation found in Benton County

[gtxvideo vid="ieR0pxPZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ieR0pxPZ.jpg" vtitle="Benton CO Weed Grow”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn.-A massive marijuana growing operation is uncovered today in Benton County. Deputies said they recovered more than 30 plants growing in a remote field on the north end of…

Fire destroys tobacco barn in Henry County

[gtxvideo vid="vnkn19VK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vnkn19VK.jpg" vtitle="Paris Landing Fire”] BUCHANAN, Tenn.-First responders with the Paris Landing Fire Department went out to a call of a tobacco barn on fire, along Blood River Church Road, in Buchanan. The owner told investigators he…

Suspect in storage unit burglaries caught

[gtxvideo vid="SjanQ3Rf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SjanQ3Rf.jpg" vtitle="Benton Bruglary Arrest PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn.-A suspect in two different storage unit burglaries, has been caught in Benton County. Investigators said Joe Webb was caught Wednesday at he the Camden Elk's Lodge. After a…

Gunfire exchanged in Crockett County home invasion

[gtxvideo vid="XYUohWJi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XYUohWJi.jpg" vtitle="Crockett home Invasion PKG”] CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- A home invasion turned into a gunfight when someone broke into a Crockett County home Wednesday night. The gunfire exchange only lasted briefly before the accused home…

Three suspects nabbed in large-scale burglary

[gtxvideo vid="SjanQ3Rf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SjanQ3Rf.jpg" vtitle="Benton Bruglary Arrest PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A home in Benton County is burglarized and everything inside, from electronics to the toilet paper is stolen. But thanks to quick thinking by neighbors, deputies have…

Jackson police say victim of overnight shooting drove self to hospital

[gtxvideo vid="ZloZq5Q1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZloZq5Q1.jpg" vtitle="33 Carver Shooting”] EAST JACKSON -- Police have released few details in an overnight shooting near Roosevelt Parkway. Investigators say the victim was able to drive himself to the hospital after being shot in his…

Lexington city election to take place Thursday

LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- Citizens of Lexington will have the opportunity Thursday to vote in the city election, including on whether wine will be sold in retail stores. The location of one voter precinct has changed for this election. Precinct 8,…

Isaac Lane Elementary honored as Top Reading School

[gtxvideo vid="XVeU9kCm" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XVeU9kCm.jpg" vtitle="Other top readers”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The students of Isaac Lane Elementary School were honored Wednesday for an outstanding accomplishment in reading. The schools was named the Top Reading School in the myON Summer Reading…

Man faces drug counts after Humboldt police search apartment

[gtxvideo vid="HgwZgwZT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HgwZgwZT.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Drug Arrest”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A man is arrested after police say they found more than 400 grams of marijuana in his apartment. Police say they smelled a strong odor of marijuana when they…

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