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Heartbreak Express opens in Ramer

[gtxvideo vid="MN16g0zk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MN16g0zk.jpg" vtitle="Haunted Heartbreak Express”] RAMER, Tenn. -- There is a haunted railroad that runs through Ramer, in McNairy County and it comes alive on Friday the 13th. Everything from chainsaws, zombies, and a creepy clown gives…

Union inducts Sports Hall of Fame class

[gtxvideo vid="oCcvgv98" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/oCcvgv98.jpg" vtitle="Bulldogs Hall of Fame”] JACKSON, Tenn. - Union University inducted five new members into their Sports Hall of Fame on Friday. Making up this year's class is Joe Aden (men‘s basketball), Gary Blaylock (baseball), Steve…

Love's Truck Stop planning approved

[gtxvideo vid="hFbxc34C" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hFbxc34C.jpg" vtitle="New Truck Stop Approved”] DYERSBURG, Tenn -- The city's planning commission met Thursday, and approved site planning for a new Love's Truck Stop to be built near Highway 78, bringing new jobs to the area.…

Local Florists Prepare For Valentine's Day

[gtxvideo vid="2bgFJx5m" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2bgFJx5m.jpg" vtitle="Valentines day rush”] JACKSON, Tenn -- Valentine's Day is the biggest day of the year for local florists, but their bottom line might be taking a hit with the holiday falling on the weekend. "This…

Stolen sword returned to Jackson Marine's widow

[gtxvideo vid="38UBrf2v" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/38UBrf2v.jpg" vtitle="Marine Sword Reurned”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Once stolen, a late Marine's treasured sword was returned to his widow Friday morning. In January, Kenneth Sikes' NCO sword was stolen from his old home on Old Malesus…

Dyer Co. officials turn down solar farm

[gtxvideo vid="Sr1TaEYG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Sr1TaEYG.jpg" vtitle="SOLAR FARM STRUCK DOWN”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officials in Dyer County say no to a new solar farm being built in their community. A few months ago, the business HelioSage proposed to rezone a…

One Billion Rising comes through downtown Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="BcfKcEqi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BcfKcEqi.jpg" vtitle="One Billion Rising”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A global campaign against domestic and sexual violence made its way to Jackson Friday. Dozens of abuse survivors and victim advocates gathered at City Hall to dance and march…

Barbershop quartet croons Valentines for holiday fundraiser

[gtxvideo vid="7gWlcHoi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7gWlcHoi.jpg" vtitle="Foundation Quartet Performance”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Casey Jones Barbershop Quartet spent Friday serenading lucky Valentines, all for charity. The four-man crew of crooners went from stop to stop singing a few "Valentine's Day Eve"…

Inmates in Henry Co. build wood duck boxes; free to public

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A local sheriff's office teams up with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The Henry County Sheriff's Office inmate garden crew and TWRA built wood duck boxes, and they are free to the public. So far, 150…

School bus, car collide in north Jackson wreck

[gtxvideo vid="ODbjoms4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ODbjoms4.jpg" vtitle="School Bus Accident”] NORTH JACKSON -- A car collided with a Jackson-Madison County school bus Friday leading to the car running off the road. Children were on the bus at the time, but no one…

No Chick-fil-A for Union University campus, for now

[gtxvideo vid="a3WqQNI8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/a3WqQNI8.jpg" vtitle="Chick Fil A Building Halted”] NORTH JACKSON -- Plans for a Chick-fil-A restaurant to be opened on the campus of Union University have been halted — for the time being, at least. The change of…

Police investigating shooting at Jackson apartment

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are investigating a Thursday night shooting at a Jackson apartment that sent one man to the hospital. Officers responded to the emergency room at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital around 10 p.m. in for a gunshot victim,…

Man narrowly escapes explosion in garage

[gtxvideo vid="8J9Dn4BZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8J9Dn4BZ.jpg" vtitle="Man Survives Explosion”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A ball of fire rushes through a Gibson County man's garage Thursday afternoon as he is working, but he escapes without a scratch. "I'm thankful I'm alive for…

Black History Month: Historian searches for activist who died for equality

[gtxvideo vid="X8kbj21g" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/X8kbj21g.jpg" vtitle="Author Jim Emison”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- There is a quest in West Tennessee to find the remains of a man who gave his life in the name of equality. A local historian studies archives and…

Should you spank your child? Local experts weigh in

[gtxvideo vid="JSVcTV52" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JSVcTV52.jpg" vtitle="Child Abuse Laws”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Most parents seem to take a strong stance on the issue of how to discipline their child. "There's a thin line there between abuse and discipline," Detective Andrew Whitehead…

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