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City of Newbern fires police chief

[gtxvideo vid="0D8HFKQU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0D8HFKQU.jpg" vtitle="Police Chief Terminated”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- The police chief of Newbern has been fired after being suspended twice this year on allegations of a hostile work environment. Doug Robertson was suspended in April and…

Man charged in east Jackson store robbery

[gtxvideo vid="cpJcnHQ1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cpJcnHQ1.jpg" vtitle="Food Mart Robbery 6pm”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in court Wednesday on charges of robbing an east Jackson convenience store. Rocky White is accused of being one of the three men responsible for…

Jackson woman accused of stabbing man in face

[gtxvideo vid="EZHGqVZp" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EZHGqVZp.jpg" vtitle="White Agg Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared Wednesday in city court on accusations of stabbing a man in the face during an altercation at a Jackson apartment. Meshyala White faces an aggravated assault…

New charges filed in death of baby boy

[gtxvideo vid="O0pOhdwn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/O0pOhdwn.jpg" vtitle="Hilliard Child Abuse Indictment PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- New charges are filed in the 2014 death of a baby boy in Benton County. The mother's boyfriend is already serving time for the murder. Now…

Local churches hold prayer service for Charleston shooting

[gtxvideo vid="lnoCpG4m" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lnoCpG4m.jpg" vtitle="Prayer Meeting PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Church groups gathered Tuesday in north Jackson to pray for the lives lost in the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., and for a brighter, kinder future without racism. Skyline…

Lightning believed to have started Gibson Co. church fire

[gtxvideo vid="WZu63sG1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WZu63sG1.jpg" vtitle="Dyer Church FIRE BNews - Dan”] FRUITLAND, Tenn. -- Firefighters were on the scene of a church fire late Tuesday night that is believed to have started from a lightning strike. According to Gibson County…

Weakley Co. election administrator 'encouraged' to resign

[gtxvideo vid="xs9ZlOYF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xs9ZlOYF.jpg" vtitle="Election Commission Controversy PKG”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Weakley County Election Commission is shaken up after the administrator of elections announced her retirement and three long-time commissioners were fired over the weekend. Barbara Castleman…

Lightning strike hinders Gibson Co.'s ability to receive calls

[gtxvideo vid="I9xMiS4q" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/I9xMiS4q.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co Emergency Services Down BNews - Dan”] DYER, Tenn. -- Gibson County Central Control E-911 lines that were down due to a lightning strike are now back up, but non-emergency lines are still down…

Air Race Classic pilots fly into Union City

[gtxvideo vid="kNClrqWz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kNClrqWz.jpg" vtitle="Air Race Classic PKG”] UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Tuesday afternoon, an 86-year-old tradition flew into West Tennessee for the Air Race Classic. The Air Race Classic is an all-women pilot race, and Union City is…

Controversy over racial symbols in government raises questions locally

[gtxvideo vid="I0fneapd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/I0fneapd.jpg" vtitle="Confederate Flag Controversy PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The aftermath of a racially charged massacre in South Carolina is raising questions about racial symbols still used by government entities today. "I had relatives on both…