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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"…

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…

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…