Case of man charged with having gun in park headed to grand jury
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The man charged with carrying a gun inside an east Jackson park returned to court Thursday. "The court finds that the probable cause requirement has been met,"…
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Mom, daughter charged in deadly stabbing return to court
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The mother and daughter charged in connection with a deadly stabbing in west Jackson faced a judge Thursday. Ebony Pruitt, 30, and Vernetta Pruitt, 53, appeared in Jackson City Court. Ebony's attorney requested a bond reduction. The…
UPDATE: Jackson police seek info in attempted gas station robbery
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for help from the public to solve what they describe as a failed robbery attempt at a local gas station. Around 5 a.m. Thursday, two unidentified black males in a white van tried to…
2 Dyer Co. women charged with TennCare fraud
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two West Tennessee women are charged in separate TennCare fraud doctor shopping cases. Latonya Wesley, 20, also known as Tonya Pirtle, of Newbern, and Britni Young, 20, of…
BREAKING: Trial for suspect in Holly Bobo case delayed until September
SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) -- A trial in the disappearance and killing of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo has been delayed until September. Media outlets report that Judge C. Creed McGinley on Thursday postponed the…
Police investigate possible attempted robbery at Jackson gas station
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police investigate a possible attempted robbery at a local Shell Station. Jackson police say it happened around 5 a.m. Thursday at the convenience store at North Parkway at Dr. F.E. Wright Drive. Officers were on scene early…
Final jury selection begins for first suspect's trial in Holly Bobo case
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- The final jury selection process has begun in what is shaping up to be one of the biggest trials in West Tennessee history. [caption id="attachment_207043" align="alignleft"…
Humboldt alderman appears on harassment charge
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Humboldt alderman Don Graves went before a judge Wednesday for his pending harassment charge. Graves is accused of contacting a woman after being repeatedly asked to stop. It was…
Gibson Co. man convicted of child rape sentenced to 40 years
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man has been sentenced to 40 years on counts including rape of a child. Shane O. Todd was sentenced Wednesday, according to the Gibson County Circuit Court clerk. According…
Grand jury indicts accused gunman in death of TBI agent
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The man accused of shooting and killing a TBI agent in Jackson has been indicted by a grand jury. Brenden Burns was indicted Wednesday in the death of TBI Special Agent De'Greaun…
Henry Co. man sentenced to 9 years in federal prison on firearm, meth offenses
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man has been sentenced to over 9 years in federal prison on counts of unlawful firearm possession and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Marvin Steinberg, 38, was sentenced to 110 months in federal…
Humboldt police ask public to ID man in Wal-Mart thefts
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police in Humboldt are asking the public to help identify a man they say has been involved in multiple thefts from Wal-Mart. Between May and July, police say the man seen in a surveillance image has entered…
Police seek to ID man in Jackson gas station robbery
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for help to identify a man they say robbed a Jackson convenience store by threatening to pull a gun on the clerk. The incident…
West Tenn. preacher sentenced to 52 years for rape of child
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee preacher has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for the sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl. The Shelby County district attorney's office said in a news release that 29-year-old Jarvis Gray was sentenced…
Mother, daughter charged in deadly stabbing appear in court
JACKSON, Tenn. -- It was a packed courthouse Thursday as two women went before a judge, both charged in connection with a stabbing on Glendale Street that killed a 34-year-old man.…
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