JACKSON, Tenn. -- Baptist Global Response is continuing its efforts to bring relief to earthquake-stricken Nepal. The group, which describes itself as a global Southern Baptist Relief and Development organization, has been present in the country since the first earthquake…
[gtxvideo vid="lQMuUB6c" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lQMuUB6c.jpg" vtitle="Goodwill Virtual Career Fair”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Area job seekers turned out Tuesday for a chance to link up with employers at a virtual job fair. Goodwill Career Solutions held the job fair at their…
[gtxvideo vid="HyKt7Qk8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HyKt7Qk8.jpg" vtitle="JCS Wins Award”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson Christian School's theater production of "The Beauty and the Beast" took home an Orpheum award Monday night and earned nominations for three others. The theater program won for…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Tuesday on accusations of threatening and assaulting a woman last year. Keiara Hines is accused of threatening to kill a woman related to his ex-girlfriend on Feb. 15, 2014, according to…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman accused of trying to steal teeth whitening strips and razor blades from Walmart appeared Tuesday in city court. Jessica McCaskill was detained at Walmart in north Jackson after a store loss prevention officer allegedly saw…
[gtxvideo vid="MN58bdiE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MN58bdiE.jpg" vtitle="Macedonia Church Robbery PKG”] EAST JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police search for a man on a bicycle accused of robbing another man at gunpoint outside an east Jackson church. Officers said the robbery happened Monday night…
[gtxvideo vid="PBa1vEEQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PBa1vEEQ.jpg" vtitle="Beer Board Meeting PKG”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- The Jackson Beer Board revoked a local business' beer license Tuesday morning after a show cause hearing. The board revoked the beer license for Pandora's Box, a lounge…
[gtxvideo vid="r7Rv8H4O" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/r7Rv8H4O.jpg" vtitle="Identity Milan Shoppers”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Milan police are offering a reward if you can help them identify who tried to take $1,500 in merchandise from Walmart. Officers said when two men were caught at…
[gtxvideo vid="jlQjXyBP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jlQjXyBP.jpg" vtitle="Vision 2020 Presention PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School System's "Vision 2020" plan seems to be coming into focus. Three possible restructuring plans were presented Monday night. Each of the three would close…
[gtxvideo vid="ZbEVIkna" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZbEVIkna.jpg" vtitle="Westlee Yates PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Benton County man pleads guilty Monday to beating a 7-month-old baby to death last August. With that guilty plea, he will spend nearly half a century behind…
[gtxvideo vid="VtqdwTdz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VtqdwTdz.jpg" vtitle="Ideas For Vision 2020”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson-Madison County School System's "Vision 2020" is coming a bit more into focus. Monday morning, consultants unveiled three potential restructuring plans to the school board. Each of the concepts would…
[gtxvideo vid="1Knd6nWT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1Knd6nWT.jpg" vtitle="Cicadas PKG”] PINSON, Tenn. -- Cicadas are emerging this year in West Tennessee in one of their loudest debuts since 2008. Some of these noise-making bugs that some residents are calling a "front-yard nuisance" are…
[gtxvideo vid="xnLjcAlw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xnLjcAlw.jpg" vtitle="Obion Double Death Update PKG”] OBION, Tenn. -- Neighbors said the couple who lived in a home on Troy Avenue were quiet. Both were physically disabled and usually stayed inside, but it was a shock…
[gtxvideo vid="FsC9Jpjy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FsC9Jpjy.jpg" vtitle="Battle of the Badges”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Some local officials are taking time this week to help save lives in a different way. For the next 11 days, Jackson's own "Battle of the Badges" blood…
[gtxvideo vid="AbV67Bpk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AbV67Bpk.jpg" vtitle="Pitbull Ordinance PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A man is jailed Sunday and his six pit bulls were in an animal shelter after police seized them as part of a Tennessee law against certain convicted felons.…
