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Report: Tourism dollars up for Madison County

[gtxvideo vid="3pxZ4L7p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3pxZ4L7p.jpg" vtitle="Madison Co Tourism”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- New tourism reports say more people came to Madison County and spent money last year, and that's growth the Jackson Chamber says they expect to continue in the…

YMCA moves funds to cover bounced paychecks

[gtxvideo vid="olmiAc0E" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/olmiAc0E.jpg" vtitle="YMCA Checks Bounce”] EAST JACKSON -- It has not been a good week for employees of the Jackson Family YMCA. Less than 10 checks issued to summer employees by the local group bounced earlier this…

ARM holds annual "Salt and Light Banquet"

[gtxvideo vid="1UTIwnTJ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1UTIwnTJ.jpg" vtitle="Salt And Light Banquet 10”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Area Relief Ministries held its annual "Salt & Light Banquet" Thursday evening at the Carl Perkins Civic Center. This year featured local college presidents, Dr. Logan Hampton of Lane…

Trimble appoints new mayor

[gtxvideo vid="aQtaggPe" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aQtaggPe.jpg" vtitle="Trimble Mayor Appointed”] TRIMBLE, Tenn.-History is made in Trimble following the mayor's resignation last week. During Wednesday night's meeting, Donna Switzer was unanimously appointed as Trimble's new mayor. She is the first woman in the…

Woman connected to possible hit-and-run, in court

[gtxvideo vid="lAteq3JL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lAteq3JL.jpg" vtitle="Pitt Agg Assault 10”] JACKSON, Tenn.-A woman faced a judge Thursday after she was connected to a possible hit and run. According to court documents, Jana Pitt went to her ex-boyfriend's house because she was…

Man sentenced for his mother's murder, but family upset with verdict

[gtxvideo vid="h2i5KpFt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/h2i5KpFt.jpg" vtitle="Knight Found Guilty 10”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Christopher Knight was sentenced by a judge to 22 years in prison after a jury convicted him of second degree murder of his mother, Peggy Alexander. Beth…

Simulator teaches importance of wearing seat belt

MILAN, Tenn.-Students at Milan High School got the chance to learn first hand what it feels like to be in a car crash. Dozens of students participated in the event Thursday with a simulator, operated by the the Milan Police…

Kiwanis Club annouce top civic award recipients

[gtxvideo vid="0XJ8ht5I" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0XJ8ht5I.jpg" vtitle="Kiawanis Civic Awards 10”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Congratulations are in order as the Kiwanis Club named the winners of their annual civic awards, Thursday. Officer Joshua Vinson was named this year's Jackson Police Officer of Year. Deputy…

West Tennessee-based company launches drone data collection service

[gtxvideo vid="19k36ueg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/19k36ueg.jpg" vtitle="FAA Allows Drones”] CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn.-The federal government may be limiting the use of drones across the country, but it has given an exemption to companies to use them in certain situations. West Tennessee companies…

Modern Woodmen help pack meals for area families

[gtxvideo vid="iFgYbxHk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iFgYbxHk.jpg" vtitle="MWOA Helps RIFA”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Modern Woodmen helped the Regional Interfaith Association beat hunger. In downtown Jackson, more than 100 of Woodmen's employees and their family members helped pack mac and cheese dinners for families in…

Family says they were nearly killed by kid with gun

[gtxvideo vid="3gV3jlA1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3gV3jlA1.jpg" vtitle="East Chester Shooting PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn.-A West Tennessee family is lucky to be alive after they said a gunman nearly killed them on their drive home Wednesday. The family said it was a random act…

Former Jackson police officer enters plea, avoids jail

[gtxvideo vid="N5VfGa70" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/N5VfGa70.jpg" vtitle="Peaches In Court 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-- A former Jackson police officer accused of putting her hand in a baby‘s diaper is sentenced to six months probation and given the chance to have the charge erased…

Tennessee Workforce Development to hold job fair next week

[gtxvideo vid="8nQ68eZ5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8nQ68eZ5.jpg" vtitle="Career Coach Preview 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-More than 90,000 jobs are available to West Tennesseans willing to visit a career fair next week. The Tennessee Workforce Development's mobile career coach will host a job workshop next…

Edythe Christie found guilty of tampering with evidence

[gtxvideo vid="mVKPjGgJ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mVKPjGgJ.jpg" vtitle="Christie Found Guilty 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson lawyer was found guilty of tampering with evidence during trial Thursday in connection with the death of her daughter-in-law. According to court records, after the death…

JPD: No suspects identified in Tracewood Cove shooting

[gtxvideo vid="uHpF11lS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uHpF11lS.jpg" vtitle="Tracewood Cove Incident 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson police said no suspects have been identified in a Wednesday morning shooting along Tracewood Cove that brought a man to a Jackson hospital with a gunshot wound to his…

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