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Council approves funds for tennis project, awards $220K paving contract

[gtxvideo vid="pDtmZKwl" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pDtmZKwl.jpg" vtitle="Tennis Court Complex Change 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- City Council members on Tuesday approved more than $35,000 in funding for the new tennis complex in north Jackson. The approved funding includes $14,310 for electrical cable…

State investigates Haywood Co. fire; victims still critical

[gtxvideo vid="wyMal66y" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wyMal66y.jpg" vtitle="Haywood Fire Update”] HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- State investigators have taken the lead in the investigation of a weekend house fire that left two people badly injured. The victims suffered burns to large portions of…

Some parents say Sales Tax Holiday comes too late

[gtxvideo vid="bBDNSs4L" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bBDNSs4L.jpg" vtitle="Tax Free Weekend 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Tennessee‘s tax-free holiday weekend kicks off Friday, but some students have already gone back to school. Parent Ashanta Twiddy said she could not wait because her oldest needed…

Huntingdon firefighters wrap up drill just in time for house fire

[gtxvideo vid="E3W9FwR0" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/E3W9FwR0.jpg" vtitle="Huntingdon House Fire”] HUNTINGDON, Tenn. -- Firefighters were called to a house fire Monday just as they were concluding their monthly fire drill. Crews responded around 8 p.m. to the blaze in the 22000 block…

Man accused of eating 'blunts' during traffic stop

[gtxvideo vid="Nn2T6SVU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Nn2T6SVU.jpg" vtitle="Rawls Evidence Tampering”] UNION CITY, Tenn. -- A man is facing a tampering with evidence charge after police say he ate two marijuana cigars when they pulled him over. Police say Jerry Rawls of Memphis…

Officials share reasons behind Jackson YMCA closing

[gtxvideo vid="5wP7afFQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/5wP7afFQ.jpg" vtitle="YMCA Closes PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson YMCA announced they are closing their doors after serving the community for generations. "We hate that we had to make this decision for both our employees and…

Savannah police to have vandalized tombstone cleaned

[gtxvideo vid="PQwruKrN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PQwruKrN.jpg" vtitle="Defaced Tombstone PKG”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Some have tried to clean the three-word phrase "White Lives Matter" off of the tombstone of Queen Haley, ancestor of writer Alex Haley. The residue of the vandalism remains,…

Community meets to discuss Forrest statue being moved to Savannah

[gtxvideo vid="y8tvGGJ8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/y8tvGGJ8.jpg" vtitle="Savannah CME Church Meeting”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Residents concerned about racial tension in Savannah met Monday at a local church. After hearing about an effort to move a Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in Memphis…

Man accused of illegal gun possession while shoplifting

[gtxvideo vid="qxUhU5x8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qxUhU5x8.jpg" vtitle="Brown Unlawful Weapon”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man was in city court Monday after police allegedly caught him shoplifting and in illegal possession of a gun. Brent Brown was arrested Saturday after a Belk loss…

Humboldt school earns statewide honor

[gtxvideo vid="CPk8Q0Md" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CPk8Q0Md.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Announcement”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Humboldt school has been included among the state of Tennessee's Reward Schools. Superintendent Versie Hamlett announced Monday that East Elementary was included in the top 5 percent of…

Suspect in Memphis officer killing turns himself in

[gtxvideo vid="0uiMNe9W" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0uiMNe9W.jpg" vtitle="Suspected Shooter Caught PKG - Memphis”] MEMPHIS (AP) -- The ex-con accused of killing a Memphis police officer has turned himself in to federal authorities, ending an intensive two-day manhunt. Louis Goggans, spokesman for the…

Jackson man accused of assaulting, threatening wife

[gtxvideo vid="yzkTgTxe" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/yzkTgTxe.jpg" vtitle="Miller Domestic Assault”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson man appeared Monday in city court on a charge of aggravated domestic assault. According to investigators and court documents, Kevin Orlanda Miller punched his wife in the…

2 JMCSS schools named statewide Reward Schools

[gtxvideo vid="wQaCyhEq" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wQaCyhEq.jpg" vtitle="TN Recognizes Schools”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two schools in the Jackson-Madison County School System have been recognized as Reward Schools by the state of Tennessee. South Side High School receives the honor for the…

Man indicted in deadly 2013 shooting

[gtxvideo vid="Day4zGiA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Day4zGiA.jpg" vtitle="Merriweather Murder Charge”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A cold-case investigation has led to a murder charge in a 2013 homicide. Autonius Merriweather was indicted Monday on one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of…

Jackson-Madison County students head back to school

[gtxvideo vid="JkoNlE7X" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JkoNlE7X.jpg" vtitle="Back To School PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson-Madison County students returned to class Monday, and the district said crews worked long hours to get facilities ready. Faculty greeted students as they filed into North Side…

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