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Deadline near for Tenn. Promise scholarship paperwork

[gtxvideo vid="MMJkWbtc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MMJkWbtc.jpg" vtitle="DSCC Scholarship Reminder”] DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Dyersburg State Community College wishes to remind students planning to attend this fall about an important deadline arriving this week. Wednesday is the last day incoming Tennessee Promise students…

Deputies arrest 4 in Weakley Co. marijuana bust

WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Four men are facing charges after deputies find marijuana plants and marijuana packaged for resale at a Sharon residence. The Weakley County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant Tuesday in the 5000 block of Old Highway…

Update: Police detain 2 in Hollywood Drive robbery

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Investigators have detained two people in a Monday night robbery in west Jackson, according to the Jackson Police Department. Officers say the incident happened around 10:45 p.m. Monday off Hollywood Drive. Police say the victim was walking…

Regional Hospital agrees to $500K settlement for alleged Medicare, Medicaid fraud

[gtxvideo vid="oA6tRDUs" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/oA6tRDUs.jpg" vtitle="Regional Hospital Embezzlement”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson hospital has agreed to pay a half-million dollar settlement to resolve allegations of improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid. Regional Hospital agreed Friday to pay the United States…

Volunteers help Jackson outreach ministry after break-in

[gtxvideo vid="xaeqk8ah" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xaeqk8ah.jpg" vtitle="Lexington Mission Reopens PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Volunteers helped repair a Jackson outreach ministry Tuesday after a break-in that caused thousands of dollars in damage. Volunteers took down broken glass and boarded-up windows Tuesday at…

Crews investigate Crockett Co. church fire

CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officials are on scene investigating a church fire just north of Alamo. The call went out just after 1 p.m. about a fire at Cairo Baptist Church, located on Lyons Road off Highway 412. The church…

Man charged with beating, strangling woman

[gtxvideo vid="E7vnd2Fk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/E7vnd2Fk.jpg" vtitle="Bond Agg Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man faced a judge Tuesday on allegations of assaulting a woman and strangling her until she was unconscious. Jasper Bond is charged with aggravated domestic assault after allegedly…

Man accused of yelling profanities at police

DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in city court Tuesday to face a disorderly conduct charge after a disturbance at a Jackson apartment complex. Court papers say police responded just after 6 a.m. Monday to a reported disturbance in the…

Woman charged with child abuse after whipping son with switch

DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson woman appeared Tuesday in city court on a child abuse charge after allegedly whipping her son with a switch, causing bruises on his arms, buttocks, back and legs. Police say Avonea Rhea admitted to whipping…

School agrees to let Thalia Townsend join football team

[gtxvideo vid="NbLNKekc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NbLNKekc.jpg" vtitle="Thalia Allowed To Play PKG”] CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. -- A girl who initially was denied the chance to play on her junior high football team because of her gender will be allowed to play after…

Sheriff announces 3 arrests in series of church vandalisms

[gtxvideo vid="hWFJyO6t" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hWFJyO6t.jpg" vtitle="Church Vandalism Update”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Authorities have made three arrests in a series of vandalisms involving local churches, according to the sheriff's office. Three men are in custody on charges stemming from vandalism at…

Bicentennial Exchange Club gives $22K check to Carl Perkins Center

[gtxvideo vid="UZWKYqUw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UZWKYqUw.jpg" vtitle="Carl Perkins Check”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse got a major contribution Monday afternoon. The Bicentennial Exchange Club presented a $22,000 check to the center. "If we…

Ballpark at Jackson crew works to keep fans cool

[gtxvideo vid="Qlo7YwRy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Qlo7YwRy.jpg" vtitle="Dealing With The Heat”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- With Monday being one of the hottest days of the summer so far, team officials had to find creative, replenishing ways to keep Jackson's bravest sports fans cool…

Madison Co. home destroyed in fire

[gtxvideo vid="oQerChAE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/oQerChAE.jpg" vtitle="Steam Mill Ferry Fire”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A house is destroyed after a Monday morning fire. The fire happened on Steam Mill Ferry Road, and firefighters believe it started in the kitchen. No injuries…

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