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JSCC gets state funding for expansion, renovations

[gtxvideo vid="OvhJj3gw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OvhJj3gw.jpg" vtitle="JSCC Funding Approved”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An $18 million renovation project is about to get under way at Jackson State Community College. The college in east Jackson will soon break ground on a 46,000 square…

Shiloh National Cemetery reacts after possible ban on Confederate flags

[gtxvideo vid="kWQgvIlF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kWQgvIlF.jpg" vtitle="Shiloh Confederate Flag PKG”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A scheduled vote by the U.S. House to continue to allow Confederate flags at national historic cemeteries was scrapped Wednesday after furious protests from Democrats claimed the…

Police: Woman assaults customer in Walmart with baseball bat

[gtxvideo vid="pvDUVs7l" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pvDUVs7l.jpg" vtitle="Baseball Bat Assault PKG”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police say when Raven Symone Pearson walked into Walmart Wednesday afternoon, she had a baseball bat and used it to beat a woman in front of her 9-year-old…

Alleged child abusers now included in state registry

[gtxvideo vid="WwElWMaA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WwElWMaA.jpg" vtitle="Chiild Abuse Registry”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- No matter whether they were prosecuted for the accusations against them, the names of suspects believed to have committed child abuse or neglect are now available online via the…

Restaurant donates life-saving gear to sheriff's dept.

[gtxvideo vid="KkJO2ZOv" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KkJO2ZOv.jpg" vtitle="MCO Firehouse Subs Donate”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The sheriff's department received 15 portable defibrillators Thursday from Firehouse Subs in north Jackson. The $18,000 grant was presented to the department Thursday afternoon. The funds come…

Morning fire damages Gibson Co. home

[gtxvideo vid="6ucw0MzS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6ucw0MzS.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co House Fire”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Thursday morning fire leaves a Gibson County family without a place to call home. Firefighters say an electrical fire sparked in a bedroom around 10:30 a.m.…

$45K in ATVs stolen in Union City

[gtxvideo vid="MPDJgysf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MPDJgysf.jpg" vtitle="Abernathy Stolen Items”] UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Police need help finding more than $45,000 in stolen ATVs and the people who took them. Officers say an orange and black Polaris ATV valued at $28,000 was…

THP IDs victim in fatal Haywood Co. motorcycle wreck

[gtxvideo vid="YlIl3G8l" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YlIl3G8l.jpg" vtitle="I40 Motorcycle Fatality”] HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a Wednesday afternoon motorcycle wreck. Jerry Quinton Pinson, 65, of Farmersville, Texas, was killed when the Honda motorcycle…

Peaches Nesbitt scheduled to appear in court

[gtxvideo vid="45nWLax2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/45nWLax2.jpg" vtitle="Peaches Summons Report”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A retired Jackson police officer is set to appear in court Friday morning after being accused of assault. Peaches Nesbitt's criminal summons was processed Thursday, and she is scheduled…

Suspects arrested after fleeing into Madison Co. woods

[gtxvideo vid="zIgtJ69T" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/zIgtJ69T.jpg" vtitle="MCO Manhunt”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Thursday afternoon manhunt ends as deputies and U.S. Marshals capture two men they say fled on foot into a wooded area. Chad Honon and Trent Reynolds both face…

Police seek to ID vehicle in country club auto burglaries

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are looking for a vehicle they believe is connected to multiple auto burglaries Monday outside the Jackson Country Club. Police say a silver hatchback-style vehicle believed to be a Ford Focus possibly occupied by three burglary…

Woman faces assault charge after alleged knife threat

[gtxvideo vid="HHgUupGa" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HHgUupGa.jpg" vtitle="Williams Knife Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman accused of threatening her boyfriend with a butcher knife appeared Thursday before a Jackson judge. Unique Dream Williams faces a charge of aggravated domestic assault after pulling…

Woman accused of threatening to kill boyfriend with butcher knife

[gtxvideo vid="Fq7dMr5Y" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Fq7dMr5Y.jpg" vtitle="McKinney Agg Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared Thursday in city court on accusations of threatening to kill her boyfriend with a butcher knife. Brenda McKinney is accused of making the threats Wednesday night…

No applying for state jobs as website is upgraded

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Job seekers hoping to apply for state jobs are out of luck as the Tennessee website is out of service for an upgrade. Hiring for most positions will be halted until the relaunch of the site expected…

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