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Milan school board votes to 'release' superintendent

[gtxvideo vid="Yn6S0Vzq" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Yn6S0Vzq.jpg" vtitle="Milan Superintnendent PKG”] MILAN, Tenn. -- During a specially called meeting Wednesday night, the Milan Special School District Board approved a motion to release their superintendent of eight years from her contract. It is a…

Recent wreck evidence of speeding problem, residents say

[gtxvideo vid="Fe7pqyH0" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Fe7pqyH0.jpg" vtitle="Old Humbolt Accident”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Residents in Jackson said a crash late Tuesday night was bound to happen because they see so many speeders on their street. Jackson police said speeding caused a car…

1 horse dead, another recovering after being shot in Haywood Co.

[gtxvideo vid="1F0P25zR" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1F0P25zR.jpg" vtitle="Haywood Co Horses Shot PKG”] HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee family was still in mourning Wednesday, days after one of their horses died from more than a dozen gunshot wounds, and another is…

Knoxville's DeFoe leads BASSfest after Day One

[gtxvideo vid="EmZ7Jew4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EmZ7Jew4.jpg" vtitle="Bassfest Day One”] PARIS, Tenn. - The first day of competition of the second annual Bassmaster BASSfest is in the books. Leading the pack after the first day is Ott DeFoe. The Knoxville native brought…

Lexington police chief appointed as interim fire chief

[gtxvideo vid="2scsbk3s" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2scsbk3s.jpg" vtitle="Lexington FD Cheif Retires PKG”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- The city of Lexington has a new interim fire chief. At the monthly city board meeting, longtime Police Chief Roger Loftin was appointed into the new position…

Neighbors want Alamo business to clean up property

[gtxvideo vid="pbvVq2ko" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pbvVq2ko.jpg" vtitle="Business Angers Neighbors PKG”] ALAMO, Tenn. -- A pile of tires sparks controversy in Crockett County. People who live nearby want the property cleaned up. Tires and trash sit stacked up at the intersection of…

Weakley Co. man survives crash that crushed car

[gtxvideo vid="TGsmdHCi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/TGsmdHCi.jpg" vtitle="Man Survives Accident PKG”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee man is back to work after surviving an accident that crushed his car. John Johnson was driving to work Monday morning off of Highway…

Tip leads to Camden man being arrested on drug charges

BIG SANDY, Tenn. -- Police arrest a man on drug charges Tuesday after a traffic stop. Police say a tip from residents led them to pull over a vehicle Tuesday evening. Harold Gallimore, of Camden, was arrested and charged with…

Police seek man in theft at Jackson jeweler

[gtxvideo vid="cn7sQ6Lf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cn7sQ6Lf.jpg" vtitle="Jewelry Burglary”] NORTH JACKSON -- Police are investigating a theft Wednesday evening at a north Jackson jeweler. A man entered Little's Jewelers at 1143 Vann Drive just after 5 p.m., taking an unknown amount of…

Man injured in Lexington newspaper shooting still in critical condition

[gtxvideo vid="Y8SdColf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Y8SdColf.jpg" vtitle="Lexington Progress Shooting Update”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- A man injured in a Tuesday shooting at a Lexington newspaper is still in critical condition, according to police. The shooting took place around 11 a.m. at the…

Police seek man who fled from stolen vehicle

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are still looking for a suspect who fled on foot Tuesday when police tried to stop a stolen vehicle. Officers say they tried to stop a gold Honda CR-V in the parking lot of Kentucky Fried…

Man in court on charge of strangling girlfriend

[gtxvideo vid="3r4VOli1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3r4VOli1.jpg" vtitle="Brown Agg Assult”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in Jackson City Court Wednesday on accusations of strangling his girlfriend during an argument. Police say Charles Brown grabbed his girlfriend around the neck during an…

Jackson man accused of beating wife, breaking windows

[gtxvideo vid="dxLShfHw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dxLShfHw.jpg" vtitle="Crawford Domestic Assult”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Wednesday in Jackson City Court on accusations of assaulting his wife and then breaking windows out of their home. Stephen Crawford is charged with hitting his…

Man charged with panhandling, trespassing at Jackson business

DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Wednesday in city court on accusations of panhandling and trespassing at a Jackson business. Police say they saw Richard Bates trespassing Tuesday at Family Dollar on North Royal Street. He had…

State seeks death penalty in Bobo case; gag order possible

[gtxvideo vid="th7mnI2W" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/th7mnI2W.jpg" vtitle="State Seeks Death Penalty PKG”] DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- The state will seek the death penalty against all three suspects in the Holly Bobo case, the prosecution announced at a Wednesday hearing. During Wednesday's proceedings,…

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