[gtxvideo vid="FsC9Jpjy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FsC9Jpjy.jpg" vtitle="Battle of the Badges”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Some local officials are taking time this week to help save lives in a different way. For the next 11 days, Jackson's own "Battle of the Badges" blood…
[gtxvideo vid="AbV67Bpk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AbV67Bpk.jpg" vtitle="Pitbull Ordinance PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A man is jailed Sunday and his six pit bulls were in an animal shelter after police seized them as part of a Tennessee law against certain convicted felons.…
[gtxvideo vid="sBROygVF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sBROygVF.jpg" vtitle="Special Needs Vouchers PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A controversial bill that would pay thousands of dollars toward disabled students‘ education heads to Gov. Bill Haslam‘s desk for approval. A parent could opt out of sending…
MERIDIAN, Miss. -- Authorities have arrested a man in Mississippi accused of trying to kidnap a woman and her daughter in Martin. Derrick Nicholson was arrested in Meridian, Miss., after U.S. Marshals got a tip he was in the state…
[gtxvideo vid="eO5H0AI6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eO5H0AI6.jpg" vtitle="Abernathy Joins Star Center”] NORTH JACKSON -- The STAR Center has a new director of development. Jon Abernathy will oversee donor relations and fundraising for the nonprofit, which serves adults and children with disabilities. Abernathy…
[gtxvideo vid="UxO8XIkh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UxO8XIkh.jpg" vtitle="Robert Lyons Arrested”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officers believe a man they say stole a trailer from a driveway in Humboldt may have sold another stolen trailer to someone in the Jackson area. Deputies arrested…
[gtxvideo vid="vifBymw9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vifBymw9.jpg" vtitle="Atkisson Pleads Guilty”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An 18-year-old charged as an adult in a west Jackson shooting when he was just 15 entered a guilty plea Monday. Deontae Adkisson has pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree…
[gtxvideo vid="g1q7vbCw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/g1q7vbCw.jpg" vtitle="Provisional Ballots”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- On Monday, the Madison County Election Commission approved the five provisional ballots cast in last Tuesday's Jackson Municipal Election. Provisional ballots are cast when voters don't have the proper…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared in city court Monday on accusations of sending threatening texts to the father of her child and vandalizing his car. Officers arrested Mariea Akines Saturday on outstanding warrants from April. Court documents say last…
[gtxvideo vid="QbXUa0uj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QbXUa0uj.jpg" vtitle="Exboyfriend Charged In Attack”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man accused of punching and stomping his ex-girlfriend's head appears in Jackson City Court. Richard Anderson was formally charged Monday with aggravated burglary and simple domestic assault.…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was charged with driving under the influence after supposedly hitting a pedestrian Saturday in the parking lot of Home Depot on Vann Drive. Officers performing field sobriety tests on Robert Cantrell say he was unsteady…
[gtxvideo vid="To3xp3AP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/To3xp3AP.jpg" vtitle="Pleas In Eldarly Robbery”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two suspects have officially pleaded guilty to attacking an elderly woman last fall. Police say Shaun Edwards and a juvenile admitted to breaking into the woman's home last…
[gtxvideo vid="CKTWkRZ2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CKTWkRZ2.jpg" vtitle="Double Weekend Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Over the weekend, a Madison County man was arrested and booked in two separate crimes. Officials at the Madison County Sheriff's Office say Mark Trimmer was first arrested around…
[gtxvideo vid="H9A4wnCI" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/H9A4wnCI.jpg" vtitle="Daughter vs Mom”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman accused of wielding a hammer at her boyfriend and assaulting her mother appeared Monday in Jackson court. Ashley Jones faces assault charges after police say she grabbed…
[gtxvideo vid="7n5hM4za" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7n5hM4za.jpg" vtitle="Union Edge Program”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A new two-year program coming to the campus of Union University will allow special needs students to continue their education beyond high school and prepare them for the workforce.…
