[gtxvideo vid="cdvCfGfU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cdvCfGfU.jpg" vtitle="Cigarette Price Hike PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A watchdog group criticized Tennessee‘s plan to raise prices on cigarettes, calling it a “hidden tax increase." A new state law requires retailers to charge smokers at least…
[gtxvideo vid="9ywBW7Sa" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9ywBW7Sa.jpg" vtitle="Mcwherter Museum”] DRESDEN, Tenn. -- The family of the late Ned Ray McWherter were in the former governor's home county Thursday for a ribbon cutting at the McWherter Museum. The museum is an addition to…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman went before a judge Thursday after allegedly trying to bring syringes and a spoon into city court Wednesday. Koren Mitchem was entering the courtroom when an officer searched her purse for weapons, according to an…
[gtxvideo vid="a6IOOzdN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/a6IOOzdN.jpg" vtitle="Starks Patrinizing Prostitutes”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Thursday in Jackson City Court on accusations of trying to hire a prostitute. Joshua Starks allegedly arranged Jan. 30 to meet an undercover officer at a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Passersby at the Walgreens on North Highland Avenue say they watched Wednesday as Delvecchio Beasley hit a woman inside his silver Chevrolet Impala. After following his car, an affidavit says officers pulled him over on Old Medina…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson man in court Thursday is charged with public intoxication and aggressive panhandling after a Wednesday scene on East Baltimore Street. Court papers say Thomas Reed followed a man inside the local Subway restaurant asking for…
[gtxvideo vid="KZxrSRLl" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KZxrSRLl.jpg" vtitle="Anti Drug Kick Off”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Hundreds of youths were invited Thursday to kick off a drug-free start to their summer break. The event at the Skyzone Trampoline Park was held to teach kids…
OBION COUNTY, Tenn. -- An investigator with the Dyersburg Police Department has been indicted on a felony identity theft charge. Cara Elizabeth Johnson-Peckenpaugh was indicted Wednesday by the Obion County grand jury on the identity theft charge and a charge…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Humboldt police are seeking a man in a Monday incident that left an officer injured. Markell Young, 23, of Humboldt is wanted on charges including two felonies after police tried to stop a car Monday evening on…
RUTHERFORD, Tenn. -- Two people are accused of vandalizing a Gibson County church. Anthony Eaves, 18, and a juvenile are charged the vandalism over $1,000. They are accused of throwing eggs and tomatoes at the Salem Methodist Church in Gibson…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
