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Soccer tournament to bring boon for Jackson businesses

[gtxvideo vid="4fB8QVgj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4fB8QVgj.jpg" vtitle="Futbol Club Economic Impact”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A soccer tournament this weekend will bring thousands to the Hub City, and officials say that's good news for the city's bottom line. A total of 85 teams…

County approves funds for RIFA's 'Snack Backpack' program

[gtxvideo vid="6mpXRSiy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6mpXRSiy.jpg" vtitle="Backpack Program Funding”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local nonprofit reacts to Madison County commissioners approving nearly $3,000 to support its "Snack Backpack" program. The Regional Inter-Faith Association program sends sacks of easily prepared food home…

Commission approves funding to replace storm siren

[gtxvideo vid="TRf6MdWb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/TRf6MdWb.jpg" vtitle="Tornado Sirens”] WEST JACKSON -- The county commission approved funding Monday night for a new emergency siren in west Jackson. The siren on top of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital quit working in November. The county…

Advocates plant trees in Jackson for National Crime Victims' Rights Week

[gtxvideo vid="Givz83a9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Givz83a9.jpg" vtitle="Crime Victims Honored”] EAST JACKSON -- Engaging communities and empowering victims — that was the message in east Jackson Tuesday. In honor of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, a tree was planted in east Jackson…

JCS theater production gets Orpheum award nominations

[gtxvideo vid="37TLdftj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/37TLdftj.jpg" vtitle="JCS Orpheum Nomination”] NORTH JACKSON -- Congratulations to Jackson Christian's theater program. Its production of Beauty and the Beast has been nominated for four Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards. The school is among 30…

Madison Co. deputies find suspect hiding in refrigerator

[gtxvideo vid="WQLHQlpE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WQLHQlpE.jpg" vtitle="Deputy Saves Burglar - Mal”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Madison County sheriff‘s deputy found a break-in suspect hiding in a refrigerator Tuesday morning, according to Sheriff John Mehr. The sheriff said the deputy probably…

Lightning destroys Weakley Co. church

[gtxvideo vid="xvB19r9f" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xvB19r9f.jpg" vtitle="Dresden Church Fire - Tiffany”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Monday's overnight storm caused a church's destruction from multiple lightning strikes, according to firefighters. Dresden Fire Chief Paul Hutcherson said when firefighters arrived around 3 a.m.…

Madison Co. commissioners approve sale of lots in east Jackson

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Monday night, the Madison County Commission approved the sale of two lots on Southern Street in east Jackson to Southwest Human Resources Agency, which plans on building two homes for low- to moderate-income families. The sale…

Local restaurant still affected by oil spill

[gtxvideo vid="otSnK9L5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/otSnK9L5.jpg" vtitle="Redbones Oil Spill Effects”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There are businesses in the Hub City who are still affected by that…

Jackson Christian School starting 'Wings' program

[gtxvideo vid="XmPl3w1P" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XmPl3w1P.jpg" vtitle="JCS Wings Program”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson Christian School has announced a new program intended to better serve the individual needs of the school's students. Starting this fall, the school with launch the "Wings" program,…

UTM's Atheltic Director joins NCAA Oversight Committee

MARTIN, Tenn. - University of Tennessee at Martin's athletic director Julio Freire is assuming an important role in women's college basketball. The Skyhawks AD has been selected as one of 12 members on the NCAA Women‘s Basketball Oversight Committee. “It…

Miss Tennessee visits Bemis school

[gtxvideo vid="6sA3sKlL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6sA3sKlL.jpg" vtitle="Miss TN In Bemis”] BEMIS, Tenn. -- A Tennessee celebrity went back to school Monday, but she didn't have a backpack — she wore a crown. Miss Tennessee 2014 Hayley Lewis spent her morning with…

Flood waters cause sinkhole in Henderson

[gtxvideo vid="66i7k1pH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/66i7k1pH.jpg" vtitle="CHester Co Sink Hole - Chelsea”] CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- The above average rainfall causes a giant sinkhole in the parking lot of a Henderson business. The sinkhole was deep and wide enough to swallow…

Hardin County to receive funding for winter storm damage

[gtxvideo vid="ooJrlRsN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ooJrlRsN.jpg" vtitle="Storm Grant - Jordan”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A winter storm shutting down parts of Hardin County for an entire week in February was costly, but Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday help is on the…

Jackson woman charged with stealing from employer

[gtxvideo vid="LAzyxeV9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LAzyxeV9.jpg" vtitle="Varsity Market Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared in Jackson court Monday on charges of stealing from a Jackson business where she worked. Yolanda Nixon is facing eight theft counts after allegedly stealing money…

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