[gtxvideo vid="pcexLP7c" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pcexLP7c.jpg" vtitle="TCAT open house preview”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Going from the work force back to school isn't as hard as you might think, especially with the help of a unique Tennessee grant. Tennessee Reconnect is Gov.…
[gtxvideo vid="eaUhwIN9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eaUhwIN9.jpg" vtitle="PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A middle school principal is suspended as the Jackson-Madison County School System investigates reports from parents about corporal punishment without parental consent. Ned Lewis, principal of Rose Hill Middle…
[gtxvideo vid="3KcPFY6r" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3KcPFY6r.jpg" vtitle="Walk Across TN”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Hundreds of walkers and runners lace up their sneakers for the 10th year of the Walk Across Tennessee campaign. The 500-mile trek takes place from April 6th to May16th.…
[gtxvideo vid="9u7Cd6V1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9u7Cd6V1.jpg" vtitle="virginia Dorris funeral”] NORTH JACKSON -- Countless mourners gathered Friday at a north Jackson church to pay tribute to and remember Virginia Dorris. The memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Friday at Northside United…
[gtxvideo vid="jp67R1u8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jp67R1u8.jpg" vtitle="CIT graduation”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Officers and representatives from local law enforcement and community agencies were recognized Friday for completing Crisis Intervention Team training. Thirty people graduated after completing a weeklong 40-hour class to become…
[gtxvideo vid="EibPQpCS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EibPQpCS.jpg" vtitle="WADE PROPERTY THEFT”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in Jackson City Court Friday on theft charges for allegedly taking payments to perform home improvement work and never delivering on the services. Jerry D. Wade…
[gtxvideo vid="Lmcu8Ki4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Lmcu8Ki4.jpg" vtitle="olllie the otter”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Students at St. Mary's School welcomed a special visitor Friday. Ollie the Otter from the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office stopped by to talk about how to stay safe…
[gtxvideo vid="tEkmLa6w" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tEkmLa6w.jpg" vtitle="Goodwill store hours”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Goodwill stores in the area will be opening an hour earlier starting April 1. Officials with Goodwill say the change is to better serve customers. The new store hours…
[gtxvideo vid="pajVT4ZY" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pajVT4ZY.jpg" vtitle="KELI WINS”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A big congratulations to one of WBBJ-TV's own. Thursday evening, news anchor Keli McAlister was recognized during the Jackson Sun's Readers' Choice Awards. Readers selected her as Best Local TV…
[gtxvideo vid="HFpaG7bD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HFpaG7bD.jpg" vtitle="Taste of Jackson”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- For the 29th year, hundreds of West Tennesseans came out in droves to taste what Jackson has to offer Thursday night, all while supporting a good cause. For the…
[gtxvideo vid="ntOMcoRz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ntOMcoRz.jpg" vtitle="RAILROAD DAMAGES”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Some drivers sat still in front of railroad tracks Thursday morning after vandals cut wires, causing the gates to drop down and the lights to flash. "Five of the…
[gtxvideo vid="1tsNavhL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1tsNavhL.jpg" vtitle="ELDERLY WOMAN BEATEN”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- An elderly mother jumped into a fight Thursday morning while her son was brutally attacked by alleged robbers. Helen Faught, 92, said she found herself jumping into the fight…
[gtxvideo vid="6UITsWpz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6UITsWpz.jpg" vtitle="Virginia Dorris friend speaks”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- For the first time since the murder-suicide at the Bank of Jackson, friends of the victim speak out. Jenette Segerson describes Virginia Dorris as happy-go-lucky and says she…
NORTH JACKSON -- The local chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presented certificates Thursday to three classes at the Bemis Montessori School of Jackson. Jackson-Madison Chapter NSDAR chapter regent Jan Bynum and chapter librarian Mandy Williams…
[gtxvideo vid="ZoZliMN1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZoZliMN1.jpg" vtitle="wOMAN STEALS FROM MOTEL”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman went before a judge Thursday on accusations of stealing appliances and bedding from a Jackson hotel. April Watson faces a theft charge after allegedly taking the…
