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Possible Salary Increase for JMCS Superintendent

This video is no longer available. In the search to find a new school superintendent, chairman Bob Alvey says they are considering adding more than $20,000 to the superintendents already $133,000 paycheck. "The consultants we're working with who are very…

Gas Prices Effecting Meals on Wheels

This video is no longer available. With gas and food prices up and the economy down, the Meals on Wheels program says it feels like it has been dealt a triple whammy and is now forced to spend millions of…

Haywood County Prepares Tornado Shelter

This video is no longer available. Haywood County leaders say they are prepared to open the newly constructed tornado shelter, Wednesday night. The shelter is located inside the Criminal Justice Complex, near Highway 19 in Brownsville. Construction on the building…

Civic Center Opens as Shelter

This video is no longer available. Jackson city leaders have opened up the Carl Perkins Civic Center as an emergency storm shelter, Wednesday night. The doors opened around 3, Wednesday afternoon. EMA leaders want to stress there will be no…

JFD Fights Clayton Street Blaze

This video is no longer available. A South Jackson family is out of their home after a late morning fire, Wednesday. Jackson firefighters were called to a home on Clayton Street around 10 a.m. Even with five units working, the…

Library Gets State Grant

This video is no longer available. The secretary of state for Tennessee is making the rounds to libraries in West Tennessee. Secretary of State Tre Hargett made a stop at the Obion County Public Library in Union City, Wednesday. The…

Madison County Storm Siren Update

This video is no longer available. The severe weather has emergency officials checking storm sirens in Madison County. According to Jackson-Madison County EMA leaders, all storm sirens are functioning except for the one atop the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Officials…

JMCSS Meets on Lambuth Inquiry

This video is no longer available. The Jackson-Madison County School Board held both a specially called board meeting and a specially called work session, Tuesday evening. During the meeting, the nine-person board agreed that should the local stakeholders successfully buy…

Hearing and Speech Month Celebrated

This video is no longer available. Jackson city leaders took time to honor the work and research of area hearing and speech doctors. Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist recognized speech pathologists in Jackson and Madison County, by proclaiming the month of…

Educator of the Year Honored

This video is no longer available. Outstanding educators in Madison County were honored by Jackson-Madison County Schools and the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation, Tuesday. Pam McCarty who teaches K-5 gifted students was chosen as Teacher of the Year. McCarty teaches…

Southwest Development Volunteers Honored

This video is no longer available. Those who give of themselves to help others across west Tennessee were honored, Tuesday. The Southwest Tennessee Development District held a luncheon to recognize senior citizen directors from eight west Tennessee counties as well…

New Suspect Information in Pizza Delivery Robbery

This video is no longer available. Jackson police have released new details about the two gunman suspected of robbing a pizza delivery driver outside an east Jackson apartment, Monday night. As ABC 7 Eyewitness News first reported, the driver was…

Summit-Brantley Workers Awaiting Paychecks

This video is no longer available. After toughing it out through bounced checks and unpaid wages from Summit-Brantley Building Innovations, former employees said they are ready to put the past behind them, when they get paid. "Since the date that…

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