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Rockabilly Fest This Weekend

This video is no longer available. A music event that will have you dancing in the street is coming to Jackson this weekend. The annual International Rockabilly Festival gets underway Friday and continues through Saturday. It will feature some of…

Concert, Festival to Block Downtown Streets

This video is no longer available. If you are heading to downtown Jackson late Friday afternoon and Saturday, there are a couple of street closures that could affect your drive. Two concerts will block-off portions of two busy downtown streets.…

Tax-Free Holiday Starts Friday

This video is no longer available. This weekend, marks the beginning of a state holiday many parents and retailers alike look forward to each year. Beginning Friday, through Sunday night at Midnight, they will be taking advantage of Tennessee's Tax-Free…

Tennalum Receives Safety Award

This video is no longer available. A local Jackson industry is awarded by state labor officials for keeping their employees safe. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is honoring Tennalum by presenting the industry with the Commissioner's Award…

Man Charged with Beating a Senior Citizen

This video is no longer available. A Henderson County man is awaiting a mental evaluation after being charged with attempted 2nd degree murder for allegedly beating a 72-year-old man. Deputies arrested 56-year-old Cecil R. "Chuck" Wright after he allegedly got…

Two Charged in Humboldt Burglary

This video is no longer available. Humboldt police said it was the help of their fellow officers that helped nab a suspected safecracking father/son duo and the property they are accused of stealing. David Michael Dycus, 24, and his father,…

Boy Scouts Hold Flag Retirement Ceremony

This video is no longer available. A local scout leader, along with a Jackson businessman and radio personality took time to retire well-worn American flags, Wednesday. As workers of a local security firm watched, a scout leader with some assistance…

Authorities Search for Man Posing as Officer

This video is no longer available. Henry County deputies are looking for a man who they said has been masquerading as an officer of the law. Investigators said, Tuesday morning a man, who was in a vehicle that resembled a…

Police Have Person of Interest in Dyersburg Shooting

This video is no longer available. U.S. Marshals said they have arrested who they call a prime suspect in the slaying of a Dyersburg teen last weekend. Officials with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshals…

FDA Cracking Down On Lazy Cakes

This video is no longer available. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on the sale and manufacture of a popular brownie sold in convenience stores. The FDA recently sent a letter to HBB, a Memphis-based company that…

Schools Make Adjustments for Heat

This video is no longer available. Back to school and back on the burner. Temperatures across West Tennessee soared into the triple digits Wednesday, but on school buses without air conditioning, it can get even hotter. "The temperature on the…

University of Memphis Move a Positive for Jackson State

This video is no longer available. Students at Jackson State Community College said they are surprised the University of Memphis deal is happening so soon and said they relish the opportunity to attend a pubic four-year institution right here in…

Creditors Trying to Block Lambuth Sale

This video is no longer available. Officials with Radian Asset Assurance, the largest creditor for the now defunct Lambuth University is attempting to stop, or slow the sale and lease of the buildings and campus of the former Methodist-affiliated school.…

Haywood Schools Focus On Literacy

This video is no longer available. Speaking before the Haywood County faculty Wednesday, State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman outlined priorities for the upcoming school year. Huffman appeared as part of a statewide tour of more than 100 school districts. "Haywood…

Covington Woman Arrested in Gambling Raid

A Covington woman is free on a $5,000 bond after deputies said they found an illegal gambling operation in the back of her business. Tuesday, Linda Carol Mathis, 53, was formally charged with aggravated promotion of gambling. Deputies arrested her,…

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