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Jackson police seek 2 men in armed robbery

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are looking for two men after an armed robbery Monday in east Jackson. Two men robbed a woman at gunpoint around noon Monday outside a store in the 800 block of Whitehall Street, according to…

Power outage affects several businesses in north Jackson

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Several businesses along Vann Drive are reportedly without power after a tree falls on power lines in north Jackson. Jackson Energy Authority says a tree has fallen on power lines behind the Hollywood 16 movie theater, causing…

Missouri duck boat inquiry to look at if limitations ignored

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- An investigation of a tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that claimed 17 lives will look at whether operators of the boat violated Coast Guard-issued limitations by venturing into the water as thunderstorms threatened and struck…

Tennessee Lottery reports record sales

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Lottery says it had record sales last year. The lottery said in a statement that it had gross total sales of $1.7 billion last fiscal year. The statement says it will return nearly $422…

THP: Driver dies after car chase, crash in McNairy County

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a driver is dead after he crashed into two parked cars in Mcnairy County. It happened Friday at the intersection of State Route 57 and Friendship road, according to a press…

Pence touts conservative credentials of Blackburn

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence has used his visit to Tennessee to praise the conservative credentials of two Republican congresswomen who are running for statewide office. In a Saturday speech at Lee University, Pence referred to Rep.…

Tennessee man convicted in death of woman and her fetus

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a woman and her unborn child. WBIR-TV reports that Brandon Donaldson was tried this week for a second time in the 2013…

Ex-guard accused of pepper-spraying inmate over lawsuit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Tennessee correctional officer is accused of pepper-spraying an inmate for joining a lawsuit that said the jail was not treating a scabies outbreak. The Tennessean reports 24-year-old Oluwatobi Oja was arrested Monday and charged…

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