Church hosts egg hunt to teach Easter story
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Easter Egg hunts are in full swing across West Tennessee, just before Palm Sunday. Aldersgate United Methodist Church had their annual celebration Saturday, where kids cam eager to…
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Motor Mania rolls through downtown Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. -- More than a hundred vehicles lined up across the Hub City for an annual event. Motor Mania packed in cars of all types. Event coordinators say there were even…
Jackson Fire Department and Red Cross volunteers install free smoke alarms
JACKSON, Tenn. --After two fatal fires since the beginning of the year, local officials are doing what they can to prevent that from happening. The Jackson Fire Department is teaming up with…
Rolling for MS raises awareness to find a cure
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Normally three 6's have a bad connotation, but Saturday these numbers were able to help raise awareness for a silent disease. American Insurance Management hosted a Bunco tournament for…
18th annual "Fur Ball" raises money for local humane society
JACKSON, Tenn.---Things got a little hairy Saturday night at the Jackson Country Club. The Jackson Madison County Human Society hosted their 18th annual Fur Ball. The Fur Ball is the humane…
Mother embraces son's killer after his guilty plea to murder
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The mother of a slain teenager embraced her son's killer after he pleaded guilty to a murder charge in a Mississippi courtroom. Circuit Judge Thomas Gardner III sentenced 18-year-old Amartrie Moss, of Corinth, to 30 years…
Sheriff's son charged
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bledsoe County's sheriff has jailed his own 26-year-old son on drug, gun and assault charges. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that deputies say they found 11.1 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a loaded weapon…
Firefighter arrested
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A firefighter in Mississippi has been arrested on suspicion of driving a fire truck while drunk. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson told media that 34-year-old Phillip W. Gasaway, a member of the Unity Fellowship Volunteer Fire…
Escaped inmates
LINDEN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two jail inmates who escaped custody in Perry County have been captured. Authorities also said Raymond D. Gibson and Michael William Brown escaped jail on Friday night. Both were found in a briar patch…
Virtual school
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The legislature's failure to shut down an academically-troubled virtual school run by a for-profit corporation has left some education leaders wondering whether Tennessee lawmakers really want to fix schools or have sold out children to powerful…
Teen plane crash
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A pair of teenagers was able to walk away from a rented airplane one of them was flying when it crashed onto a Kansas golf course. Wichita police say the pilot was a 17-year-old boy and…
Gibson Co. highway shut down after nitrogen and diesel fuel spill
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Around 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Gibson county officials say an 18-wheeler carrying liquid nitrogen slid off the road. It happened in between Dyer and Bradford, where Highway…
Online sexual exploitation sting of minors brings in six arrests
HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- An operation targeting sexual exploitation of minors over the internet and human trafficking was conducted in Henry County earlier this week, leading to six arrests. The Henry County Sheriff's Office worked with several other agencies in this…
Suspected drug dealer arrested in Alamo
ALAMO, Tenn. -- Officers believe with one arrest, Friday, they were able to get a suspected drug dealer off the streets. Officers said they pulled Garrett Reynolds over in Alamo, Friday afternoon. A search of his vehicle turned up a…
JPD warns of IRS scam as more people fall victim
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A renewed warning by the Jackson Police Department, Friday, as the department said it's received several reports of an IRS scam with several people falling victim. Investigators say…
