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Kiwanis Club annouce top civic award recipients

[gtxvideo vid="0XJ8ht5I" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0XJ8ht5I.jpg" vtitle="Kiawanis Civic Awards 10”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Congratulations are in order as the Kiwanis Club named the winners of their annual civic awards, Thursday. Officer Joshua Vinson was named this year's Jackson Police Officer of Year. Deputy…

West Tennessee-based company launches drone data collection service

[gtxvideo vid="19k36ueg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/19k36ueg.jpg" vtitle="FAA Allows Drones”] CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn.-The federal government may be limiting the use of drones across the country, but it has given an exemption to companies to use them in certain situations. West Tennessee companies…

Modern Woodmen help pack meals for area families

[gtxvideo vid="iFgYbxHk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iFgYbxHk.jpg" vtitle="MWOA Helps RIFA”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Modern Woodmen helped the Regional Interfaith Association beat hunger. In downtown Jackson, more than 100 of Woodmen's employees and their family members helped pack mac and cheese dinners for families in…

Family says they were nearly killed by kid with gun

[gtxvideo vid="3gV3jlA1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3gV3jlA1.jpg" vtitle="East Chester Shooting PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn.-A West Tennessee family is lucky to be alive after they said a gunman nearly killed them on their drive home Wednesday. The family said it was a random act…

Former Jackson police officer enters plea, avoids jail

[gtxvideo vid="N5VfGa70" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/N5VfGa70.jpg" vtitle="Peaches In Court 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-- A former Jackson police officer accused of putting her hand in a baby‘s diaper is sentenced to six months probation and given the chance to have the charge erased…

Tennessee Workforce Development to hold job fair next week

[gtxvideo vid="8nQ68eZ5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8nQ68eZ5.jpg" vtitle="Career Coach Preview 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-More than 90,000 jobs are available to West Tennesseans willing to visit a career fair next week. The Tennessee Workforce Development's mobile career coach will host a job workshop next…

Edythe Christie found guilty of tampering with evidence

[gtxvideo vid="mVKPjGgJ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mVKPjGgJ.jpg" vtitle="Christie Found Guilty 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson lawyer was found guilty of tampering with evidence during trial Thursday in connection with the death of her daughter-in-law. According to court records, after the death…

JPD: No suspects identified in Tracewood Cove shooting

[gtxvideo vid="uHpF11lS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uHpF11lS.jpg" vtitle="Tracewood Cove Incident 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson police said no suspects have been identified in a Wednesday morning shooting along Tracewood Cove that brought a man to a Jackson hospital with a gunshot wound to his…

JPD: Still no arrest in North Fairgrounds shooting

[gtxvideo vid="dCoKLl5l" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dCoKLl5l.jpg" vtitle="N Fairground Update 5”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson police continue to look for a suspect in Wednesday morning's shooting on North Fairgrounds Street. Authorities said there is a crime camera installed in the area but it did…

Juvenile murder case is transferred to adult court

[gtxvideo vid="kwe6hsli" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kwe6hsli.jpg" vtitle="Juvenile Transfer Hearing PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Phillip WIlliams Jr. appeared before Madison County Juvenile Court Judge Christy Little Wednesday afternoon, but that will be the last time. The 17-year-old's case was sent to adult…

FHU presents its annual 'Tolling of the Bell'

[gtxvideo vid="mGEJTFGq" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mGEJTFGq.jpg" vtitle="New FHU Bell Toling”] HENDERSON, Tenn.-Freed-Hardeman University held its annual 'Tolling of the Bell', Wednesday. Retired professors Clyde and Ann Woods and Freshman Matthew Johnson served as 'Masters of the Bell'. At the event, Dr.…

Bomb threats come with price tag for city of Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="R2snhIPi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/R2snhIPi.jpg" vtitle="Bomb Threat Costs 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two bogus bomb threats in Jackson earlier this week sent dozens of first responders rushing to the scenes. The question now — could the people behind the prank…

Brownsville police search for armed robbery suspects

[gtxvideo vid="aGOeLHSs" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aGOeLHSs.jpg" vtitle="Brownsville Armed Robbery 6”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- The search is on for two men who robbed a Brownsville gas station at gunpoint early Wednesday morning. Police say the two knew what they wanted and had…

Memphis officer appears in court after Humboldt arrest

[gtxvideo vid="nZcTsweR" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nZcTsweR.jpg" vtitle="McCann In Court”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A Memphis police officer arrested Aug. 14 for allegedly buying drugs from an undercover officer in Humboldt appeared Wednesday in court. Joshua McCann faces drug and gun charges after…

Henderson Co. sheriff adds 'In God We Trust' to cars

[gtxvideo vid="yIbTsZQ5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/yIbTsZQ5.jpg" vtitle="Sheriff Follows Trend 6”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- More and more West Tennessee sheriff's departments are branding their cruisers with the words "In God We Trust." Henderson County Sheriff Bryan Duke says he began adding…

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