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Salvation Army teams with local company to provide fans for elderly

[gtxvideo vid="IHI51v89" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/IHI51v89.jpg" vtitle="Fans For Seniors”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Salvation Army and a local media company are teaming up to help make sure the elderly stay cool during this summer's brutal heat. Thomas Media and the charity…

Dot Foods partners with state for truck driving school program in Newbern

[gtxvideo vid="QMshAKKT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QMshAKKT.jpg" vtitle="DOT Partners With TCAT”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Hoping to give West Tennesseans the chance to get to work, a local college and Dot Foods are teaming up. At Newbern's Tennessee College of Applied Technology,…

Greenfield officials find no misuse of 'rainy day fund'

[gtxvideo vid="p68FZiom" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/p68FZiom.jpg" vtitle="Greenfield Funds Update”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- City officials have concluded the money in a mysterious "rainy day fund" had not been used inappropriately or improperly hidden. During a Greenfield City Board meeting last month,…

Madison Co. deputies search for pet duck killer

[gtxvideo vid="64pZgh4v" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/64pZgh4v.jpg" vtitle="Pet Duck Killed PKG”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Madison County deputies search for the person who shot and killed a pet duck. “It breaks my heart," owner Laura Cearley said. “It's not right." Cearley said…

Police ask for help to ID suspects in school break-in

[gtxvideo vid="wZZJzXRk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wZZJzXRk.jpg" vtitle="Learning Center Burglary”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Investigators are asking the public to help identify three suspects wanted in a Monday break-in at an east Jackson school. Officers are searching for three black males they say…

Man officially charged in July 4 shooting at Jackson hotel

[gtxvideo vid="RiAyUZFe" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RiAyUZFe.jpg" vtitle="July fourch Shooting Update”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- An alleged gunman in a July 4 shooting at a Jackson hotel appeared Wednesday in city court. Christian Ray Love is accused of robbing a man at gunpoint…

Jackson police say lightning damage to radio tower not affecting responses

[gtxvideo vid="wRoegCju" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wRoegCju.jpg" vtitle="JPD Communication Tower PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Radio traffic from the Jackson Police Department has been silent since Tuesday afternoon due to lightning damage to a communications tower, but this has not affected the department's…

Man charged with illegal gun possession

[gtxvideo vid="BKdE1L53" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BKdE1L53.jpg" vtitle="Purdy Unlawful Possession”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Wednesday on an accusation of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Brandon Purdy was arrested Monday after police responded to a domestic…

Man accused of threatening to 'gut' family members, taunting officer

[gtxvideo vid="iLE2e6zr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iLE2e6zr.jpg" vtitle="Cox Agg Domestic Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Wednesday in city court on allegations of threatening to "gut" his family members and a police officer at a Jackson apartment. James Lee Cox made…

Woman accused of stealing money from former employer

[gtxvideo vid="6EQXY61I" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6EQXY61I.jpg" vtitle="Dales Recycling Embezzlement”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Weakley County woman will appear before a judge Wednesday, accused of stealing more than $27,000 from her former employer. According to the Weakley County Sheriff's Office, Amy…

Century-old church destroyed by fire

[gtxvideo vid="cDEfBfCV" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cDEfBfCV.jpg" vtitle="Alamo Church Fire PKG”] ALAMO, Tenn. -- Members of Cairo Baptist Church had an emotional day Tuesday as they had to watch their place of worship go up in flames. "It's sort of sad because…

Police search for suspect in stabbing of South Nashville man

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say police are searching for a suspect in connection with the stabbing of a 50-year-old man in South Nashville. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1Mr15aA) reports that police say officers responded to the Airways Motel early Monday morning…

Police: Man lit ex's teddy bear on fire, starting blaze

[gtxvideo vid="HTcDszlO" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HTcDszlO.jpg" vtitle="Teddy Bear Arson”] MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A 25-year-old man has been accused of starting a fire at his ex-girlfriend's Memphis home by dousing a teddy bear with lighter fluid and threatening the woman's family.…

Driver located after crashing into Beech Bluff store

[gtxvideo vid="FuEvWaAe" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FuEvWaAe.jpg" vtitle="Car Into Store”] BEECH BLUFF, Tenn. -- A driver crashed into the Beech Bluff country store Tuesday. The Madison County Sheriff's Office says the driver told the owner to send him the bill and drove…

Bells Superintendent Richard Davy dead at 50

[gtxvideo vid="CE3dWzHk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CE3dWzHk.jpg" vtitle="Bells Dos Passes PKG”] BELLS, Tenn. -- Bells police believe high temperatures are suspected in the Monday death of school superintendent Richard Davy. By Tuesday morning, prayer requests and black bows have been added to…

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