JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is welcoming a new medical director of palliative care. Dr. Kevin Wheatley is a graduate of James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. He is no…
BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- Firefighters say a Thursday night fire that destroyed a vacant home is suspicious. The call came in around 11:30 p.m. for the fire at the Neely Street home, according to the Bolivar Fire Department. Fire officials are…
[gtxvideo vid="pjZo1d8q" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pjZo1d8q.jpg" vtitle="Hit And Run Victim PKG”] BELLS, Tenn. -- The 8-year-old victim in a Gibson County hit-and-run is back home after four days in the hospital. Now on the road to recovery, Paige Helton and her…
[gtxvideo vid="KfBGodgr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KfBGodgr.jpg" vtitle="Summer Celebration PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The UT Experiment Station was blooming with eager gardeners Thursday for this year's Summer Celebration featuring bees, birds, butterflies and bottles. Many recycled pieces of art were on display…
[gtxvideo vid="8WNDJ1kI" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8WNDJ1kI.jpg" vtitle="Henderson CO Deputy Arrested PKG”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Henderson County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested Thursday morning by Lexington police. "Shocked — it's just one of those things. You just take the hand…
[gtxvideo vid="smsxWP58" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/smsxWP58.jpg" vtitle="Eastview Tractor Trailer”] EASTVIEW, Tenn. -- A tractor-trailer overturned in Eastview Thursday afternoon on Highway 45. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. just north of the Mississippi state line. Troopers were not aware of what…
[gtxvideo vid="7TPRBrDz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7TPRBrDz.jpg" vtitle="Director Of School Responds”] OBION COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Obion County director of schools speaks for the first time about the controversy surrounding a Confederate flag being painted over on a school sign. Many in…
[gtxvideo vid="OvhJj3gw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OvhJj3gw.jpg" vtitle="JSCC Funding Approved”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An $18 million renovation project is about to get under way at Jackson State Community College. The college in east Jackson will soon break ground on a 46,000 square…
[gtxvideo vid="kWQgvIlF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kWQgvIlF.jpg" vtitle="Shiloh Confederate Flag PKG”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A scheduled vote by the U.S. House to continue to allow Confederate flags at national historic cemeteries was scrapped Wednesday after furious protests from Democrats claimed the…
[gtxvideo vid="pvDUVs7l" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pvDUVs7l.jpg" vtitle="Baseball Bat Assault PKG”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police say when Raven Symone Pearson walked into Walmart Wednesday afternoon, she had a baseball bat and used it to beat a woman in front of her 9-year-old…
[gtxvideo vid="WwElWMaA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WwElWMaA.jpg" vtitle="Chiild Abuse Registry”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- No matter whether they were prosecuted for the accusations against them, the names of suspects believed to have committed child abuse or neglect are now available online via the…
[gtxvideo vid="KkJO2ZOv" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KkJO2ZOv.jpg" vtitle="MCO Firehouse Subs Donate”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The sheriff's department received 15 portable defibrillators Thursday from Firehouse Subs in north Jackson. The $18,000 grant was presented to the department Thursday afternoon. The funds come…
[gtxvideo vid="6ucw0MzS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6ucw0MzS.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co House Fire”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Thursday morning fire leaves a Gibson County family without a place to call home. Firefighters say an electrical fire sparked in a bedroom around 10:30 a.m.…
[gtxvideo vid="MPDJgysf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MPDJgysf.jpg" vtitle="Abernathy Stolen Items”] UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Police need help finding more than $45,000 in stolen ATVs and the people who took them. Officers say an orange and black Polaris ATV valued at $28,000 was…
[gtxvideo vid="YlIl3G8l" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YlIl3G8l.jpg" vtitle="I40 Motorcycle Fatality”] HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a Wednesday afternoon motorcycle wreck. Jerry Quinton Pinson, 65, of Farmersville, Texas, was killed when the Honda motorcycle…
